RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team scored in every inning from the third through the seventh to beat the Seattle U Redhawks 11-4 on Friday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
 
Graduate student Coleman Grubbs led the Vaqueros (18-17, 9-8 WAC) by going 3-for-4 with a walk, a season-high three runs scored and a career-high three stolen bases. Graduate student Andy Atwood finished 3-for-4 with a home run, a triple, a walk, two RBI and two runs scored. Senior Elijah Alexander finished 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI and a run scored. Senior Jacob Hirsh went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI and two runs scored.
 
Grubbs led off the third inning with a bunt single. He then stole second. The pitch he stole on went to the backstop, allowing Grubbs to take third. One out later, Atwood walked, setting up a two-out, two-run double by junior Vela alum RJ Ochoa against Nestor German (4-4). Alexander followed with an RBI-double to put the Vaqueros up 3-1.
 
In the fourth, Grubbs led off with a single, stole second, moved to third on a balk and scored on an Atwood triple.
 
Hirsh drove-in a run with a triple of his own and scored on a suicide squeeze by Carson Letterman in the fifth to make the score 6-1.
 
Atwood homered to left in the sixth to make the score 7-1.
 
Then, with the score 7-3 in the seventh, the Vaqueros scored four more run on an error, a Letterman sacrifice fly, a Grubbs single and a double-steal that brought Grubbs home when Atwood stole second with two outs.
 
Senior Kevin Stevens (4-4) made the runs stand up, striking out six in 6.0 innings while allowing one run on five hits and two walks.
 
The Redhawks (13-18, 7-10 WAC) scored that run in the third on a two-out single by Julian Kodama.
 
The Redhawks added two more in the seventh on a wild pitch and a single by Justin Mazzone.

The Redhawks pushed across one more run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Jason Luke.
 
UTRGV and Seattle U play a doubleheader on Saturday at 1 p.m., presented by Texas Organ Sharing Alliance. Game one is scheduled for seven innings while game two is scheduled for the full nine.
 
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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