The UTRGV baseball team beat the Abilene Christian Wildcats 7-5 in Game 2 of a doubleheader Saturday at Crutcher Scott Fieldin Abilene to both clinch the series by taking two out of three games this weekend and the season series by taking four out of six. The Vaqueros dropped Game 1 of the doubleheader 12-2 earlier during the day.
The Vaqueros (23-16, 9-9 WAC) scored four runs during the sixth to come back from a 2-0 deficit. Jacob Hirsh led off the inningwith a single and then freshman Edinburg Vela alum Isaac Lopez hit an RBI double. Cameron Blake followed with a four-pitchwalk before junior Diego Ramirez belted a three-run home run, his second of the season, to put the Vaqueros up 4-2.
The Wildcats (19-20, 8-10 WAC) tied the game during the bottom of the inning on a Brett Hammit two-run home run.
The Vaqueros regained the lead during the seventh on an RBI single by junior Chris Mondesi.
The Wildcats came right back to tie the game at 5-5 during the bottom of the inning on a Tanner Tweedt RBI double.
That was it until the ninth as Freddy Rojas Jr. led off with a double against Tanner Riley (2-3). Sophomore PSJA High alum JacobSanchez laid down a sacrifice bunt, but the throw to first got away, allowing pinch-runner and sophomore Spencer Serven toscore. 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.
Mondesi went a career-best 3-for-5 with two RBIs. Lopez went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Hirsh went 2-for-4 with arun scored. Junior Brandon Pimentel went 2-for-5.
UTRGV hosts No. 7 Texas for the first time in 51 years at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium in Edinburg. For moregame information, visit GoUTRGV.com/Texas.
