MONROE, La. – The ULM baseball team outhit visiting UT Arlington on Friday night, but the visitors used a four-run third inning that proved to be the difference as the Warhawks fell 6-4 in the teams’ Sun Belt Conference opener despite bringing the potential winning run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: UTA 6, ULM 4
Location: Warhawk Field / Monroe, La.
Teams: ULM (11-27, 5-10 SBC)
UT Arlington (20-17, 10-5 SBC)
TURNING POINT
-After ULM had just pulled to within one run in the bottom of the sixth inning at 4-3, UTA responded with a two-run homer by Omar Salinas, his second of the night, to give the visitors just enough breathing room.