RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team fell to the Tarleton State University Texans 7-6 in game two of a doubleheader on Saturday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
Graduate student
Andy Atwood led the Vaqueros Vaqueros (24-21, 15-12 WAC) offensively, going 3-for-5 with his first multi-home run game, hitting two for three RBI. Junior
Freddy Rojas Jr. singled and walked twice. Sophomore
Diego Ramirez finished with a single and a walk.
The Texans (20-30, 13-18 WAC) jumped in front right away, bringing home a run in the first on a
London Greensacrifice fly before scoring twice more in the second on a
Wade Raburn single and a
Kemuel Thomas-Rivera sacrifice fly.
The Vaqueros responded in the third on an RBI-single by graduate student
Coleman Grubbsthat made the score 3-1.
Atwood hit his first home run and freshman PSJA alum
Jacob Sanchez lifted a sacrifice fly in the fourth to tie the score at 3.
The Texans regained the lead on a Green RBI-single in the fifth, but the Vaqueros tied the game on a Grubbs sacrifice fly in the bottom of the inning.
The Texas took the lead for good in the seventh against junior
Tyler Kisner (0-2). The Texans loaded the bases with one out, setting up an RBI-single by
Dean Frew and a two-run single by
Cody Vannoy to make the score 7-4.
That made a winner of
A.J. Wood (3-1), who pitched 4.2 innings of relief to close out the game. The only runs against Wood came with two outs in the ninth when Atwood launched a two-run home run across the street beyond the left field wall. Atwood now has eight home runs this season.
UTRGV and Tarleton close out this four-game series on Sunday at 12 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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