Cardinals journey to Arlington for three-game sequence with Mavericks

BEAUMONT, Texas — After choosing up a 4-1 victory over Kansas at residence, the Lamar University baseball staff hits the street for 4 straight video games starting with a three-game sequence in opposition to UT Arlington on Friday.

CARDINALS AT A GLANCE

BEAU KNOWS: Beau Durbin has reached base safely in all 5 video games … Durbin leads the offense with a .421 common, .737 slugging proportion, .522 on base proportion, eight hits, three doubles and eight RBIs … He can be on a five-game hitting streak … Durbin has a team-high three multi-hit video games.

THE OFFENSE: LU has tallied 15 doubles this season … The offense had a sport excessive 5 doubles throughout Game 3 in opposition to Oakland University … A.J. Taylor ranks second on the staff with a .400 common, .535 slugging proportion and .500 on base proportion.

FIRST HOMER OF THE YEAR: LU’s first residence run of the 2026 season got here off the bat of Durbin throughout the backside of the seventh vs. Kansas … Durbin hit a three-run shot that went 395 toes over the wall in proper heart.

GETTING ON BASE: Durbin, Taylor, Braden Benton and Tab Tracy have all reached base safely of their final 5 video games … Tracy, Taylor and Durbin every have a five-game hitting streak.

RECEIVING PRAISE: Chris Olivier was not solely acknowledged because the Southland Conference’s Pitcher of the Week, however he was additionally honored nationally because the Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association in addition to being named to Baseball America’s Week 1 College Team of the Week … Olivier additionally earned the No. 1 spot on D1Baseball.com’s Weekend 1 Top Performers: Top 100 Pitchers checklist … Olivier struck out 14 batters over 6.2 innings throughout the 8-2 season-opening win over Oakland University.

PUNCH OUTS: The LU pitching employees has 56 strikeouts … The employees tallied double-digit strikeout figures in its first three video games.

MIDWEEK SUCCESS: Since 2010, LU has gone 89-73 in midweek contests … Last season it completed 13-3 (8-0 at residence and 5-3 on the street).

LU VS. THE TOP 25: The Cardinals have three extra contests in opposition to prime 25 packages this season which incorporates No. 7 TCU, No. 11 Oregon State and No. 24 Texas A&M … The final time LU took on 4 ranked opponents in a season was in 2016.

LU VS. THE POWER 4: LU has notched 10 wins over Power 4 packages since 2022 … Five of the ten wins had been over Big 12 packages … LU’s win over Kansas marked its first victory over a Big 12 program since May 10, 2023 at Baylor … LU had three different wins in opposition to Big 12 packages in 2023, which additionally included Kansas State, Houston and TCU.

HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE: LU has gone 54-7 at residence the final three seasons … LU has gained 14 of its final 15 video games at residence.

HEAD-TO-HEAD

LU vs. UT Arlington: The Cardinals and Mavericks have met 127 instances since 1969 … LU holds the higher hand main the all-time sequence, 83-44 … LU is 30-17 vs. the Mavericks in Arlington with the final journey coming in 2023 … The Cardinals took two out of three from UT Arlington final season in Beaumont.

MAVERICKS AT A GLANCE

CATCHING UP: UT Arlington suffered a three-game sweep to Northwestern State to begin the season … The Mavericks upset nationally ranked TCU at Globe Life Field on Tuesday by a rating of 11-8 … UT Arlington scored 9 runs within the first inning after sending 14 batters to the plate.

WHO TO WATCH: Graduate scholar and outfielder Preston Knott is tied for the staff lead with a .389 common and 7 hits … Knott leads the offense with a .611 slugging proportion … Senior infielder Xavier Melendez additionally sports activities a .389 common with seven hits … Knott and redshirt catcher Zach Mazoch have a staff excessive 4 RBIs … The offense has 36 hits and 18 RBIs … The pitching employees has compiled a 5.87 ERA with 25 strikeouts … Junior Caylon Dygert tallied 4 strikeouts throughout a four-hitter in six innings of labor in his season debut … Sophomore Hayes Melville sports activities a 1.93 ERA with six strikeouts in 4.2 innings … UT Arlington went 21-33 total and 11-13 in Western Athletic Conference play …  The Mavericks added 22 newcomers to their roster … Senior outfielder Xander McAfee (.294 common with 53 hits, 14 doubles, six residence runs and 40 RBIs in 2025) together with Dygert (7-4 with 84.2 innings pitched and 61 strikeouts in 2025) each earned preseason All-WAC honors.

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