ABILENE – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team fell to the Abilene Christian University Wildcats 3-1 in the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday at Crutcher Scott Field.
 
Junior Andrew Garcia (0-1) pitched well in his Vaqueros (0-3) debut, striking out six in five innings.
 
The only blemish came in the first when a stolen bases by Hunter Markwardt and Russell Crippen led to RBI-singles by Crippen and Mark Pearson to make it 2-0.
 
Pearson finished 3-for-4.
 
The Vaqueros got on the board in the fourth when junior Jacob Huckabay singled through the left side to bring home freshman Caden Rosholt.
 
Huckabay finished 2-for-4.
 
That was it against Wildcats (3-0) starter Aaron Mason (1-0), who pitched six innings of four-hit ball, striking out two.
 
The Wildcats added some insurance in the eighth, as Alex Check came up with an RBI-double, setting up Nick Palacios to record his first save with a scoreless ninth.
 
The Vaqueros and Wildcats conclude this four-game series on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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