RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team fell to the Sam Houston Bearkats 6-4 in the middle game of a three-game series on Saturday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
Junior
Adrian Torres led the Vaqueros (9-9, 1-4 WAC) offensively, posting his second-career three-hit game by going 3-for-4 with an RBI. Graduate student
Montclair Cain went 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored. Junior PSJA alum
Jacob Sanchez walked twice while going 1-for-3 with a run scored.
The Bearkats (12-8, 5-0 WAC) broke the scoreless tie in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by
Easton Loyd.
In the bottom of the inning, though, the Vaqueros put runners on the corners with one out. Cain took off from first to second. The throw went into center field, allowing senior
Roberto Gonzalez to score to tie the game.
The Bearkats regained the lead in the fifth on an RBI-single by
Tyler Davis before going up 3-1 on a Loyd home run in the sixth.
With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Cain and Sanchez singled to setup RBI-singles by Torres and senior Vela alum
RJ Ochoa to tie the game at 3.
The Bearkats went ahead in the top of the seventh on a
Walker Janek RBI-single against sophomore
Randy Garza(0-1), but in the bottom of the inning, the Vaqueros tied the game on a one-out RBI-single by graduate student
Brandon Pimentel.
In the eighth, however, three of the first four hitters walked, leading to a two-run single by
Joe Redfield to give the Bearkats the lead for good.
That made a winner of
Rome Shubert (1-2), who pitched 1.1 scoreless innings of relief.
Braden Davis pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save.
UTRGV and Sam Houston conclude this three-game series on Sunday at 12 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. Tickets are on sale now at
UTRGVTickets.com. Current UTRGV students receive free general admission with their student ID. All fans need to follow the clear bag policy, details of which can be found at
GoUTRGV.com/ClearBag. Gates open at 11 a.m.
Fans unable to attend in person can watch domestically on
ESPN+ or internationally via
WAC International.
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