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Broncs and Highlanders Face-Off in Doubleheader Saturday

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NEWARK, New Jersey -- The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs baseball team (24-14, 11-6 Great West Conference) and New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders (18-20, 9-8 GWC) face-off in a doubleheader on Saturday at 12:00 p.m. at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium.

Game one is scheduled to last seven innings while game two is scheduled to go the full nine.

What You Need to Know
  • The Broncs are 7-3 all-time against the Highlanders and 5-3 in Great West Conference play in a series dating back to 2008. The Broncs are 3-1 all-time in Newark.
  • The Broncs are 6-3 in the first game and 6-3 in the second game of doubleheaders this season. Two of those doubleheaders were splits while the other seven were sweeps.
  • With 24 wins, the Broncs have their highest win total since 2006, when the Broncs won 24 games under Wille Gawlik.
  • The Broncs need to reach 26 wins prior to the conference tournament to clinch a winning record for the first time since 2000, when the Broncs went 31-19-1.
  • Angel Ibanez is the one of the toughest batters to strike out in the NCAA, averaging just one every 16.9 at-bats (nine strikeouts in 152 at-bats). The junior has only three multiple-strikeout games in his career.
  • Roger Bernal is fifth in the NCAA in hitting with a .426 batting average. He has hits in 33-of-37 games, including 23 multi-hit games. He has had 14 two-hit games, six three-hits games and three four-hit games.
  • The Broncs are 13th in the NCAA in runs per game at 7.1.
  • The Broncs are 16th in the NCAA in on base percentage at .398.
  • The Broncs are 17th in the NCAA with a team batting average of .311.

Last Time Out

Broncs @ NJIT Highlanders (5/4/12)
  • Playing in their third time zone and fourth city in 14 days, the Broncs beat the Highlanders 5-3.
  • Roger Bernal has his sixth-straight multi-hit game, going 2-for-4. He is now 13 for his last 26 (.500).
  • Riley Goulding had his second-straight multi hit game, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored and one RBI. He is now five for his last seven (.714).
  • Zach Zouzalik recorded his staff-best seventh win of the season, pitching a season-high five innings of relief, allowing one run on three hits while throwing just 59 pitches.

Next Up

The Broncs and Highlanders complete this four-game series on Sunday at 11:00 a.m.
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