RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team fell to the Sam Houston Bearkats 11-2 to conclude a three-game series on Sunday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
The Vaqueros (9-10, 1-5 WAC) scored their run in the third against
Gavi Coldiron (1-0), as with one out, senior
Zerek Saenz drew a seven-pitch walk and sophomore Vela alum
Isaac Lopez doubled to setup an RBI-ground out by graduate student
Brandon Pimentel to make the score 3-1.
Pimentel reached base twice on walks. Sophomore
Steven Lancia reached a team-best three times, going 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.
Lancia's double came with one out in the ninth. Junior PSJA alum
Jacob Sanchez followed with an RBI-double to complete the scoring.
The Bearkats (13-8, 6-0 WAC) got on the board against graduate student
Colten Davis (2-2) in the first, putting runners at second and third with nobody out ahead of a two-run double by
Walker Janek. After a sacrifice bunt,
Justin Wishkoski hit an RBI-single to make the score 3-0.
The Bearkats put up another three-spot in the fourth on an RBI-double by
Myles Jefferson and a two-run single by
Tyler Davis.
The Bearkats scored twice more in the fifth on an RBI-single by
Easton Loyd and a sacrifice fly by Jefferson and twice more in the sixth on an RBI-double by
Joe Redfield and an RBI-groundout by
Clayton Chadwick.
Graduate student
Kris Massey pitched a hitless seventh inning, striking out two, and then junior Vela alum
Nico Rodriguez pitched a hitless eighth.
In the ninth, however, the Bearkats added a run on a Jefferson RBI-single.
UTRGV hosts UTSA on $2 Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. General admission tickets and select concession items are available for $2 or less. The first 500 fans in attendance receive UTRGV football t-shirts. 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 5:30 p.m.
Fans unable to attend in person can watch domestically on
ESPN+ or internationally via
WAC International.
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