STEPHENVILLE, Texas (Interstat) — Tarleton State scored nine runs in the fourth and fifth innings Saturday evening to erase an 8-0 deficit and beat Texas-Rio Grande Valley 10-8 at Tarleton Baseball Complex. The Texans improved to 33-16, while the Vaqueros fell to 24-27.

Rayner Heinrich’s grand slam in the fourth inning tied the game 7-7, after Ike Shirey’s two-run single had cut the lead to 8-3. Brady Englett hit a two-run homer in the fifth to give Tarleton State the lead, and Kyle Johnson added an RBI single for a 10-8 advantage.

Texas-Rio Grande Valley took an 8-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Warren and a sacrifice fly by Garza Gongo, then added two more runs in the fourth on sacrifice flies. Andrew Taylor had two hits and two RBIs for the Vaqueros.

On the mound, JC Gutierrez threw two scoreless innings with four strikeouts, and Conner Doucet earned the win with 1.1 hitless innings. Both teams finished with 10 hits. The same teams meet Sunday in the series finale.