CORPUS CHRISTI – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team fell to the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders 3-0 on Wednesday at Chapman Field.
 
The Vaqueros (18-22) had multiple opportunities to score starting in the first, when the first three hitters walked to load the bases. The Islanders (15-29) got a strikeout, a pop out and a fly out to escape the threat.
 
The Vaqueros were held without a hit until the sixth, when senior Cole Loncar lined a two-out single to left.
 
The Vaqueros put two on with one out in the eighth on singles by junior Cole Loncar and senior Scott Mercer, but the Islanders got a pair of strikeouts to escape the threat.
 
Aaron Hernandez (2-4) earned the win with three hitless innings of relief.
 
Nolan Holland worked around a one-out single in the ninth for his fifth save.
 
The Islanders got all of their runs in the fourth against sophomore Harlingen South alum Zach Martinez (0-3). The Islanders put runners on the corners with one out, setting up an RBI-single by Justin Perales. Scott Balfantz followed with a fielder's choice, but an error allowed a run to score. After another single loaded the bases, Cullen Jozwiak singled home a run to complete the scoring.
 
The Vaqueros resume Western Athletic Conference play on Friday at 7 p.m. when they open up a three-game series against CSU Bakersfield at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. Gates open at 6.

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