March 25, 2008
Game Notes - Lamar University in PDF Format
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× - The University of Texas-Pan American baseball team will head to Beaumont, TX for a two-game series with Southland Conference-foe Lamar University on Tuesday (Mar. 25) with game time slated for 3 p.m.
× - Following the Broncs first game with the Cardinals, they will play the second game immediately after.
× - The Broncs improved to 7-12 overall after recording two wins at home against Houston Baptist on Thursday and Friday.
× - In game one against the Huskies, the Broncs recorded a 10-2 victory as Matt Shepherd earned the victory, improving to 1-1 on the season for pitching six strong innings, allowing only four hits, two runs - one earned while walking one batter and striking out six.
× - The Broncs recorded their seventh win of the season in game two, with a 3-2 victory. A.J. Franco pitched seven innings, allowing seven hits while striking out six batters. With the win, Franco improved his overall record to 3-1.
× - Lamar University is coming off a three-game sweep against Stephen F. Austin last weekend. The Cardinals improved their overall record to 14-7, 5-1 in conference play and 10-2 at home.
× - The Cardinals own a 56-34 all-time series lead over the Broncs with the last meeting coming in the 2005-06 season. The Cardinals sweep the Broncs on the road in a three-game set.
× - The Broncs will be back at the Edinburg Baseball Stadium on Friday (April 4) when they take on New Orleans in a three-game series, with game one slated for 6:05 p.m.
× - The Broncs can be heard online courtesy of audiosportsonline.net with play-by-play announcer Jonah Goldberg.
Broncs Sweep Houston Baptist with 3-2 Win
× - The Broncs closed out the Huskies with a 3-2 victory in game two on Friday at the Edinburg Baseball Stadium.
× - Offensively the Broncs were led by Rutenbar who finished the game 2-for-3 to go with two runs scored. Donaho and Vest each collected multi-hit performances for the Broncs.
× - The Broncs bucked first in the bottom of the second inning when Billy Donaho singled to left field and advanced to second on a Ryan Vest single to right field and later scored on a Andrew Perez single to center field to put UTPA up 1-0.
× - After a scoreless inning, the Broncs produced a run off of two hits in the bottom fourth after Jordan Rutenbar led things off with a double to right center and scored on a Ryan Vest single to left field, making the game 2-0.
× - The Huskies threatened in the top of the sixth when David Mark got on board with a single to right field and advanced to second on a single by Richard Orange but the Broncs were able to close out the inning with a four-six-three double play.
× - The Broncs picked up a run on two hits, including a sacrifice fly to center field courtesy of Bonhan Hough that drove in UTPA's third run of the game.
× - Houston Baptist would test the Broncs in the seventh, when Bronc hurler A.J. Franco issued a six pitch walk to Leo Delgado and would score on a two RBI homerun by Greg Gossett to make the score 3-2.
× - Evan Cunningham would replace Franco in eighth inning and pounded the Huskies batters to give the Broncs their seventh victory of the season.
Four Broncs Earn All-Tournament Team Accolades
× - The UTPA baseball team were crowned co-champions of the Hillcrest Ford Classic Tournament and four Broncs were selected to the All-Tournament Team on Sunday (Mar. 9).
× - Newcomers Billy Donaho, Jordan Rutenbar, A.J. Franco and senior Roly Gonzalez were all-tournament team recipients for their outstanding performance in the three day tournament.
× - Donaho finished the tournament with a .545 batting average with four runs scored, four RBI's and a grand slam that came in the fourth inning in a 12-6 victory against Sam Houston State (Mar. 9).
× - Rutenbar recorded a .429 batting average to go with six RBI's and five runs scored in three games. In all three games, Rutenbar posted at least one hit while collecting two RBI's.
× - Gonzalez collected a .467 batting average to go with six stolen bases. The Broncs senior posted eight hits in 14 at bats to go along with six runs scored and a RBI.
× - The most impressive Bronc of the weekend was newcomer A.J. Franco who pitched a complete game in a 6-1 victory against Saint Louis on March 8. Franco improved his record to 2-1 while fanning five batters while only allowed one run.
Former Broncs Head to the Minors
× - After finishing their 2007-08 senior campaign, Osiel Flores, Ray Silva, Patrick Brooks and Chad Linder to the next step in furthering their dreams of playing in the major leagues as all they were signed to minor league contracts.
× - Flores was the first Bronc to sign a free agent contract with the Cleveland Indians and headed to the New York-Penn League which is a short-season Class "A" league.
× - Former third baseman Patrick Brooks signed a free agent deal with the Chicago Cubs and traveled to the Chicago Cub's rookie league in Mesa, AZ.
× - UTPA pitcher Ray Silva signed with the St. Louis Cardinals and made his debut with the Johnson City Cardinals this past summer.
× - Former UTPA pitcher Chad Linder signed with the River City Rascals which is a Division I Independent Baseball team in the Frontier League.
Broncs Host First Annual National Independent Tournament
× - Following the Broncs final three game series versus Texas Christian University, UTPA will close out the season with the National Independent Tournament in Edinburg, TX during the week of May 21-25.
× - Teams that will be featured in the NIT will be Northern Colorado, New York Tech, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Chicago State, and Le Moyne.
× - The tournament seeds will be announced on the Monday prior to the opening of the tournament. The seeds will be determined by record and NCAA RPI.
× - NCAA Regional selections take place on May 26 and the winner has an opportunity for a possible NCAA tournament bid.
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