NEW ORLEANS – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros baseball team completed its second-straight Southland Conference series sweep by beating the New Orleans Privateers 9-2 on Sunday at Maestri Field, marking the Vaqueros' seventh-straight win.
The Vaqueros (11-2, 6-0 SLC) last won seven in a row April 11-30, 2021.
The Vaqueros are off to their best overall start since 2012, when they also started 11-2.
The Vaqueros are off to their best conference start since 2012, when they started 8-0 in Great West Conference play.
Junior
Thomas Williams led the Vaqueros offensively by hitting his first-career home run while going 2-for-5 with a career-high tying three RBI. Senior
Hank Warren went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI and a run scored. Senior
Steven Lancia finished 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored.
The Vaqueros got on the board against
Matthew Bienvenu (0-1) right away, as graduate student Vela alum
Isaac Lopez led off with a single, moved to second on a wild pitch and to third on a groundout before scoring on an RBI-groundout by sophomore
Easton Moomau to make the score 1-0.
That was it until the fourth, when the Vaqueros loaded the bases with nobody out. Freshman
Cameron Carter and Warren walked to force-in runs. Sophomore
Evan Janner hit into a fielder's choice to bring home a run. One batter later, Williams and sophomore
Easton Moomau hit back-to-back RBI-singles to put the Vaqueros up 6-0.
Senior
Jacob Limas (1-0) held the Privateers (7-7, 2-4 SLC) off the board until the fifth, when with two on and two out,
Bryce Calloway hit a grounder to short that ate up Lopez and went into left to bring home a run and make the score 6-1.
Limas pitched a season-high 5.2 innings, striking out four.
The Vaqueros responded by putting runners at second and third with nobody out in the top of the sixth. Lopez hit a sacrifice fly and Williams followed with a 2-run home run to make the score 9-1.
Junior
Caden Wanless struck out a career-high five in a career-high 2.1 innings of relief.
The lone baserunner against Wanless was a 2-out home run by
Tristan Moore in the eighth.
UTRGV wraps up this five-game road trip at No. 20 Southern Mississippi on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in a game that will be broadcast on
ESPN+.
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