https://goutrgv.com/news/2022/4/27/baseball-drops-showdown-at-corpus-christi.aspx April 27, 2022 – CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team fell to the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders 12-5 as part of the South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy Army Community Credit Union, on Wednesday at Chapman Field. Graduate student Brett Cain led the Vaqueros (23-18) offensively by going 2-for-4 with a home run and a walk. Junior Chris Mondesi went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and a run scored. Down 3-0 in the fourth, the Vaqueros put runners on the corners with one out. Cain took off from first on a ball in the dirt. The throw came through, allowing junior Brandon Pimentel to take off from third and score the Vaqueros’ first run. The Vaqueros tied the game in the sixth on a two-out, two-run single by graduate student Cameron Blake. Diego Johnson responded with an RBI-single in the bottom of the inning to put the Islanders (20-22) back on top before Cain hit his eighth home run of the season against Clay Westbrook (3-1) to tie the game at 4 in the seventh. The Islanders struck back in the bottom of the inning, loading the bases with nobody out against junior Alex Verdugo (0-1) before plating runs on three wild pitches, a Leo Markotic groundout, and a Cole Modgling triple to take a 9-4 lead. The Islanders added three runs in the eighth on a two-out triple by Josh Caraway and a two-run double by Max Puls. The Vaqueros completed the scoring in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by graduate student Bryan Sturges. UTRGV opens a three-game series against Tarleton, presented by First Community Bank, on Friday at 7 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. This game is part of the Cane's Challenge. Whenever the Vaqueros win a Friday home game, all fans in the ballpark receive coupons for buy one, get one free box combos at Raising Cane's on their way out. Gates open at 6 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at UTRGVTickets.com. Those unable to attend the game in person can watch in the United States on ESPN+ or internationally at WACSports.com/Watch.
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https://goutrgv.com/news/2022/4/23/baseball-earns-series-victory-at-abilene-christian.aspx April 23, 2022 – ABILENE, Texas – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team beat the Abilene Christian University Wildcats 7-5 in game two of a doubleheader on Saturday at Crutcher Scott Field to both clinch the series by taking two out of three and the season series by taking four out of six. The Vaqueros (23-16, 9-9 WAC) scored four runs in the sixth to come back from a 2-0 deficit. Graduate student Jacob Hirsh led off the inning with a single and then freshman Vela alum Isaac Lopez hit an RBI-double. Graduate student Cameron Blake followed with a four-pitch walk before junior Diego Ramirez belted a three-run home run, his second of the season and of the week, to put the Vaqueros up 4-2. The Wildcats (19-20, 8-10 WAC) tied the game in the bottom of the inning on a Brett Hammit two-run home run. The Vaqueros regained the lead in the seventh on an RBI-single by junior Chris Mondesi. The Wildcats came right back to tie the game at 5 in the bottom of the inning on a Tanner Tweedt RBI-double. That was it until the ninth. Graduate student Freddy Rojas Jr. led off with a double against Tanner Riley (2-3). Sophomore PSJA alum Jacob Sanchez laid down a sacrifice bunt, but the throw to first got away, allowing pinch-runner and sophomore Spencer Serven to score. After another sacrifice bunt, Mondesi hit an RBI-single to put the Vaqueros up 7-5. That made a winner of senior Ricky Gerik Jr. (3-3), who pitched 2.2 innings of scoreless relief, striking out two. Offensively, Mondesi went a career-best 3-for-5 with two RBI. Lopez went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Hirsh went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Junior Brandon Pimentel went 2-for-5. Rojas finished 2-for-4 with a walk. Blake reached base three times, doubling, and drawing two walks. Ramirez reached twice, adding a walk to his home run. The Wildcats initially got on the board in the third on a Colton Eager home run. Then, in the fourth, Alexei Cazarin hit a two-out RBI-single to make the score 2-0. UTRGV hosts #7 Texas for the first time in 51 years on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. The game is sold out, although tickets have been set aside for current UTRGV students, who get in free with their student ID. Gates open for season ticket holders at 5 p.m. and everyone else at 5:30 p.m. For more game information, visit GoUTRGV.com/Texas. Those unable to attend the game in person can watch in the United States on ESPN+ or internationally at WACSports.com/Watch.
