Box ScoreAUSTIN – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs baseball fell to the No. 6 University of Texas Longhorns 5-4 on Wednesday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.
The Broncs (5-3) jumped on
Connor Mayes in the second as, with two on and one out, freshman McAllen Memorial alum
Manny Loredo hit an RBI-single. Then, with the bases loaded and two outs, senior
Jesus Garcia hit a grounder in the first base hole. The throw to Mayes covering got away, allowing a run to score to make it 2-0.
Loredo finished 3-for-4.
Sophomore
Victor Garcia Jr. led off the third with a walk, moved to second on a passed ball and to third on a groundout before scoring on an RBI-single by senior
Logan Landon to make it 3-0.
Landon finished 2-for-3 with a walk.
The Broncs added a run in the fourth on a two-out sacrifice fly by junior
Cole Loncar to make it 4-0.
Junior
Parker Gallegos mostly shut down the Longhorns (8-2) for 6.1 innings, limiting them to two runs (one earned) on five hits. The first run came with two outs in the fifth on a
C.J. Hinojosa RBI-single.
The second run came on a one-out RBI-double by
Collin Shaw in the seventh that knocked out Gallegos, but senior
Clayton Haltom came in and got the final two outs of the inning.
Haltom, however, walked
Brooks Marlow to start the eighth, and then, one out after junior
Matt Rigby allowed an RBI-double to
Bret Boswell, sophomore Nikki Rowe alum
Andrew Padron allowed a game-tying RBI-single to
Zane Gurwitz.
In the ninth, the Longhorns put runners on the corners with two outs against junior
Isaac Martinez (0-1), and Boswell hit a walk-off single.
Boswell finished 3-for-5.
The Broncs are back in action on Friday at 7 p.m. when they host Lamar for the first of three games at Edinburg Baseball Stadium. There will be a major announcement in the front of the stadium at 6 involving head coach emeritus and Hall of Famer Al Ogletree.
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