EDINBURG – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley baseball team fell to the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) 5-4 in 10 innings on Saturday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
 
Down 4-3 entering the seventh, UTRGV (25-25, 6-14 WAC) tied the game on a single by junior Ivan Estrella.
 
Graduate student Connor Grant (6-7) pitched well in relief, striking out three in four innings, but in the 10^th, UNC (18-27, 7-13 WAC) put runners at second and third with one out to setup an RBI-groundout by pinch-hitter Matt Burkart.
 
That made a winner of Jacob Howard (4-0), who pitched three scoreless innings of relief.
 
UTRGV scored the remainder of its runs in the third on a three-run home run by junior Austin Siener, his sixth of the year, to tie the game at 3.
 
Siener, Estrella and senior Joseph Collazo all finished 2-for-5.
 
UNC took a 3-0 lead in the third on a fielder's choice by Alex Kiel and a two-run double by Brett Minnick.
 
Evan Johnson added an RBI-single in the fifth to put UNC up 4-3.
 
UTRGV and Northern Colorado complete this three-game series on Sunday at 12 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium in a game will be televised throughout Texas on Spectrum Sports channel 323.
 
Fans can receive free general admission by helping UTRGV Baseball strike out hunger through the donation of five non-perishable food items. As a thank you, donors will receive free general admission. All donations benefit the Food Bank of the Rio Grande Valley.
 
Gates open at 11 a.m.

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