OREM, Utah – Sophomore McAllen Memorial alum Manny Loredo drove-in a career-high tying three runs and junior Andrew Garcia pitched seven innings of one-run ball to lead the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team past the Utah Valley University Wolverines 4-2 on Sunday at Brent Brown Ballpark.
 
Loredo finished 2-for-4, giving the Vaqueros (20-26, 9-12 WAC) a 2-1 lead with a single in the sixth and a 4-1 lead with a single in the eighth. The Vaqueros' other run came on an RBI-single by junior Joseph Collazo earlier in the eighth. Collazo finished 2-for-3.
 
Junior Jose Garcia also had a strong offensive game, going 3-for-5 with a double. He finished the series 10-for-17 (.588) with three doubles, a triple, three RBI and two runs scored.
 
Garcia (7-5) struck out two while allowing nine hits and two walks.
 
Sophomore George Lamb pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save.
 
The Wolverines (30-21, 15-9 WAC) got their lone run against Garcia in the third on a wild pitch that scored Stone Ramsey.
 
Craig Brinkerhof homered in the bottom of the eighth to complete the scoring.
 
Jake Mayer (7-2) started for the Wolverines, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five in six innings.
 
The Vaqueros play their final non-conference game of the season on Tuesday at 2 p.m. when they host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at UTRGV Baseball Stadium in a game that will be televised live nationally on American Sports Network and throughout the state of Texas on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel (323). It's $2 Tuesday, featuring $2 general admission tickets and concession items for $2 or less. Gates open at 1.

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