RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros baseball team fell to the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders 2-1 as part of the South Texas Showdown, presented by Rally Credit Union, on Wednesday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium in front of a crowd of 1,618.
The Vaqueros (5-2) scored their lone run in the second, when a groundout by graduate student
CJ Valdez against
Evan Hendricks (2-0) brought home junior
Steven Lancia to make the score 1-0.
The Islanders (4-7) scored in the third and fifth innings, both times on RBI-singles by
Isaac Webb to score
Mario Mendoza Jr.
The second of those hits was against junior
Francisco Hernandez (1-1), who struck out four in 2.0 innings of relief.
Junior
Jack Lopez followed by striking out one in a perfect seventh before junior
Mason Kosowick tossed two perfect innings on just 15 pitches (10 strikes). Senior Vela alum
Nico Rodriguez struck out two in a scoreless ninth.
Junior
Easton Moomau started, striking out three while allowing one run on two hits and one walk in 3.0 innings.
UTRGV opens a 3-game series against Austin Peay, a team receiving votes in the latest NCBWA poll, on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. The game features the Cane's Challenge. If the Vaqueros win, all fans in the stadium will receive coupons for buy one, get one free box combos at Raising Cane's on their way out.
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.
The next event of the South Texas Showdown, presented by Rally Credit Union, is Monday and Tuesday when women's golf hosts the Vaqueros Invitational at McAllen Country Club.
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