Vaqueros Win Baseball Final 5-14-21 Game 1
Davis Van Egdom
0
Northern Colorado UNC 11-30, 7-18 WAC
5
Winner UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV 26-21, 17-12 WAC
Northern Colorado UNC
11-30, 7-18 WAC
0
Final
5
UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV
26-21, 17-12 WAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Northern Colorado UNC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV 1 0 0 0 4 0 X 5 5 0

W: Stevens, Kevin (7-4) L: Dylan BOWERS (2-4)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Stevens Powers Baseball to Victory Over Northern Colorado

RIO GRANDE VALLEY – Redshirt senior Kevin Stevens pitched a complete game one-hit shutout to lead The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros baseball team to a 5-0 victory in seven innings over the Northern Colorado Bears on Friday at the UTRGV Baseball Stadium. 
 
The one-hitter by Stevens (7-4) is the 39th in program history as he allowed the one hit in the fifth inning to Matt Burkhart. Stevens was part of the last one-hitter as he combined to one hit Kansas State back on Feb. 14, 2020. Stevens finished one strikeout shy of his career high with 11 strikeouts. 
 
The Bears (11-30, 7-18 WAC) did not get a runner past first against Stevens. 
 
The Vaqueros (26-21, 17-12 WAC) were led offensively by graduate student Coleman Grubbs who went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. 
 
The Vaqueros got the scoring started in the bottom of the first as junior and Vela High School alum RJ Ochoa delivered an RBI single that scored Grubbs for the 1-0 lead. 
 
UTRGV opened up the scoring in the bottom of the fifth as they knocked Bears starter Dylan Bowers (2-4) out of the game. Redshirt senior Jacob Hirsh reached on a throwing error to start the inning before Grubbs delivered an RBI triple to make it 2-0 UTRGV. The Vaqueros then got an RBI single from redshirt junior Freddy Rojas Jr., Atwood then scored on a wild pitch, and redshirt sophomore Angel De La Cruz drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to push UTRGV's lead to 5-0.
 
Bowers pitched four innings while allowing five runs, two earned, on five hits with four strikeouts and three walks. 
 
UTRGV and Northern Colorado play game two of this doubleheader, scheduled for the full nine innings, at approximately 5:45 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.
 
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