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Derek Hamilton
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The Rattlers beat TAMUK 9-8 in a 13-inning affair.
8
Texas A&M-Kingsville TAMUK 20-15
9
Winner St. Mary's STMU 26-7
Texas A&M-Kingsville TAMUK
20-15
8
Final
9
St. Mary's STMU
26-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 R H E
Texas A&M-Kingsville TAMUK 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 4
St. Mary's STMU 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 11 4

W: Camacho, Conner (1-0) L: Lance Elling (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | RattlerAthletics.com

Maldonado's walk-off bunt grants StMU thrilling 13-inning victory

By Robin Johnson | St. Mary's Athletics Communications 

SAN ANTONIO — Four and a half hours later, No. 20 St. Mary's Baseball notched its first extra-innings victory on the season Tuesday.
 
Mario Maldonado's bases-loaded bunt in the bottom of the 13th ended a marathon affair with Texas A&M-Kingsville 9-8 at Dickson Stadium, tying the program's second most innings played in the modern era.
 
The last time the Rattlers stretched a game into 13 innings was during the 2013 season against Angelo State. The program's longest game in the modern era was a 14-inning battle with Eastern New Mexico during the 2002 season.
 
The extended, 9-8 victory over the Javalinas was a wild one for both squads as they totaled eight errors between them while together the teams rotated a total of 11 pitchers on the mound.
 
The Snakes were off to an unfavorable start in the first, giving up four runs for TAMUK (20-15) to take a 4-0 lead but would quickly close the gap with a three-hit, three-run outing in their first at-bat.
 
By the third the Rattlers would gain a 6-5 lead only for the Javalinas to tie it in the sixth.
 
The game went tied once more after StMU went up two in the seventh, 8-6, which TAMUK quickly matched in the eighth.
 
The 8-8 score line from the eighth would remain until five innings later.
 
To start the 13th, the Rattlers cracked their first hit after going hitless since the eighth off an RBI-single from Derek Hamilton (RS-Sr., Lake Jackson, Texas).
 
Scott Jones (Sr., College Station, Texas) drew a walk with one out with Bryce Brandl (RS-Fr., El Campo, Texas) reaching on a fielder's choice to load the bases for Maldonado (Sr., Laredo, Texas).
 
With a 2-1 count, Maldonado put down a perfectly placed bunt to score Hamilton to send the Rattlers into celebration with a walk-off, 13-inning victory.
 
Maldonado's walk-off bunt came is his seventh at-bat on the game, which ties the program's record for the most at-bats in a single game.
 
On the mound, Connor Camacho (Jr., Pilot Point, Texas) picked up his first career win as a Rattler after tossing three innings and allowing just one hit.
 
The dramatic win improved the Rattlers to 26-7 on the season.
 
The Rattlers return to Dickson Stadium for a huge matchup against rival St. Edward's, which share the tie as the No. 1 team in the league with a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m. Friday. 

 
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