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NCAA Baseball: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley at UIW Daniel Sullivan Field
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Winner UIW UIW 30-14
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Prairie View PV 16-30
Winner
UIW UIW
30-14
14
Final
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Prairie View PV
16-30
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UIW UIW 3 1 1 0 5 4 0 14 14 0
Prairie View PV 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 6 4

W: Celestino, Aaron (6-3) L: Lorenzo Hardit (2-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball defeats Prairie View A&M, 14-3

PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas -- The University of the Incarnate Word baseball team secured a 14-3, seven-inning victory against Prairie View A&M on Tuesday afternoon at John W. Tankersley Field.
 
NOTABLES
  • This victory puts UIW at 30 wins on the season This the first 30-win season UIW has had 2011.
  • Sean Arnold extended his reached-base streak to 40 games. He led the team with a 3-for-5 outing, including five RBI, two runs, a double and a home run.
  • Shea Gutierrez went 3-for-5 with three runs, a RBI and a double.
  • Aaron Celestino (6-3) earned the win, striking out two batters in 3.0 innings pitched. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Cardinals opened scoring in the top of the first when Arnold scored on a wild pitch. Ryan Flores then came home on an Antonio Valdez RBI single and Gutierrez used a sacrifice fly to plate Valdez, giving the Cardinals the 3-0 advantage.
 
UIW lengthened their lead with a Taylor Smith sacrifice fly in the second inning. The Cardinals took advantage of a Panther error, with Gutierrez coming home in the third inning to make the score 5-0.
 
The Panthers plated two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to cut UIW's lead to 5-2, but the Cardinals continued their offensive intensity in the fifth frame, adding five runs. A bases-loaded walk scored Gutierrez before Arnold blasted a grand slam, extending the lead to 10-2. The Panthers scored a run in the bottom of the frame to make the score 10-3.
 
UIW plated four runs in the top of the sixth -- Eddy Gonzalez hit an RBI single, Lee Thomas recorded a sacrifice fly, and Chance Medina and Arnold both smacked RBI doubles -- to secure the seven-inning, 14-3 victory. 
 
RECORDS UPDATE
UIW: 30-14
PVAMU: 16-30
 
UP NEXT
The Cardinals host Central Arkansas for a three-game set to resume conference play on Friday-Sunday. First pitch of game one is set for 6:30 p.m. (CT) at Daniel Sullivan Field, sponsored by H-E-B.
 
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