RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros baseball team fell to the Southeastern Lions 11-6 in game one of a doubleheader on Saturday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
Junior
Armani Raygoza led the Vaqueros (17-21, 11-12 SLC) offensively by going 2-for-5 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored. Junior
Rocco Garza Gongora went 2-for-5 with a run scored. Junior
Easton Moomau finished 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.
The Vaqueros trailed 7-0 after two innings but broke through against
Nik Toups (2-1) in the third, putting runners on the corners with nobody out. Garza Gongora hit into a double play to score senior
Hank Warren. Senior
Thomas Williams followed with a nine-pitch walk, setting up a Raygoza two-run home run to make the score 7-3. Raygoza's home run, his 13
th of the season, traveled 356'.
Then, down 8-3 with one out in the seventh, Garza Gongora singled, stole second, and moved to third on an error. Williams drove-in Garza Gongora with a single. Raygoza followed with a single. Junior PSJA alum
Julius Ramirez hit a fly ball to deep center to score Williams and allow Raygoza to move to second. That allowed Raygoza to score on a Moomau bloop single to bring the Vaqueros within 8-6.
The Lions (24-16, 13-7 SLC), however, loaded the bases with nobody out in the eighth.
Brooks Wright hit a bloop RBI-single and then
Dane Watts hit a two-run single down the right field line to make the score 11-6.
Levi Shaffer pitched 2.1 scoreless innings for his second save.
The Lions put their first two men aboard against junior
JC Gutierrez (0-1) via a hit batsman and a bunt single.
Brody Capps hit an RBI-single, and then after Gutierrez struck out the next two,
Connor Cuff hit a two-run double to put the Lions up 3-0.
The Lions batted around to score four more runs (two earned) in the second, as with the bases loaded and one out, Capps and
Justin Williams hit RBI-singles. A passed ball scored another run and then an error brought him the final run of the inning, putting the Lions up 7-0.
Graduate student
Robert Bonilla kept the Lions off the board until the seventh, when the Lions loaded the bases with two outs.
Ben Robichaux walked to force-in a run, putting the Lions up 8-3.
Bonilla pitched a season-high 4.1 innings, striking out four while allowing one run on four hits and two walks.
Game two of the doubleheader is scheduled to get underway at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at
UTRGVTickets.com. Current UTRGV students receive free general admission with a digital ticket that can be acquired at
GoUTRGV.com/StudentTickets while also showing their student ID. Fans can learn more about game day, including parking information, maps, and the clear bag policy, by visiting
RallyTheValley.com.
Fans can watch domestically on
ESPN+ or internationally via
Southland International.
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