SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Senior
Roberto Gonzalez hit a pair of 3-run home runs to power The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros baseball team to a 9-6 victory over the Sacramento State Hornets on Sunday at John Smith Field.
Gonzalez hit his home runs in the third to put the Vaqueros (26-20, 12-12 WAC) up 4-2 and the fifth to make the score 7-2.
Gonzalez finished 2-for-5 with a career-high six RBI and two runs scored. It was his first-career multi home run game. Gonzalez now has six home runs this season.
Gonzalez is the second Vaquero to hit a pair of 3-run home runs and drive-in six runs in a game this season, following junior PSJA alum
Jacob Sanchez, who did so at New Mexico State on March 26. This is the program's fifth 6-RBI game since 2008, along with
Brandon Pimentel, who also hit two 3-run home runs against George Washington on Feb. 20, 2022,
Vinnie Mejia against Louisiana Tech on March 5, 2010, and
Jordan Rutenbar against Northern Colorado on May 3, 2008.
The Vaqueros hit three home runs in the game, as sophomore
Steven Lancia hit a solo shot to dead center off
Cooper Rons (3-3) to bring the Vaqueros within 2-1 in the second. Lancia now has six home runs this season.
The Vaqueros also scored on a 2-out, RBI-single by junior
Kade York in the eighth to go up 8-3 and a 2-out, RBI-double by graduate student
Montclair Cain in the ninth to go up 9-6.
York finished 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. Pimentel went 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs scored. Sophomore Vela alum
Isaac Lopez went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk and two runs scored. Junior
Adrian Torres finished 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored.
Senior
Colten Davis (4-2) made the runs stand up, striking out seven while allowing two runs on six hits and two walks in 5.0 innings.
Graduate student
Jesus Aldaz pitched the final 4.0 innings for his second save.
The Hornets (24-24, 10-14 WAC) scored their runs against Davis in the first, as
Martin Vincelli-Simard hit a 2-run home run.
Vincelli-Simard added an RBI-single in the seventh to bring the Hornets within 7-3.
The Hornets loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth, setting up a 3-run double by
Jorge Bojorquez to make the score 8-6.
UTRGV concludes this 8-game road trip on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Texas A&M, a team receiving votes in the latest National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll. Fans can watch on
SEC Network+.
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