Box ScoreEDINBURG – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs baseball team fell to the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders 15-7 on Wednesday at Edinburg Baseball Stadium.
The Broncs (11-20) led early in the game, going up 2-1 on a two-run single by freshman
Victor Garcia Jr. in the second, and 5-3 on a balk and RBI-singles by redshirt freshman Edinburg alum
Edgar Cordon and junior
Evan Mason in the third.
Junior
Logan Landon (0-3) came in out of the bullpen to pitch hitless fourth and fifth innings. In the sixth, however, the Islanders (16-15) bats came alive.
Zach Gibson led off the inning with a double. After a walk, a wild pitch put the runners in scoring position, leading to an RBI-ground out by
Brandon Guilford. A balk then brought
Russell Vaughan home from third to tie the game.
Brandon Tierney doubled to knock out Landon. Sophomore Roma alum
Isaac Martinez came in and issued a seven-pitch walk to
Jordan Lee. One out later, a walk loaded the bases and set-up a bases-clearing triple by
Cody Stephens.
Dawson Yates followed with a grounder to short, but the throw to first pulled Garcia off the bag to score Yates. After Gibson walked, senior
Matthew Harrell came in and issued a four-pitch walk to Vaughan before giving up a two-run single to Guilford to cap the eight-run inning with the Islanders up 11-5.
That made a winner of
Tyler Schnuriger (2-1), who pitched three scoreless innings of relief.
Garcia came up with another two-run single in the ninth to finish 2-for-4 with a career-high four RBI. He also walked and was hit by a pitch.
Senior
Shane Ammon had a multi-hit game for the Broncs, going 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored. Mason went 1-for-3 with two walks and an RBI.
The Broncs resume Western Athletic Conference play when they open up a three-game series on Friday at 7 p.m. against Grand Canyon at Edinburg Baseball Stadium. Gates open at 6.
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