https://goutrgv.com/news/2022/4/19/strong-defense-keys-baseball-victory-over-incarnate-word.aspx April 19, 2022 – RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team made a plethora of strong defensive plays to keep the Incarnate Word Cardinals off the board in a 9-3 victory on Tuesday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium in front of a crowd of 1,127. With the game scoreless in the third, Cardinals (15-18) leadoff man Taylor Darden drew a leadoff walk. Roberto Gonzalez followed with a ground ball up the middle. Junior Diego Ramirez ranged far to his right and grabbed the ball while dragging his toe across the second base bag for the force. He then made an off-balance throw to first to complete the double play. In the fourth, Nixon Brannan hit a hot shot into the shortstop hole. Freshman Vela alum Isaac Lopez went to his knees to stop the ball on the backhand. He got to his feet and made a strong throw to first to end the inning. In the sixth, with a runner at third and two outs, Brannan hit a deep fly ball to left field. Junior Brandon Pimentel raced back, and with his back to the infield, leapt and reached up as far as he could to make the catch to end the inning. In the seventh, Wilson Ehrhardt hit a chopper up the middle. Lopez ranged behind the second base bag to make the grab while throwing on the run to get the out. In the eighth, with two on and one out, graduate student Jacob Hirsh came racing in from center field to make a catch near the infield. In the ninth, Robert Gonzalez lifted a fly ball down the right field line. Graduate student Brett Cain raced in and toward the line and made a sliding catch. There were big moments for the pitchers as well. The Cardinals put two on with two outs against freshman Randy Garza (1-0) in the second, but Garza recorded a strikeout to escape the threat. Then, in the third, with a runner at second and two outs, Garza froze Herman Yanez to end the inning. Garza racked up a career-high four strikeouts in a career-high 4.1 innings for his first-career win. The Cardinals put runners on the corners with one out in the fifth. Senior Ricky Gerik Jr. came into the game and got an infield pop out and a strikeout to end the threat. The Cardinals loaded the bases with two outs in the eighth. Graduate student Max Balderrama Jr. came out of the pen to get a fly out on the first pitch he threw. The Vaqueros (21-15) scored their first run against Aaron Celestino (3-2) in the third on a sacrifice fly by graduate student Bryan Sturges. The Vaqueros added three more runs in the fourth on an RBI-single by graduate student Freddy Rojas Jr., a wild pitch that scored Ramirez, and an RBI-groundout by junior Raul Ortega. Sturges belted a two-run home run, his fifth, in the fifth inning to put the Vaqueros up 6-0. The Cardinals scored their run in the seventh on a home run by Zach Limas. The Vaqueros got that run right back in the bottom of the inning on a Pimentel RBI-double. Ramirez added a two-run home run, the first of his career, to put the Vaqueros up 9-1. The Cardinals pushed two more across in the ninth on two-out singles by Yanez and Jimmy DeLeon. Ramirez finished 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. Cain went 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored. Rojas finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Junior Chris Mondesi went 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Sturges drove-in a game-high three runs. UTRGV opens a three-game series at Abilene Christian on Friday at 6 p.m. Fans can watch in the United States on ESPN+ or internationally at WACSports.com/Watch.
