AUSTIN – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley baseball team fell to No. 20 Texas 13-2 in seven innings on Tuesday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
 
UTRGV (18-19) scored both of its runs on home runs with sophomore Coleman Grubbs and senior Austin Siener hitting solo shots off Matteo Bocchi (3-0) in the fourth and sixth innings, respectively.
 
Grubbs finished 2-for-4. Siener went 2-for-3. Junior Aaron Dees reached twice with a single and walk.
 
David Hamilton led Texas (25-14) by going 3-for-3 with six RBI, including a two-run home in the second against junior Jered Quartier (0-1), an RBI-single in the fourth, and a bases-clearing triple in the fifth. Kody Clemens also drove-in six runs while going 2-for-4. He hit a grand slam to cap a seven-run second followed by a two-run single in the fifth.
 
Tate Shaw also hit an RBI-single in the second.
 
UTRGV opens a three-game series at Seattle U on Friday at 7 p.m.

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