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vs MLB Desert Invitational
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, March 23
Edinburg, Texas
4:30 p.m. (MST)
Grand Canyon
12-10, 6-2
0
at
5
UT Rio Grande Valley
12-9, 2-3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Grand Canyon
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
UT Rio Grande Valley
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
X
5
6
0
GCU held scoreless to set up rubber match
3/23/2024 8:47:00 PM | Baseball
Mattison strikes out 9, allows 1 earned run in 6 innings
EDINBURG, Texas — For only the second time in 2024, Grand Canyon was held scoreless and fell to UT Rio Grande Valley 5-0 on Saturday night to set up a Sunday rubber match.
The Lopes (12-10, 6-2 WAC) will play a rubber match for the second time in as many weeks, routing Tarleton State 14-0 last Sunday to claim a series win.
GCU got a pair of runners in scoring position in the opening inning, threatening to jump out to an early lead. But an inning-ending strikeout started UTRGV's roll as the Vaqueros faced only three over the minimum the rest of the game.
GCU freshman starting pitcher Connor Mattison tossed six innings and only allowed one earned run to score on a solo home run in the fifth inning. The righty struck out nine batters, scattered four hits and walked only one in a 104-pitch outing.
The Lopes could not back up Mattison's pitching. GCU was held to five hits on the day and didn't string together multiple hits in a frame.
The series finale is set for 10 a.m. (Phoenix time) at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
The Lopes (12-10, 6-2 WAC) will play a rubber match for the second time in as many weeks, routing Tarleton State 14-0 last Sunday to claim a series win.
GCU got a pair of runners in scoring position in the opening inning, threatening to jump out to an early lead. But an inning-ending strikeout started UTRGV's roll as the Vaqueros faced only three over the minimum the rest of the game.
GCU freshman starting pitcher Connor Mattison tossed six innings and only allowed one earned run to score on a solo home run in the fifth inning. The righty struck out nine batters, scattered four hits and walked only one in a 104-pitch outing.
The Lopes could not back up Mattison's pitching. GCU was held to five hits on the day and didn't string together multiple hits in a frame.
The series finale is set for 10 a.m. (Phoenix time) at UTRGV Baseball Stadium.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Limas, Jacob (3-0)
L: Mattison, Connor (3-1)
S: Campa, Isiah (1)
Base Running:
HBP: Ankeney, Beau 1
PO: Crenshaw, Dustin 1
Batting:
HR: York, Kade 1 ; Vazquez, Martin 1
RBI: York, Kade 1 ; Vazquez, Martin 3 ; Valdez, CJ 1
SH: Martinez, Erick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: York, Kade 2 ; Torres, Adrian 1 ; Vazquez, Martin 1 ; Warren, Hank 1
SB: Torres, Adrian 1 ; Moomau, Easton 1
HBP: Lopez, Isaac 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
1
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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