Box Score

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs baseball team fell to the Bakersfield Roadrunners 5-1 on Friday at Hardt Field.
 
Sophomore Jacob Huckabay and juniors Correy Davis and Cole Loncar led the Broncs (12-20, 0-10 WAC) offensively with two hits each. Freshman Nikki Rowe alum Ryan Jackson pitched 3.2 innings of scoreless relief, striking out two.
 
The Roadrunners (18-14-1, 6-3-1 WAC) scored runs in the first and third off of freshman Harlingen South alum Zach Martinez (0-1) on RBI-singles by Max Carter and Soloman Williams, respectively, to make it 2-0.
 
That was enough for Hayden Carter (4-3), who retired 14 of the first 15 batters he faced. With two outs in the fourth, however, sophomore Edinburg alum Edgar Cordon, Huckabay and freshman Isaac Gonzalez hit consecutive singles to bring the Broncs with 2-1.
 
That was it against Carter, who pitched a complete game, allowing nine hits and no walks while striking out one.
 
The Roadrunners responded in the bottom of the inning, though, as Williams hit a sacrifice fly and Chance Gusbeth hit a two-run triple to make it 5-1.
 
In his first-career start, Martinez pitched a career-high 4.1 innings, recording a career-high two strikeouts.
 
The Broncs and Roadrunners play the middle game of this three-game series on Saturday at 8 p.m.

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