Texas-Rio Grande Valley 2, at Lamar 3

BEAUMONT, Texas (Interstat) — Lamar defeated Texas-Rio Grande Valley 3-2 on Friday afternoon at Vincent–Beck Stadium, overcoming an early deficit behind strong pitching and a decisive seventh-inning rally. The Cardinals improved to 29-25 overall and 29-25 in the Southland, while the Vaqueros dropped to 25-29. Starter Chris Olivier carried Lamar into the sixth inning, allowing three hits and one earned run with four strikeouts over six innings. Texas-Rio Grande Valley’s Harrison Thayer went five innings, allowing no hits but two earned runs and two strikeouts. Julius Carpio earned the win with two hitless innings of relief, and Sergio Lopez got… Read more...