LAFAYETTE, La. - Easton Johnson singled up the middle to score pinch runner Boone Montgomery from second as the UTA Mavericks went on to defeat Arkansas State, 5-4, in ten innings on Tuesday at the Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament.
The win ended the UTA's ten-game losing streak and also snapped a 20-game losing streak when trailing after seven innings. The Mavericks (22-33) will now face top-seeded Coastal Carolina on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. (CT).
Daniel James (2-5) earned the win for the Mavericks pitching two innings in relief with three strikeouts.
Christian Hollie had three hits for the Mavericks and Johnson added two, including the game-winner in the bottom of the tenth.