https://goutrgv.com/news/2022/4/17/baseball-earns-series-victory-over-new-mexico-state.aspx April 17, 2022 – LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team beat the New Mexico State Aggies 7-2 in seven innings on Sunday at Presley Askew Field to earn a series victory, taking two out of three. The Vaqueros (20-15) broke the game open with six runs in the fourth. With runners at the corners and nobody out, graduate student Cameron Blake singled through the right side to bring in the first run. Juniors Diego Ramirez and Brandon Pimentel followed with RBI-singles to knock out Cam Blazek (1-3). One out later, a wild pitch brought home Ramirez. Then, after graduate student Brett Cain walked, sophomore PSJA alum Jacob Sanchez hit a two-run triple to cap the inning with the score 6-0. Sanchez finished 2-for-3 while Pimentel went 2-for-4. Junior Jesus Aldaz (4-3) racked up 10 strikeouts while allowing five singles and one walk in a career-high tying 6.0 innings for the win. After recording a 1-2-3 first inning, Aldaz allowed a leadoff single in the second. He then retired the next seven batters. Gunner Antillon hit a one-out single in the fourth, stole second and made it to third on an error, but Aldaz responded with back-to-back strikeouts as he retired the next seven batters. With two outs in the sixth, however, the Aggies (13-20) put two on with two out, setting up RBI-singles by Logan Gallina and Nolan Funke to make the score 6-2. The Vaqueros got one of those runs back in the seventh on an RBI-groundout by graduate student Bryan Sturges. Junior J.C. Ariza pitched a scoreless seventh to close out the game. UTRGV hosts future WAC opponent Incarnate Word on $2 Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. General admission tickets and select concession items will be available for $2 or less. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at UTRGVTickets.com. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Those unable to attend the game in person can watch in the United States on ESPN+ or internationally at WACSports.com/Watch.
GoUTRGV.com LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros baseball team fell 11-8 to the New Mexico State Aggies in the series opener on Friday at Presley Askew Field. The Aggies (13-18) got the scoring started in the bottom of the first as Gunner Antillon hit a two-run home run for the 2-0 lead. The Vaqueros (18-15) answered in the top of the third as they loaded the bases for junior Brandon Pimentel who delivered an RBI infield single that scored graduate studuent DeAndre’ Shelton cutting into the Aggies lead 2-1. Junior Bryan Sturges then followed with a two-run single that gave the Vaqueros the 3-2 lead which also knocked out starter Cade Swenson. Graduate student Freddy Rojas Jr. then weclomed reliever Frank Dickson IV with a three-run home run that extended UTRGV’s lead to 6-2. The Aggies tacked on three more in the bottom of the fourth. Logan Gallina drove in Kevin Jimenez with an RBI single. After a walk and a strikeout, Cal Kilgore delivered a two-run double to right field that cut the Vaqueros lead to 6-5. UTRGV got one of those runs back in the top of the fifth as sophomore and PSJA High alum Jacob Sanchez and graduate student Brett Cain delivered two-out hits, which set up junior Diego Ramirez who followed with an RBI single that made it 7-5. In the bottom of the fifth, the Aggies tied the game at seven as the first two batters reached in the inning before Jimenez hit an RBI single that knocked UTRGV starter Kevin Stevens out of the game. Later in the inning, a passed ball allowed Antillon to score tying the game. The Aggies took the lead for good in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI single by Antillon and a miscue in the outfield on a single by Jimenez that gave them the 9-7 lead. A throwing error in the top of the eighth allowed graduate student Cameron Blake to come in and scoring cutting into the Aggies lead 9-8 but the Aggiees answered with two more in bottom of the eighth to push their lead back to 11-8 to cap the scoring. Josh Laukkanen (1-0) earned the win after pitching two and a third innings while scattering three hits. Alex Bustamante earned his fourth save of the season after pitching two innings and allowing just an earned run while striking out four. Senior Ricky Gerick Jr. fell to 2-3 on the season aftr pitching two innings and allowing two runs, one of which was earned, on three hits with three strikeouts. The Vaqueros and Aggies will be back on the field tomorrow for the middle game of the series with first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m.
