LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team dropped the first game of a doubleheader to the New Mexico State University Aggies 12-1 in seven innings on Saturday at Presley Askew Field.
 
The loss snaps the Vaqueros' (22-18, 13-9 WAC) seven-game winning streak
 
The Vaqueros scored their run in the fourth on a home run by junior Angel De La Cruz, his fifth of the season.
 
That was it against Chris Jefferson (5-5), who pitched a complete game, allowing two hits and two walks while striking out three.
 
The Vaqueros' other hit was a fifth-inning double by sophomore Jacob Flores.
 
After graduate student Kevin Palm (1-3) pitched a 1-2-3 first, the Aggies (15-25, 12-14 WAC) broke through in the second on a Brandon Dieter RBI-double.
 
Ronnie Allen Jr. hit a two-run double in the third.
 
Then, after De La Cruz's home run made the score 3-1, the Aggies put up seven runs in the fourth on two-run singles by Zerek Saenz, Cal Villarreal and Dieter and an RBI-single by Britt Graham.
 
The Aggies tacked on two more runs in the sixth on a two-run single by Tommy Tabak.
 
UTRGV and New Mexico State play games two of this doubleheader at approximately 5 p.m. Fans can watch for free online at WACDigitalNetwork.com.

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