EDINBURG, Texas – The University of the Incarnate Word baseball team fell to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), 9-3, on Tuesday night.
The Vaqueros used a sacrifice fly to center field in the third inning to bring a runner home and take a 1-0 lead.
UTRGV scored five more runs before a home run from
Zach Limas put UIW on the board in the top of the seventh (6-1).
The Vaqueros scored once more in the bottom of the inning and twice in the eighth frame (9-1).
In the ninth,
Hernan Yanez hit an RBI single to center field, then a single from
Jimmy De Leon brought Yanez across home plate, but UTRGV won the game, 9-3.
UP NEXT
The Cardinals host Nicholls at Sullivan Field, sponsored by H-E-B for a three-game series beginning on Friday, April 22, at 6:30 p.m. CT.
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