WAC Tournament Run Comes to an End as #3 Baseball Falls to #1 Grand Canyon in Championship Game - UTRGV Athletics

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MESA, Ariz. – After winning back-to-back elimination games, including one earlier in the day, No. 3 seed The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team fell to the No. 1 seed Grand Canyon Lopes, a team receiving votes in the latest USA Today Coaches and NCBWA polls, 5-4 to end the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tournament on Saturday at Hohokam Stadium.
 
Starting on two days rest, senior Kevin Stevens pitched the first 3.0 innings, striking out five while allowing one run on two hits and one walk.
 
The run came in the third on an RBI-groundout by Jacob Wilson.
 
The Vaqueros (32-26) tied the game in the bottom of the inning on an RBI-groundout by graduate student Andy Atwood.
 
In the fourth, the Vaqueros loaded the bases with nobody out on three-straight walks to knock out Dawson McCarville. Senior Jacob Hirsh greeted Coen Wynne with a sacrifice fly. Junior Vela alum RJ Ochoa followed with a single to reload the bases, then postbaccalaureate student Christian Sepulveda was plunked to force-in a run and graduate student Coleman Grubbs lifted a sacrifice fly to give the Vaqueros a 4-1 lead.
 
Graduate student Max Balderrama Jr. took over in the fourth and started his outing by striking out the side.
 
In the sixth, however, Balderrama's night ended with a pair of one-out walks. Tayler Aguilar welcomed junior Ricky Gerik Jr. with an RBI-single. One out later, Jonny Weaver hit an infield RBI-single to bring the Lopes (39-19-1) to within 4-3.
 
In the eighth, with Aguilar at second and one out, Dustin Crenshaw came up with a pinch-hit RBI-double to tie the game at 4.
 
Then, in the ninth, Elijah Buries hit a one-out double and Tyler Wilson followed with an RBI-single against sophomore J.C. Ariza (0-4).
 
That made a winner of Connor Markl (2-1), who pitched 2.1 innings of perfect relief, striking out three.
 
Frankie Scalzo pitched a perfect ninth for his 12^th save.

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