RIO GRANDE VALLEY – Graduate student Andy Atwood scored on a ground ball by senior Jacob Hirsh in the 10^th to send The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team to a 5-4 victory over the Seattle U Redhawks in game two of a doubleheader on Saturday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
 
The Vaqueros (20-17, 11-8 WAC) are now winners of five in a row.
 
The game was tied at 3 in the eighth when the Redhawks (13-20, 7-12 WAC) put two on with one out against freshman Zach Tjelmeland. Senior Chase Bridges (5-1) came in and got ahead of Shane Jamison 0-2, but Jamison singled to left field to drive-in the go-ahead run.
 
In the bottom of the inning, sophomore Angel De La Cruz answered with his fourth home run of the season to tie the game against Brady Liddle (1-1).
 
De La Cruz finished a career-best 3-for-4 with a walk.
 
That's where the score stayed until the 10^th, when the Vaqueros loaded the bases with one out. Hirsh hit a chopper to first. Derek Gellos' throw to the plate went wide, allowing Atwood to score to end the game.
 
The Redhawks scored the first two runs of the game on a wild pitch in the first and a Kai Alberghini single in the second.
 
The Vaqueros got one back in the bottom of the second on freshman Spencer Serven's third home run of the season before tying the game in the third on a De La Cruz single.
 
The Redhawks went up 3-2 in the fourth on a Gavin Rork double, but the Vaqueros tied the game in the bottom of the inning on a double by junior DeAndre' Shelton.
 
UTRGV and Seattle U close out this four-game series, presented by Texas Organ Sharing Alliance, on Sunday 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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