Kevin Stevens 2-28-20
Staverne Joseph
Kevin Stevens (#5)
3
Winner South Dakota State SDSU 2-6
1
UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV 3-7
Winner
South Dakota State SDSU
2-6
3
Final
1
UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV
3-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
South Dakota State SDSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 3 1
UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0

W: Brett Mogen (1-0) L: Gerik Jr., Ricky (0-1)

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Stevens Flirts with No-Hitter as Baseball Falls to South Dakota State

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RIO GRANDE VALLEY – Junior Kevin Stevens took a no-hitter into the seventh, but The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team fell to the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits 3-1 on Friday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
 
Stevens struck out a career-high 12 batters. The only hit was a solo home run by Josh Falk with one out in the seventh that tied the game at 1.
 
Stevens has now pitched in parts of 16 innings, allowing hits in only three frames. He started the season with five hitless innings against Kansas State and then pitched two hitless innings at No. 24 Oklahoma State before allowing hits in the next two innings.
 
On the season, Stevens has allowed eight hits in 14.2 innings while striking out 23 and walking five.
 
Junior Ricky Gerik Jr. (0-1) followed with 1.2 innings of hitless ball. In the ninth, however, Gerik allowed a leadoff triple to Drew Beazley. One batter later, a wild pitch scored a run and Falk hit an RBI-single to give the Jackrabbits (2-6) the lead.
 
That made a winner of Brett Mogen (1-0), who struck out two in two scoreless innings.
 
Adam Mazur nearly matched Stevens pitch for pitch, striking out nine in seven innings. The Vaqueros (3-7) broke through in the fifth with three hits, including singles by juniors EJ Taylor and Darian Luper that set-up a run-scoring double by junior Jacob Hirsh to make the score 1-0.
 
Taylor finished a career-best 3-for-4. Senior Coleman Grubbs a lso had multiple hits, going 2-for-4.
 
UTRGV and South Dakota State play a doubleheader on Saturday at 3 p.m. Fans can bring their trading card collections and trade with other sports fans throughout both games. The first 200 fans in attendance will receive a trading card. Current UTRGV students receive free admission to all UTRGV home games with a student ID. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at UTRGVTickets.com. Fans purchasing their tickets online prior to game day can save up to $2 per ticket. Gates open at 2.

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