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Stevens & Gonzalez Combine on One-Hitter to pitch UTRGV Baseball Past Kansas State in Season Opener

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RIO GRANDE VALLEY – Junior Kevin Stevens and junior Edinburg alum John Henry Gonzalez combined on a one-hitter to lead The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team past the Kansas State University Wildcats 5-0 in front of a season-opening crowd of 1,633 on Friday at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.

This is the Vaqueros’ (1-0) first one-hitter since 2017 and the fourth combined one-hitter in program history. This is the program’s second one-hitter against a team currently in the Big 12 and first since Jim Proctor one-hit TCU in 1975.

Making his first collegiate start, Stevens (1-0) pitched five hitless innings, striking out nine. The only baserunner he allowed was on an error at the start of the second. Stevens retired the final 12 hitters he faced.

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Gonzalez took over in the sixth and got to within two outs of a no-hitter before allowing a single to Caleb Littlejim in the ninth. Gonzalez responded by getting Zach Kokoska to ground into a double play to end the game. Gonzalez struck out four in four innings while allowing a walk and a hit batsman.

The Vaqueros got all the offense they needed in the first on an RBI-double by senior Conrado Diaz and a sacrifice fly by senior Christian Sepulveda.

The Vaqueros added two more runs in the fifth on an RBI-double by senior Andy Atwood and a sacrifice fly by senior Elijah Alexander.

Diaz reached base all four times, going 2-for-2 with a walk. Atwood finished 2-for-4.

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Those runs were against Wildcats (0-1) starter Carson Seymour (0-1), who lasted 4.1 innings, allowing six hits and three walks.

The Vaqueros added a run in the eighth on a single by junior Jacob Hirsh.

UTRGV and Kansas State play the second game of this four-game series on Saturday at 2 p.m. Gates open at 1. Fans can redeem their ticket from Friday and Saturday’s baseball games at the UTRGV Fieldhouse box office for $1 off tickets to the UTRGV men’s basketball game against Seattle U on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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