Another night, another walk-off win. Tyson Fisher's pinch hit, RBI-single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth capped a huge Dixie State rally as the Trailblazers opened their home WAC schedule with a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over UTRGV on Friday night at Bruce Hurst Field.

Things got off to a rocky start for DSU (3-10/2-3 WAC), which trailed 5-0 and was held hitless through the first four innings of then night. UTRGV starter Kevin Stevens (ND) retired the first 13 Trailblazers he faced before Lane Pritchard reached on a one-out walk in the home fifth.

DSU then got its first hit of the night when Shane Taylor singled to right field, which chased Pritchard around to third base. Pritchard would get the Blazers on the board when he stole home on the back end of a double steal, which was followed by a Mathew Ivancich base hit that drove in Taylor and cut the Dixie State deficit to 5-2.

UTRGV (9-8/2-3 WAC) got one of those runs back an inning later when Coleman Grubbs led off the sixth with a solo home run to right field.

Dixie State threatened with a big inning in the seventh, loading the bases with two outs, but could only plate one run, which came when Tyler Hollow was hit by a pitch. However the Trailblazers finally got their big inning in the home eighth, striking for three runs on three hits and three walks to tie the game at 6-6.

Hollow walked to lead off the frame and he would streak to third after Jake Engel hit a towering fly ball that looked to have clear the wall in right field, but Vaquero outfielder Freddy Rojas Jr. managed to keep the ball from leaving the yard, though Engel wound up at second with a double.

Pritchard followed with an RBI-hit, while Taylor picked up an RBI with a bases-loaded walk with still no outs in the frame. Then with one out, Jagun Leavitt laid down a suicide squeeze bunt to plate Pritchard carrying the tying run, while the Vaqueros could not make a play on the ball and all hands were safe. However UTRGV would escape further damage as reliever Tyler Kisner induced an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play.

In the DSU ninth, Kaden Hollow reached on a one-out single and would advance to second on an Engel ground out. That set the stage for Fisher, who rapped a 1-2 Kisner (L, 0-1) offering through the left side, and Kaden Hollow slid home ahead of the throw to give the Blazers' their third-straight win.

Dixie State pounded out nine hits on the night, with Ivancich accounting for two of those safeties to go with his RBI. Brayden Bonner (W, 2-0) collected the final two outs in the ninth to earn his second win in as many nights. In all, five Blazer relievers combined to limit UTRGV to just three hits and one run over the final five innings.

Bonner also tied the DSU's NCAA record for games pitched as he made his 53^rd-career appearance, joining former DSU hurler Tanner Howell (53, 2015-18) atop the list.

The two teams will play the middle pair of their four-game weekend series on Saturday afternoon beginning at 2:05 p.m. (MT).