ABILENE – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team beat the Abilene Christian University Wildcats 7-5 in game two of a doubleheader on Saturday at Crutcher Scott Field to both clinch the series by taking two out of three and the season series by taking four out of six.
The Vaqueros (23-16, 9-9 WAC) scored four runs in the sixth to come back from a 2-0 deficit. Graduate student
Jacob Hirsh led off the inning with a single and then freshman Vela alum
Isaac Lopez hit an RBI-double. Graduate student
Cameron Blake followed with a four-pitch walk before junior
Diego Ramirez belted a three-run home run, his second of the season and of the week, to put the Vaqueros up 4-2.
The Wildcats (19-20, 8-10 WAC) tied the game in the bottom of the inning on a
Brett Hammit two-run home run.
The Vaqueros regained the lead in the seventh on an RBI-single by junior
Chris Mondesi.
The Wildcats came right back to tie the game at 5 in the bottom of the inning on a
Tanner Tweedt RBI-double.
That was it until the ninth. Graduate student
Freddy Rojas Jr. led off with a double against
Tanner Riley (2-3). Sophomore PSJA alum
Jacob Sanchez laid down a sacrifice bunt, but the throw to first got away, allowing pinch-runner and sophomore
Spencer Serven to score. After another sacrifice bunt, Mondesi hit an RBI-single to put the Vaqueros up 7-5.
That made a winner of senior
Ricky Gerik Jr. (3-3), who pitched 2.2 innings of scoreless relief, striking out two.
Offensively, Mondesi went a career-best 3-for-5 with two RBI. Lopez went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Hirsh went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Junior
Brandon Pimentel went 2-for-5. Rojas finished 2-for-4 with a walk. Blake reached base three times, doubling, and drawing two walks. Ramirez reached twice, adding a walk to his home run.
The Wildcats initially got on the board in the third on a
Colton Eager home run.
Then, in the fourth,
Alexei Cazarin hit a two-out RBI-single to make the score 2-0.
UTRGV hosts #7 Texas for the first time in 51 years on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. The game is sold out, although tickets have been set aside for current UTRGV students, who get in free with their student ID. Gates open for season ticket holders at 5 p.m. and everyone else at 5:30 p.m. For more game information, visit
GoUTRGV.com/Texas. Those unable to attend the game in person can watch in the United States on
ESPN+ or internationally at
WACSports.com/Watch.
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