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Oscar Betancourt
Elliott Beltran
Oscar Betancourt (File Photo)
6
Winner St. Mary's STMU 26-14
5
UAFS UAFS 28-11
Winner
St. Mary's STMU
26-14
6
Final
5
UAFS UAFS
28-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Mary's STMU 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 6 9 1
UAFS UAFS 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 9 0

W: De La Garza, Zach (8-2) L: Easton Stallings (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | RattlerAthletics.com

Betancourt helps Rattlers salvage start to UAFS series

By Chad Peters | St. Mary's Athletics Communications

FORT SMITH, Arkansas — Fourth-inning fireworks helped St. Mary's Baseball salvage the opening day of its series against UAFS.
 
The Rattlers erased a four-run deficit with a four-run fourth inning in Thursday's Game 2, before ultimately prevailing 6-5 on Oscar Betancourt's RBI single in the sixth.
 
The bounce-back victory came after the Snakes dropped the opener 6-1 to the conference-leading Lions.
 
Zach De La Garza threw a gritty complete-game victory, fanning eight while scattering nine hits to improve to 8-2 on the season. De La Garza's effort helped keep the Rattlers' bullpen in play for the remainder of the series, which picks back up at 1 p.m. Friday.
 
Angel Vega kick-started the Rattlers' big fourth inning with a two-RBI single down the left-field line, while Justin Sebo followed with an RBI double that drew the Rattlers within one, 4-3. Andrew Perez drove in the tying run on a groundout.
 
The Rattlers took a brief lead in the fifth, as Mario Vela brought in Betancourt on a sacrifice fly. But the Lions struck in the bottom of the frame, tying the game at 5-5.
 
Betancourt finished the game 3 for 5 with two runs scored, while Vega and Jacob Aguilar each recorded two hits. Aguilar accounted for the team's lone RBI in the opening game.
 
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