https://goutrgv.com/news/2022/4/5/baseball-falls-at-6-texas.aspx April 5, 2022 – AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley baseball team fell to the #6 Texas Longhorns 13-5 on Tuesday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. Graduate student Brett Cain led the Vaqueros (16-12) by driving in three runs while going 2-for-4 with a home run. Junior Brandon Pimentel went 3-for-4 with a run scored. Pimentel is now 11 for his last 15 (.733). During a 13-game hitting streak, Pimentel is hitting .459 (28-for-61). Sophomore PSJA alum Jacob Sanchez went 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored. Graduate student Bryan Sturges extended his hitting streak to 10 games by going 1-for-4. He is now 20-for-42 (.476) during the streak. Skyler Messinger led the Longhorns (22-9) by going 4-for-5 with a double, two RBI and two runs scored. Ivan Melendez went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. Murphy Stehly went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and one run scored. Douglas Hodo III finished 1-for-4 with a walk, a home run, three RBI and four runs scored. Dylan Campbell and Austin Todd each finished with two hits and one run scored. The Longhorns jumped out to a 6-0 lead against Graduate student Max Balderrama Jr. (1-2) in the first inning. Freshman Vela alum Isaac Lopez got one back for the Vaqueros with an RBI-single in the second before the Longhorns extended their lead to 8-1 in the third. Cain took over from there, hitting a two-run home run in the fourth, his fifth season of the season, to make the score 8-3. Then, down 9-3 in the fifth, Sanchez hit an RBI-single to knock out starter Justin Eckhardt and Cain greeted Jared Southard (1-1) with a fourth-pitch RBI-single to make the score 9-5. The Longhorns, though, added one in the bottom of the inning and then Hodo hit a three-run home run in the sixth to extend the lead to eight. UTRGV opens a three-game series against Stephen F. Austin on Friday at 7 p.m. at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. This game is part of the Cane's Challenge. Whenever the Vaqueros win a Friday home game, all fans in the ballpark receive coupons for buy one, get one free box combos at Raising Cane's on their way out. Gates open at 6 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at UTRGVTickets.com. Those unable to attend the game in person can watch in the United States on ESPN+ or internationally at WACSports.com/Watch.
https://goutrgv.com/news/2022/4/3/baseball-hits-way-past-sam-houston-in-finale.aspx April 3, 2022 – HUNTSVILLE, Texas – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team recorded a season-high 26 hits, the second-highest single-game total in program history, to earn a series victory over the Sam Houston Bearkats by winning the rubber game 13-6 on Sunday at Don Sanders Stadium. The 26 hits are the most for the program since recording a program record 27 hits at Northern Colorado on May 11, 2009. All nine Vaqueros (16-11, 6-6 WAC) in the starting lineup had multiple hits, with eight recording at least one RBI and eight scoring at least one run. The Vaqueros finished with 26 hits in 48 at-bats (.542), including eight doubles by six players. Junior Brandon Pimentel went 4-for-6 with a career-high tying two doubles and two runs scored. Graduate student Brett Cain finished a career-high 4-for-6 with a career-high two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored. Graduate student Cameron Blake went a career-high tying 3-for-6 with a double, three RBI and a run scored. Junior Diego Ramirez went a career-high tying 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI and two runs scored. Graduate student DeAndre’ Shelton went a career-high 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored. Graduate student Freddy Rojas Jr. finished 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored. Sophomore PSJA alum Jacob Sanchez went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, an RBI and two runs scored. Graduate student Bryan Sturges finished 2-for-6 with an RBI and a run scored. Sturges is now 19-for-38 (.500) during a nine-game hitting streak. Freshman Vela alum Isaac Lopez posted his second multi-hit game of the series, finishing a career-high tying 3-for-5 with an RBI. Down 1-0 after the first, the Vaqueros scored the next three runs, with two in the second on a Shelton double and a Lopez bunt-single, and one in the third on a Rojas sacrifice fly against Matt Dillard (3-2). The Bearkats (16-12, 7-5 WAC) tied the game in the third on singles by Justin Wishkoski and Carlos Contreras against junior Jesus Aldaz (3-3) before a Blake single put the Vaqueros up 4-3 in the fourth. The Bearkats tied the game at 4 in the bottom of the inning, but the Vaqueros put up six runs in the fifth. The first four batters of the inning had hits, including an RBI-single by Sanchez and an RBI-double by Cain. Shelton followed with a sacrifice fly. One batter later, Blake hit an RBI-double and Ramirez hit an RBI-single. Then, after a Pimentel single, Sturges singled up the middle to drive-in a run and cap the inning with the Vaqueros up 10-4. The Bearkats got one back in the sixth, but Rojas launched a two-run home run in the seventh, his fifth of the season, to put the Vaqueros up 12-5. After the Bearkats added one more run in the bottom of the seventh, Blake came up with an RBI-single in the eighth to push the Vaqueros’ lead to 13-6. Junior J.C. Ariza pitched the final three innings for his first-career save. UTRGV is back in action on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at #8 Texas in a game that will be televised on Longhorn Network. ###