DALLAS – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros baseball team allowed five runs in the final two innings falling 6-5 to the Dallas Baptist University Patriots, a team receiving votes in the latest USA Today Coaches and NCBWA polls, on Friday at Horner Ballpark.
 
The Vaqueros (11-12) led 5-1 heading into the bottom of the eighth inning before the Patriots (14-6) rallied for the walk-off win against redshirt junior Deryk Serbantez (1-1), who allowed two runs in the eighth and three runs in the ninth, including River Town's two-run walk-off double. 
 
Redshirt junior Freddy Rojas Jr. saw his home run streak end at six games but went 2-for-2 with a pair of doubles and three walks. Postbaccalaureate student Christian Sepulveda finished the game 3-fo-3 with a walk and a stolen base. 
 
The Vaqueros got the scoring started in the top of the second when graduate student Coleman Grubbs delivered an RBI double that drove in redshirt junior DeAndre' Shelton, which made it 1-0 UTRGV. 
 
UTRGV added to its lead in the top of the fifth after an RBI groundout by redshirt sophomore Angel De La Cruz that allowed graduate student Andy Atwood, who started the inning by getting hit by a pitch, to score making it 2-0. 
 
After a solo home run by Jackson Glenn in the bottom of the fifth, the Vaqueros got a homerun of their own as De La Cruz delivered a three-run homer in the top of the eighth making it 5-1 and setting up Dallas Baptist's rally.
 
UTRGV starter Colten Davis didn't allow a run over four innings while striking out striking out four as he didn't factor in the decision.
 
UTRGV and Dallas Baptist play the final game of this four-game series on Sunday at 1 p.m. Fans can watch online at PatriotBroadcastingNetwork.com.

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