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EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team fell to the Houston Baptist University Huskies 6-2 during day three of the Al Ogletree Classic on Saturday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
 
Huskies (4-3) starter Addison Russ (2-0) carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning, but junior Edinburg alum Edgar Cordon came up with a pinch-hit single leading off the frame. Freshman Isaac Gonzalez, sophomore Manny Loredo and freshman Caden Rosholt followed with singles to drive in the first Vaqueros (2-5) run and knock out Russ.
 
Matt Harding came in and got junior Joseph Collazo to ground into a double play that drove-in Gonzalez to complete the scoring.
 
The Huskies jumped on sophomore Nikki Rowe alum Ryan Jackson (0-2) right away, starting the game with three-straight hits, including an RBI-single by Brandon Brintz to make it 1-0.  
 
Then, in the fourth, Justin Monsour and Joe Van Marter reached on two-out errors, setting up an RBI-double by Greg Espinosa and a two-run single by Brintz to make it 4-0.
 
The Huskies tacked on two more in the sixth when Monsour hit a sacrifice fly and Van Marter hit an RBI-single.
 
Van Marter finished 3-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run scored.
 
The Vaqueros conclude the Al Ogletree Classic on Sunday at 4 p.m. when they play host to Prairie View A&M. It's the second game of a doubleheader, as Washington State faces Houston Baptist at 12. Gates open at 11 a.m.

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