RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team beat the UTSA Roadrunners, a team receiving votes in the latest
USA Today Coaches and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association polls, 5-3 on Tuesday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
The win snaps the Vaqueros' (10-10) five-game skid and the Roadrunners' (18-4) 10-game winning streak.
The Vaqueros broke through against
Drake Smith (1-1) with two outs in the second. Junior
Adrian Torres and sophomore
Erick Martinez drew back-to-back walks on 3-2 pitches, setting up an RBI-double by junior
Kade York. Senior
Zerek Saenz followed with a two-run single to make the score 3-0.
The Vaqueros added two more runs in the fourth on a two-out, two-run single by sophomore Vela alum
Isaac Lopez to make the score 5-0.
York went a career-high tying 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored. Lopez finished 2-for-4 with two RBI.
Senior
J.C. Ariza (1-2) cruised through the first 4.0 innings, striking out four while allowing just two singles. In the fifth, however,
Caleb Hill and
Taylor Smith hit home runs to make the score 5-2.
Senior
Alex Verdugo took over in the sixth, pitching 2.2 scoreless innings, striking out six while allowing just one hit.
Graduate student
Kris Massey recorded the final out of the eighth before junior
Sebastian Mejia worked around an
Antonio Valdez solo home run for his first save.
UTRGV visits New Mexico State for a three-game series starting Friday at 7 p.m. Fans can watch online via
WAC International.
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