BEAUMONT – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball dropped the finale of a three-game series against the Lamar University Cardinals 4-1 on Sunday at Vincent-Beck Stadium.
 
The Vaqueros (4-8) piled up 12 hits, including 11 in 5.1 innings against Cardinals (9-4) starter Billy Love, but the only hit that resulted in a run came in the fourth, when junior Victor Garcia Jr. singled to right to bring home senior Cole Loncar and make it 1-0.
 
Garcia finished 3-for-4. Juniors Joseph Collazo and Jose Garcia and freshman Anthony Gomez had two hits each.
 
The Vaqueros threatened again in the sixth, loading the bases with one out, but Brett Brown (1-0) came in and got a double play to escape the threat.
 
Sophomore Nikki Rowe alum Ryan Jackson (0-3) only allowed one hit over the first three innings, but the Cardinals put runners on the corners with one out in the fourth to set-up a game-tying single by Robin Adames.
 
The Cardinals scored the rest of their runs in the sixth, as with two on and nobody out, Adames hit an RBI-double, Jacoby Middleton hit an RBI-single, and then, one out later, Ryan Erickson hit an RBI-single to complete the scoring.
 
Freshman Eddie Delgado silenced the Cardinals after that, pitching 1.2 innings of one-hit relief. Junior Nikki Rowe alum Andrew Padron finished up with a scoreless inning, striking out one.
 
The Vaqueros are back in action on Friday at 7 p.m. when they kick off a nine-game home stand with the first of three against Arlington Baptist at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. The first 100 fans in attendance will receive a free UTRGV water bottle. Gates open at 6.

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