5
UTRGV UTRGV 33-25
9
Winner Sacramento State SAC 32-25
UTRGV UTRGV
33-25
5
Final
9
Sacramento State SAC
32-25
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UTRGV UTRGV 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 5 9 2
Sacramento State SAC 0 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 X 9 13 2

W: Pettey, Max (4-1) L: Davis, Colten (4-4)

UTRGV Final Score UTRGV 5 9 2 Runs Hits Errors Sacramento State 9 13 2
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Freddy Rojas Jr. (#23)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Knocked out of WAC Tournament

MESA, Ariz. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team, the Southwest Division #3 seed, fell to the Sacramento State Hornets, the West Division #2 seed, 9-5 in a Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tournament elimination game on Friday at Hohokam Stadium, the spring training home of the Oakland A's.
 
Graduate student Freddy Rojas Jr. led the Vaqueros (33-25) by going 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored. Graduate student Jacob Hirsh went 2-for-4 with a home run, a triple, two RBI and one run scored. Junior Brandon Pimentel finished 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBI.
 
Rojas' home run came in the fourth to tie the game at 2. It was his 11th home run of the season, tied with Hall of Famer Joe Hernandez (1975) for the ninth-highest single-season total in program history.
 
It was Rojas' 21st-career home run, tying Jesse Gutierrez (2000) for second in program history, behind only Hall of Famer Mitchell Moran (27, 1981-83). 
 
Then, with the Vaqueros down 6-2 in the sixth, Rojas hit a leadoff single and scored on a two-out triple Hirsh against Max Pettey (4-1).
 
The Vaqueros trailed 9-3 entering the ninth. With one out, Hirsh hit a home run. Then, after back-to-back singles, Pimentel hit a two-out RBI-single to make it a four-run game.
 
The Vaqueros initially scored in the third, when trailing 2-0, freshman Vela alum Isaac Lopez singled, moved to second on a groundout, and scored on an RBI-single by Pimentel.
 
Pimentel finished the season with 89 hits, passing Moran (1983) for third in program history. He also broke a tie for second in total bases with 146.
 
The Hornets (32-25) got on the board against graduate student Colten Davis (4-4) with two outs in the second on RBI-singles by Josh Walker and Josh Rolling.
 
The Hornets took a 4-2 lead in the fourth on RBI-singles by Walker and Jorge Bojorquez and then a 6-2 lead in the fifth on an RBI-single by Steven Moretto and a sacrifice fly by Nick Iwasa.
 
Then, with the score 6-3 in the seventh, Moretto lifted a sacrifice fly to give the Hornets a 7-3 lead.
 
The Hornets tacked on two more runs with two outs in the eighth on a single by Martin Vincelli-Simard.

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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
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SAC BOT 2nd Walker singled up the middle, RBI (1-2 KBK); Heard advanced to third; Moretto scored. 0 1
SAC BOT 2nd Rolling singled up the middle, RBI (1-2 BFSF); Walker advanced to third; Heard scored. 0 2
UTRGV TOP 3rd Pimentel, B singled to left center, RBI (0-1 F); Lopez, I scored. 1 2
UTRGV TOP 4th Rojas Jr., F homered to left field, RBI (1-2 BSSF). 2 2
SAC BOT 4th Walker singled to center field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (1-1 BF); Iwasa scored. 2 3
SAC BOT 4th Bojorquez singled through the right side, RBI (1-2 KBKF); Walker scored. 2 4
SAC BOT 5th Moretto singled up the middle, RBI (0-2 KK); Vincelli-Sim scored. 2 5
SAC BOT 5th Iwasa flied out to cf, SF, RBI (1-0 B); Moretto scored. 2 6
UTRGV TOP 6th Hirsh, J tripled to right center, RBI (2-2 SFFBB); Rojas Jr., F scored. 3 6
SAC BOT 7th Moretto flied out to cf to left center, SF, RBI (0-0); Bacho scored. 3 7
SAC BOT 8th Vincelli-Sim singled to shortstop, 2 RBI (2-0 BB); Bacho advanced to third; Doyle scored, unearned; Rolling scored, unearned. 3 9
UTRGV TOP 9th Hirsh, J homered to right field, RBI (0-2 FS). 4 9
UTRGV TOP 9th Pimentel, B singled to center field, RBI (0-0); Lopez, I advanced to second; Ochoa, R scored. 5 9

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