RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team fell to the Texas State University Bobcats 7-4 in front of a sellout crowd of 1,175 on Tuesday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
 
The Vaqueros (13-16) scored their runs in the fourth, loading the bases on three-straight one-out walks, setting up a three-run double by graduate student Conrado Diaz. After a wild pitch moved Diaz to third, junior Freddy Rojas Jr.lifted a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 4.
 
That's where the score stayed until the eighth. The Bobcats (13-17) loaded the bases on an error and two walks against junior Zach De Leon (0-1). A run scored on a two-out wild pitch, and then Will Hollis hit a two-run single to make the score 7-4.
 
That made a winner of Otto Wofford (2-1), who pitched two scoreless innings of relief.
 
Tristan Stivors pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save.
 
The Bobcats loaded the bases with nobody out in the first against junior Deryk Serbantez, who responded by getting Bryce Bonner to ground into a double play. That forced in a run to make the score 1-0.
 
The Bobcats added a run with two outs in the third on an error and then two more in the fourth on a two-run double by Jose Gonzalez.
 
UTRGV opens up a four-game series against Utah Valley on Friday at 6 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. 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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