Box Score

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs baseball team scored twice in the ninth and put the tying run in scoring position, but ultimately fell to the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Islanders 6-5 on Tuesday at Chapman Field.
 
Trailing 6-3 with one out in the ninth, Riley Goulding tripled and Shane Klemcke hit an RBI-double. Klemcke then moved to third on a wild pitch while Derek Hagy drew a four-pitch walk. Roger Bernal followed with an RBI-single to make it a one-run game. Islanders (19-26) closer Phillip Garcia got Mission-native Angel Ibanez to pop-out and Vincent Mejia to ground into a fielder's choice to record his seventh save.
 
Goulding was one of five Broncs (23-14) with multiple hits, leading the way with a career-high three hits. Klemcke, Bernal, Mike McCarthy and Adrian de la Rosa each had two hits.
 
The Islanders got on the board against Jonathan Delgado (0-1) in the third. Kyle Danford reached on an error and then moved to third on a single by Jordan Lee and an error in right field. Drew Vest grounded into an RBI-fielder's choice, and after a wild pitch, Jonathan Gonzales hit an RBI-single to knock out Delgado with the score 2-0.
 
In the fifth, the Islanders put runners at first and third with one out, setting up an Eric Weiss groundout and a Brad Porras RBI-triple that made it 4-0.
 
Islanders pitchers Tim Keller (1-5) and Trevor Belicek held the Broncs scoreless through the first five innings. In the sixth, however, Klemcke hit a leadoff triple and Bernal hit a one-out single to make it 4-1.
 
The Islanders got that run back in the bottom of the inning on an RBI-single by Vest, but the Broncs offense kept coming in the seventh. With one out, McCarthy singled and de la Rosa doubled. Goulding hit an RBI-single and Klemcke grounded into an RBI-fielder's choice to make it 5-3.
 
The Islanders got one of those runs back in the bottom of the seventh when Weiss reached on a bunt single, stole second, moved to third on an error and scored on a wild pitch.
 
The Broncs return to action on Friday at 5:00 p.m. when they visit the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
 
The University of Texas-Pan American Department of Intercollegiate Athletics competes at the NCAA Division I classification. UTPA, formerly known as Pan American College and Pan American University, is a part of the University of Texas System of Schools. The Broncs compete in 14 varsity sports; men's and women's basketball, golf, tennis, track and field, and cross country, along with women's volleyball and men's baseball. In 1963, then known as Pan American College, the Broncs men's basketball program won the NAIA National Championship with a 73-62 victory over Western Carolina. In 2008 UTPA joined the new all-sports division of the Great West Conference.