LAREDO, Texas - Texas A&M International baseball (6-14) fell in the series finale doubleheader against St. Mary's (14-8) on Saturday.

GAME 1 - St. Mary's 8 TAMIU 1

The Rattlers wasted no time cracking the seal in the first game, as they took a 2-0 lead early in the first inning on a two RBI fielder's choice. They would tack on an insurance run in the second on a wild pitch to take a 3-0 lead.

St. Mary's would score three more in the fourth inning off a RBI line out to short and a two RBI fielder's choice. They got two more in the fifth with a RBI single and another RBI fielder's choice to take a commanding 8-0 lead. 

After holding the Dustdevil offense in check for most of the game, TAMIU was finally able to get across one run in the bottom of the seventh as Adrian Castillo doubled home Nate Campos. However, the Rattlers still took a 8-1 victory.

Jacob Koehler (1-0, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 SO) went the distance to earn his first win of the season. Justin Rumley (0-2, 3.1 IP, 3 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 6 BB, 1 SO) took the loss.

Game 2 - St. Mary's 12 TAMIU 5

TAMIU got on the board early in the first inning as Matthew Rosales doubled, bringing home Jorge Napoles for the first run of the game. They would tack on two more insurance runs in the third as Napoles drove in Andrew Holsey and Anthony Handel with a two RBI single for a 3-0 lead.

The Rattlers bats came alive in the fourth, scoring four runs. An RBI single scored the first run with a ground out to short scoring another. A two RBI single would give St. Mary's a 4-3 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, a Matthew Trevino RBI single would score Handel to tie the game at 4-4.

Unfortunately, the tie would be short lived as the Rattlers would answer with three runs in the sixth. Two RBI singles and a RBI fielder's choice would put them up 7-4.

The Dustdevils would get one run back in the bottom half as Holsey doubled to bring home Daniel Espinoza, but 7-5 is as close they would get. 

St. Mary's busted the game open in the seventh, bringing home five runs on a three RBI double and two RBI singles to give them the 12-5 victory.

Mason Minister (2-0, 6.0 IP, 10, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 7 SO) earned the win. Andrew Pavon (0-1, 5.2 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 2 SO) suffered his first loss of the season.

TAMIU will be back in action as they begin a five-game road trip on Tuesday, March 12, traveling to Austin, Texas to face off against Huston-Tillotson at 2 p.m.