EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) baseball team completed a doubleheader sweep of Prairie View A&M (PVAM) with a 10-3 victory in game two of a doubleheader on Saturday during the Al Ogletree Classic at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
 
UTRGV (7-0) put up runs in each of the first three innings, going up 1-0 on a single by junior Noah Lee against Tyler Laux (0-2) in the first.
 
In the second, junior Cris Castillo hit an RBI-single, senior Jose Garcia came up with a sacrifice fly and junior Austin Siener reached on an error to score a run to put UTRGV up 4-0.
 
UTRGV put runners on the corners with nobody out in the third to set-up a two-run double by senior Austin Oakes. After a walk and a single loaded the bases, Castillo hit a two-run double and Garcia followed with an RBI-single. One out later, junior Ivan Estrella singled in a run to make it 10-0.
 
Castillo finished 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored. Garcia went 2-for-3 with two RBI, a  run scored and two stolen bases.
 
That was plenty for graduate student Connor Grant (2-0), who didn't allow a hit until the fourth. That was the inning when PVAM (1-8) got on the board for the first time with a two-run single by Corbin Jamison.
 
Overall, Grant struck out 11 in six innings of work while scattering five hits and one walk. He threw 56 of his 86 (65.1 percent) pitches for strikes.
 
UTRGV and Prairie View A&M complete this four-game series on Sunday at 12 p.m. in a game that will be televised throughout Texas on Spectrum Sports channel 323. Gates open at 11 a.m.

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