Feb. 8, 2006
Box Score
The University of Texas-Pan American baseball team lost to the seventh-ranked University of Texas Longhorns on Wednesday (Feb. 8) afternoon in Austin, TX, 15-2.
The Longhorns jumped on the board in the bottom of the first inning when a Chance Wheeless singled in lead-off hitter Nick Peoples. UT's next hitter, Carson Kainer doubled in to the left field corner, driving in two runs for a 3-0 lead. The Longhorns strung together six straight hits to build a 6-0 lead against Bronc starter Aaron Guerra (Edinburg, TX/Edinburg H.S.).
Guerra allowed six runs, all of them earned, in one inning of work and suffered the loss. Guerra's record falls to 1-1 for the season.
UT added one unearned run off Bronc reliever Dane Mason (Marlton, NJ/Oklahoma State University) after a throwing error by shortstop Osiel Flores (Mission, TX/UT-Brownsville) and a single by Wheeless for a 7-0 lead after two innings of play. The Longhorns increased their lead to 8-0 in the third inning with a solo home run from Preston Clark.
Mason allowed six runs on five hits in 2 and 1/3 innings of work. The Bronc right-hander struck out one and walked one.
UT scored four more runs in the fourth and followed that up with three in the fifth for a commanding 15-0 lead.
The Broncs scored their first run of the game in the top of the seventh on a Leighton Autrey (Stephenville, TX/Navarro J.C.) single to right field that scored Otis Powers (Brownsville, TX/Simon Rivera H.S.) from second base and brought the score to 15-1.
Autrey was 2-2 in the game and accounted for both Broncs runs batted in. Bronc senior Louie Alamia (Edinburg, TX/Edinburg North H.S.) finished the game 2-4 at the plate and was one of only two Broncs with a multi-hit game.
Alex Guajardo (La Joya, TX/La Joya H.S.) pitched a perfect sixth for the Broncs, inducing three fly ball or pop-up outs. Guajardo pitched two scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and striking out one.
Longhorn starter Riley Boening pitched two innings, allowing just one hit and striking out two. Boening evened his record at 1-1 for the year. Six Longhorns pitchers combined to hold the Broncs to two runs on seven hits while striking out 13 and walking just two.
With the loss, UTPA's record falls to 3-2 while Texas improves to 1-3 on the season.
The Broncs return to the diamond this weekend (Feb. 10-12) for a three-game set with Lamar University in Beaumont, TX with the first game scheduled for Friday (Feb. 10) at 3:00 p.m.
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