RIO GRANDE VALLEY – Three pitchers combined on a shutout as The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros baseball team beat the Milwaukee Panthers 2-0 on Friday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium in front of a crowd of 2,711.
Graduate student
Isiah Campa started and pitched 3.0 scoreless innings, striking out two without a walk while allowing just two singles.
Junior
Francisco Hernandez (1-0) followed with 3.0 scoreless innings of relief, striking out one while allowing a single and a walk.
Senior Vela alum
Nico Rodriguez followed with 3.0 scoreless innings, striking out three and working around one single for his first save.
The Vaqueros (3-1) scored the only run they needed in the sixth. Freshman
Armani Raygoza drew a 7-pitch leadoff walk from Panthers (0-4) starter
Luke Hansel (0-1). One out later,
Easton Moomau singled to move pinch-runner and junior
Erick Martinez to third. Then, with two outs, graduate student
CJ Valdez singled to make the score 1-0.
The Vaqueros added a run in the seventh when one-out walks by seniors
Kade York and
Adrian Torres led to an RBI-single by junior Vela alum
Isaac Lopez to make the score 2-0.
Junior
Steven Lancia started the game with a single and a double, giving him hits in 7-straight at-bats dating back to Monday when he went 5-for-5 against Rhode Island. Lancia finished 2-for-4. Torres reached base in all four plate appearances, recording two doubles and two walks.
UTRGV and Milwaukee play the middle game of the series Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. Fans can take advantage of the baseball/basketball bundle promotion. Fans can use their tickets to Saturday's baseball game to get free admission to Saturday's 2 p.m. women's basketball game against Seattle U at the UTRGV Fieldhouse, or vice versa.
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. Gates open at 5:30 p.m.
Fans can watch domestically on
ESPN+ or internationally via
WAC International.
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