March 7, 2006
Box Score
It took the University of Texas at San Antonio Roadrunners extra-innings to take down the Bronc baseball team on Tuesday (Mar. 7) in San Antonio, TX by a score of 10-9.
The Broncs started the scoring right away as Louie Alamia (Edinburg, TX/Edinburg North H.S.) reached on a fielding error by second baseman J.R. Voyles and was followed by a double from Jason Buhagiar (Penngrove, CA/Santa Rosa J.C.) and an RBI single off the bat of Osiel Flores (Mission, TX/UT-Brownsville). Later in the inning, Zach Smith (Sanger, TX/Sanger H.S.) drew a two-out walk, setting up sophomore Brady Honeycutt (Rosebudd, TX/Rosebudd-Lott H.S.) for his first career hit, a grand slam to give the Broncs a 5-0 lead mid-way through the first inning.
UTSA answered with two runs in the bottom half of the inning off Bronc starter Ryne Foster (Cedar Park, TX/Cedar Park H.S.) when Lee Todesco singled to left field, driving in two runners. UTPA came right back in the second with Leighton Autrey (Stephenville, TX/Navarro J.C.) doubling to left field, advancing to third on a sacrifice bunt from Alamia, then scoring on an infield single by Buhagiar. Two batters later, Buhagiar crossed the plate on a Cesar Pena (Harlingen, TX/Harlingen South H.S.) sacrifice fly, giving the Broncs a 7-2 advantage.
UTPA held the lead until a six-run sixth inning that included five extra-base hits from the Roadrunners, three of which were triples. In the seventh, a Brandon Koger home run gave UTSA a 9-7 lead heading in to the eighth inning. In the top of the ninth, the Broncs fought back with a pinch-hit single by Abraham Garcia (McAllen, TX/McAllen Memorial H.S.) that scored Flores and Mario Tremblay (Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada/Grambling State) to tie the game at 9-9.
Closer Tim Haines (Mission, TX/Blinn College) came on in the UTSA eighth and held the Roadrunner scoreless through the ninth but walked the lead-off hitter in the bottom of the tenth and then committed an error that allowed the lead-off man to advance to third. After intentionally walking the bases loaded, Ryan Saltzgraber singled in to center field, giving UTSA the 10-9 victory.
Honeycutt's grand slam was his first base hit in 14 at-bats as a Bronc. The UTPA catcher finished the day 2-for-5 with one run scored and four runs batted in. Buhagiar led the team with three hits in five plate appearance, scoring two runs and driving in one.
Autrey also turned in a multi-hit performance for the Broncs, going 2-for-5 with one run scored. Flores scored two runs and drove in one, collecting one hit in three at-bats.
Foster made his first start of the season, lasting five innings and allowing four earned runs on seven hits while striking out three and walking two. Haines picked up his first loss of the season, his record is now 2-1.
UTPA is now 8-10 as the Broncs head in to a weekend series in Dallas, TX against the Dallas Baptist Patriots. The first game is Thursday (Mar. 9) at 7:00 p.m.
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