LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico State baseball team opened a three-game Western Athletic Conference series versus UT Rio Grande Valley with first place on the line on Friday night. After falling behind 5-0 early, the Aggies rallied to post multi-run frames in each of the final five innings to defeat the Vaqueros 17-8.
POSTGAME | Catching up with HC @bbgreens5 following a DOMINANT win in the opener to take a tie for first place in the conference ud83cudf99ufe0f#AggieUp pic.twitter.com/bSc7S0e0jd
— NM State Baseball (@NMStateBaseball) May 4, 2019
In the opening of game one, each side went scoreless in the first inning before UT Rio Grande Valley (29-16, 14-5 WAC) struck first to put NM State (32-11, 14-5 WAC) behind early.