Upcoming Event: Baseball versus MLB Desert Invitational on February 13, 2026
Baseball
vs MLB Desert Invitational
Grand Canyon University Athletics
UT Arlington vs Grand Canyon
4/26/2025
GCU Ballpark
7:05 pm
UT Arlington
13-26, 5-9
2
Final
7
Grand Canyon
26-16, 12-5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 11 | 0 |
Win: Ahern, Garrett (6-2)Loss: Nicholas Robb (2-5)
Scoring Summary
Team | UTA | GCU |
|---|---|---|
4th X. Melendez homered to right field, RBI (0-0). | 1 | 0 |
4th Paton, E. singled up the middle, RBI (0-1 F); Peery, C. advanced to second; Diaz, M. scored. | 1 | 1 |
4th Sanders, T. singled up the middle, RBI (0-1 K); Paton, E. advanced to second; Peery, C. scored. | 1 | 2 |
5th Pelc, E. homered to right field, 2 RBI (2-2 KBSB); Barreras, E. scored. | 1 | 4 |
5th Peery, C. homered to left field, RBI (0-0). | 1 | 5 |
6th T. Armstrong homered to right center, RBI (2-1 BFB). | 2 | 5 |
6th Galvan, M. reached on a fielding error by ss, RBI (1-1 BS); Sanders, T. advanced to second, advanced to third on the error; Paton, E. scored. | 2 | 6 |
6th Wakefield, J grounded out to p, RBI (1-1 BK); Galvan, M. advanced to second; Sanders, T. scored. | 2 | 7 |
UT Arlington
Player | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cade Dodson | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Xavier Melendez | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tyce Armstrong | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tate Bethel | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Xander Mcafee | CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jackson Hill | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
   Maxwell Mims | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Parker Airhart | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Haskins | DH | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Austin Phillips | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Nicholas Robb | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
   Tyler Zahradnik | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 33 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
Batting
HR: Xavier Melendez (1); Tyce Armstrong (1)
Baserunning
HBP: Xander Mcafee (1)
Fielding
E: Parker Airhart (1); Austin Phillips (1)
DP: Xavier Melendez (1); Austin Phillips (1)
Grand Canyon
Player | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield, Josh | RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Barreras, Emilio | SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Pelc, Eddy | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Diaz, Michael | LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Peery, Cannon | DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yorke, Zach | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paton, Eli | 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sanders, Troy | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Galvan, Marcus | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ahern, Garrett | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Higginbottom, Elijah | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 35 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
UT Arlington
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nicholas Robb | 6.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 30 | 1 | 12 | 103 |
Tyler Zahradnik | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 31 |
| Totals | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 38 | 1 | 14 | 134 |
Grand Canyon
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahern, Garrett | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 4 | 9 | 101 |
| Higginbottom, Elijah | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 38 |
| Totals | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 34 | 6 | 11 | 139 |