March 27, 2004

Box Score

Dallas, Texas - Dallas Baptist (24-7) used a strong first inning to take an 8-6 win over Texas-Pan American (14-19) today. UTPA will head to Austin, Tuesday, March 30 to take on Texas. The game is scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m.

In the first inning, Drew Noss led off with a single. Cody Montgomery crushed a triple to drive in Noss. Ryan Olivo drew a walk and a sacrifice fly scored Montgomery. Singles from Ben Zobrist and Daniel Magness loaded the bases for Sean Burgess who lifted a sacrifice fly to the outfield to score Olivo. Dallas Baptist would score one run in the second and another in the third to build a 5-0 lead.

Texas-Pan American began to chip away at the lead starting in the sixth inning. With one out, Marco Garza (Jr./Mission, Texas/Sharyland HS) ripped a single. Tony Ortiz (Jr./Fort Worth, Texas/Nolan HS) crushed the ball for a triple that scored Garza. Following a strike out, Matt Eichel (Jr./Grapevine, Texas/Grapevine HS) singled to drive in Ortiz and make it 5-2.

In the seventh inning, Aaron Flowers (Jr./Rowlett, Texas/Northeast Texas CC) led off with a single and moved to second on a ground out. Louie Alamia (So./Edinburg, Texas/Edinburg North HS) lashed out a single to score Flowers and close the gap to 5-3. The Patriots would score three runs in the bottom of the seventh to make it 8-3.

UTPA refused to throw in the white towel. In the eighth inning, with one out, Ortiz hit a single to left field. With Ortiz running, Ryan Grimet (Fr./Pearland, Texas/Pearland HS) ripped a single. Ortiz ended up at third base and scored on a single by Eichel.

In the ninth inning, Flowers led off with a double and moved to third on a wild pitch. Following a strike out, Alamia put the pitch over the fence for a two run home run to make it 8-6. DBU got a ground out but Garza singled to keep the Broncs hopes alive. The game ended on a fly out to center field.

For UTPA, Alamia was 2-for-5, scored a run, drove in three and had a home run, Eichel was 3-for-4 and drove in two runs and Ortiz and Flowers both had two hits and scored two runs. Alamia extended his reaching base safely streak to 44 games. Justin Bogy (Sr./West Columbia, Texas/West Columbia HS) gave up nine hits, five runs, walked two batters and struck out four as he fell to 3-2.

For DBU, Montgomery was 3-for-5, scored two runs and drove in two runs, Magness was 3-for-4 and Olivo scored two runs and drove in two runs. Lance Broadway gave up nine hits, three runs, walked one batter and struck out five in six and one-third innings to move to 5-1. Wayne Dowling pitched one-third of an inning for his second save.

"It was the same old story today." Said head coach Willie Gawlik. "We just can't seem to get out of the first inning without giving up a bunch of runs. Phillip Rodriguez (Fr./Edinburg, Texas/Edinburg North HS) did a decent job giving up no hits and striking out one. We just didn't get the clutch hit today. Twice we had the bases loaded with one out and hit into a double play."