RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team fell to the California Baptist University Lancers, a team receiving votes in the latest NCBWA poll, 3-2 in the second game of a doubleheader on Friday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
 
The Vaqueros (12-15, 4-7 WAC) scored their runs on wild pitches, with graduate student Conrado Diaz coming home in the first and postbaccalaureate student Christian Sepulveda coming home in the second.
 
Junior Angel De La Cruz finished 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. Graduate student Andy Atwood went 2-for-4. Junior Vela alum RJ Ochoa also reached twice, going 1-for-3 with a walk.
 
Sophomore Colten Davis racked up a career-high tying six strikeouts in 5.0 innings while allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits and one walk.
 
The first run came in the second on a two-out double by Harrison Spohn.
 
The Lancers (18-6, 11-0 WAC) added a run in the fourth on a two-out single by Russell Stevenson.
 
The Lancers took the lead in the eighth on a pinch-hit RBI-single by Connor Clift against graduate student Kevin Palm (0-2).
 
That made a winner of Matt Amrhein (2-0), who pitched 3.2 innings of scoreless relief, striking out five while allowing three hits.
 
CJ Culpepper recorded the final out for his ninth save.
 
UTRGV and California Baptist complete this four-game series on Saturday at 10 a.m. UTRGV Athletics is capping capacity at UTRGV Baseball Stadium at approximately 1,200 fans. Single-game tickets can be purchased online at UTRGVTickets.com. For more information about game day, visit GoUTRGV.com/game-day.
 
Fans can also watch for free online at WACDigitalNetwork.com.

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