ABILENE – The top third of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros baseball team's lineup combined for eight hits and six runs scored in a 7-4 victory over the Abilene Christian Wildcats on Friday at Crutcher Scott Field.
Batting leadoff, senior
Kade York went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored. Hitting second, freshman
Easton Moomau went a career-best 3-for-5 with a career-high three runs scored. Batting third, junior Sharyland alum
Martin Vazquez went a career-high tying 3-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored. Junior
Hank Warren also went 2-for-2 with two walks and two RBI.
The first three Vaqueros (22-19, 11-11 WAC) recorded hits against
Austin Glaze (4-4) in the first, as York doubled, Moomau singled, and Vazquez hit an RBI-single. Junior
Steven Lancia followed with a sacrifice fly to make the score 2-0.
The Wildcats (27-19, 14-8 WAC) tied the game against senior
Zach Tjelmeland (5-2) in the bottom of the inning as
Miller Ladusau and
Benjamin Greer led off with back-to-back home runs.
The Wildcats took a 2-1 lead in the second on a 1-out triple by
Aaron Staehely.
In the third, though, the Vaqueros loaded the bases with one out, setting up a sacrifice fly by graduate student
CJ Valdez. After a walk re-loaded the bases, Warren hit a 2-run single to give the Vaqueros a 5-3 lead.
In the fourth, York, Moomau and Vazquez hit 1-out singles to load the bases. Lancia followed with a sacrifice fly and then freshman
Armani Raygoza hit an RBI-single to make the score 7-3.
The Wildcats got one back in the seventh when Staehely moved to third on a ball in the dirt and scored when the throw to third went into left field.
That was it against Tjelmeland, who struck out seven in 7.0 innings.
Senior Vela alum
Nico Rodriguez pitched 2.0 scoreless innings for his third save.
UTRGV and Abilene Christian play the middle game of this 3-game series on Saturday at 10 a.m. Fans can watch via
WAC International.
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