RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley baseball team cruised past the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 10-0 in eight innings to open a three-game series on Friday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium in front of a crowd of 1,192.
Senior
Kevin Stevens (4-2) racked up seven strikeouts in a season-high 8.0 scoreless innings for the win. He scattered five hits and one walk along the way. It was his fourth-career complete game and second-career shutout.
Graduate student
DeAndre' Shelton led the Vaqueros (17-12, 7-6 WAC) offensively by going a career-high tying 3-or-4 with an RBI, a career-high tying two runs scored and a stolen base. Junior
Diego Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a career-high three RBI and one run scored. Junior
Brandon Pimentel extended his hitting streak to 14 games by going 2-for-5 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. He is now 30-for-66 (.455) during the streak. Graduate student
Bryan Sturges extended his hitting streak to 11 games by going 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI. He is now 22-for-46 (.478) during the streak.
Kyle Cullen led the Lumberjacks (8-21, 4-9 WAC) offensively by going 2-for-4.
The Vaqueros broke through against
Joe Todd (3-5) in the third, putting two on with one out to set up an RBI-groundout by Ramirez. An error brought home another run to make the score 2-0.
Freshman Vela alum
Isaac Lopez led off the fifth with a single. Graduate student
Jacob Hirsh followed with an RBI-triple and then scored on a Ramirez sacrifice fly to make the score 4-0.
Sophomore PSJA alum
Jacob Sanchez led off the sixth with a single and later scored on a Shelton RBI-single. Shelton moved to second on an error, stole third and scored on a wild pitch to make the score 6-0.
In the eight, Ramirez and Pimentel hit back-to-back two-out RBI-single before Sturges hit a walk-off two-run double.
UTRGV and Stephen F. Austin play the middle game of this three-game series during Selena Night on Saturday at 6 p.m. The first 250 fans in attendance will receive Selena koozies, courtesy of UTRGV Alumni Relations. Fans dressed like or wearing Selena attire get discounted tickets – $5 for adults and $3 for children. There will be Selena music and Selena themed trivia and bingo throughout the night. Friends & family four packs, including four tickets, four hot dogs and four drinks are available for just $25 (this offer cannot be combined with the Selena attire ticket offer). Gates open at 5 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at
UTRGVTickets.com. 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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