The baseball team (20-18, 6-9) will look to break its three-game losing streak in a three-game series against the Troy Trojans (22-16, 8-7) at Riddle-Pace Field.
UTA’s second-place Sun Belt Conference batting average (.292) will be put to the test against Troy’s first-place ERA (3.30), led by senior starting pitcher Grant Bennett’s 1.91 ERA.
If the Mavericks want to score some runs on the Trojans, they will need senior center fielder Matt McLean to break out of his slump. Following his career-best 16-game hit streak, McLean has only two hits in his last 15 at bats. However, McLean has hit so well at the plate this season he still owns a .