Cowboy Baseball Falls To UTRGV

Saturday, February 16

Edinburg, TX

2:00 PM

Oklahoma State University

1-1

UT-Rio Grande Valley

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Oklahoma State

UT Rio Grande Valley

Colin Simpson

February 16, 2019 | Cowboy Baseball

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EDINBURG, Texas – Oklahoma State dropped the second game of its series with UT Rio Grande Valley Saturday afternoon as the Vaqueros knocked off the 16^th-ranked Cowboys, 5-2, at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.

The loss sets up a Sunday series rubber game, with first pitch scheduled for noon.

OSU managed just six hits in the contest, two those by Max Hewitt, as the Cowboys struck out 16 times in the contest. Colin Simpson drove in both runs for the Pokes.

Behind four different pitchers, the Cowboys' defense committed five errors. Starter Logan Gragg took the loss in his OSU debut, allowing four runs on four hits in just two innings of work.

UTRGV took a first-inning lead off Gragg as Andy Atwood led off with a single followed by a double off the bat of Conrado Diaz. The Cowboys' first error of the day then brought home a run before a sacrifice fly by Anthony Gomez made the score 2-0.

The Vaqueros doubled their lead in the second when Atwood delivered a two-run home run to left field.

Trailing 4-0, OSU plated its first run in the third on a two-out RBI single by Simpson, and the Cowboys would cut their deficit in half in the fifth, this time when Simpson collected a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded to make the score 4-2.

Following Gragg on the mound for the Cowboys was another hurler making his OSU debut in Jake Lyons, and the right-hander worked four strong innings, keeping the home team off the scoreboard and allowing just two hits while striking out two.

The Vaqueros added an insurance run off Brady Basso in the seventh and UTRGV closer Ryan Jackson racked up six strikeouts over the final 2 1/3 innings to earn the save. Starter Trevelle Hill, who struck out seven in five innings of work, picked up the win.