RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros baseball team beat the University of Rhode Island (URI) Rams 13-3 in game two of a doubleheader on Sunday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
Junior Vela alum
Isaac Lopez led the Vaqueros (1-1) offensively by going 2-for-3 with two walks, two RBI and two runs scored. Senior
Kade York went 2-for-6 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored. In his first collegiate game, freshman Vela alum
Rudy Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored. Senior PSJA North alum
Damian Rodriguez finished 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored.
The Vaqueros scored six runs in the fourth. With one out, graduate student
CJ Valdez and junior
Hank Warren singled. Gonzalez followed with an RBI-double. One out later, York hit a 2-run double. After a strikeout with a wild pitch and a walk loaded the bases, ending the day for
Trystan Levesque (0-1), freshman
Armani Raygoza greeted reliever
Jeremy Urena with a 3-run double, his first-career hit, to put the Vaqueros up 6-1.
The Vaqueros added seven more runs in the eighth. The Vaqueros loaded the bases with nobody out to set-up a Lopez 2-run single. In his first-career plate appearance, freshman
Easton Moomau followed with an RBI-single. Junior Sharyland alum
Martin Vazquez then walked to load the bases, setting up a run-scoring walk for Valdez and a run-scoring hit by pitch for senior
Marc Schavone in his first UTRGV plate appearance. Freshman PSJA alum
Julius Randle then made his collegiate debut and drove-in a run with a groundout to cap the inning.
After junior
Jacob Limas struck out four in 3.0 scoreless innings, the Rams (1-1) broke through against senior
Tyler Valdez (1-0) in the fourth as
Brody Levin drew a leadoff walk, moved to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a single by
Jack Hopko.
The Rams pushed across additional runs in the sixth on a 2-out single by
Reece Moroney and the ninth on a Hopko 2-out single.
Junior
Francisco Hernandez pitched 2.0 scoreless innings, striking out two, in his UTRGV debut.
UTRGV and URI complete this three-game series on Monday at 6:30 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. It's faculty & staff appreciation night. Current UTRGV faculty & staff receive free admission with an employee ID.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at
GoUTRGV.com/Tickets. 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.
Fans can watch domestically on
ESPN+ or internationally via
WAC International.
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