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For Immediate Release: March 20, 2002 BRONCS SWEEP JAYHAWKS
EDINBURG,
TX –For the second consecutive game, pitching and defense was the
order of the day as The University of Texas-Pan American’s baseball
team met Kansas. The
Broncs got good pitching and played well defensively in defeating the
Jayhawks, 7-2, and sweeping the two-game series at the Edinburg Baseball
Stadium. Sophomore
righthander Justin Bogy (West Columbia, TX/West Columbia HS) allowed one
run and four hits in seven innings of work. He walked one batter, struck
out five and retired the side in order five times. For
the second consecutive game, UTPA jumped ahead early. With one out in
the second inning, junior designated hitter Jarrad Maddox (Houston,
TX/Jersey Village HS/Northern Arkansas JC) reached base when KU second
baseman Casey Spanish misplayed his grounder. Junior catcher Sean Flynn
(Bradenton, FL/Bradenton Christian Academy) followed with a single,
moving Maddox to third. Flynn was picked off by KU starting pitcher Dan
Olson, but freshman second baseman Marco Garza (Mission, TX/Sharyland
HS) followed with a single to score Maddox. A single by freshman first
baseman Chris Jones (Colleyville, TX/Colleyville Heritage HS) moved
Garza to second. Freshman center fielder John Lopez (Mission, TX/Mission
HS) scored Garza, and Jones came home when Lopez broke for second base,
was then caught in a rundown, and stayed alive long enough for Jones to
score. Kansas
scored their first run of the series in the top of the third. Shortstop
Brandon Shepard led off with a triple to right-center field, and scored
when a relay by junior shortstop Jerome McCoy (Fort Worth, TX/Eastern
Hills HS/Northeast Texas CC) sailed into the KU dugout. One out later,
left fielder Bobby Bartow and center fielder Lance Hayes singled to put
two men on base. But Bogy induced right fielder Matt Tribble to hit into
a double play that ended the inning. The
Broncs increased their lead in the fourth. With two outs, Flynn doubled
off the center-field wall. Garza beat out a hit to third base, and Flynn
scored on third baseman Ryan Klocksien’s throwing error. UTPA
scored three runs in their final two at-bats. Lopez led off the seventh
with a single up the middle, stole second, and moved to third on
Olson’s errant pickoff throw. One out later, lefthander Tom Gorzelanny
relieved Olson. Gorzelanny struck out junior left fielder Bruce Kennedy
(Mansfield, TX/Mansfield HS/Northeast Texas CC), but the third strike
eluded KU catcher Cole Armstrong, and Lopez scored. Freshman
right fielder Tony Ortiz (Fort Worth, TX/Nolan HS) led off the eighth by
reaching on an error by Shepard. Freshman Juan Saenz (Mission,
TX/Mission HS) pinch-hit a single, and was replaced at first by freshman
Jonathan Mason (San Antonio, TX/Jay HS). Flynn sacrificed the runners
over, and, one out later, Jones walked to load the bases. Lopez then
bounced a single up the middle to make it 7-1. The
Jayhawks scored again in the ninth. Designated hitter Ryan Baty led off
with a double to right-center and scored when McCoy’s throw on first
baseman Kevin Wheeler’s grounder went awry. “Justin stayed ahead in the count, and he made them swing the bats, and that’s what you have to do to get people out,” said UTPA Head Coach Reggie Tredaway. “We gave up 11 hits in 18 innings, and that’s the way we need to be able to pitch. We’re not going to strike out a lot of people, but we went out and got people who could improve our defense this year, and our team is starting to jell. (Junior righthander) Travis (Parker, Brownsville, TX/Hanna HS/UT-Brownsville) threw well against TCU, and (senior lefthander) Frank (James, Elgin, TX/Elgin HS/Navarro JC) led us last night, and confidence is contagious.” Bogy
improved to 1-1 with the victory. Olson fell to 3-2 with the defeat. UTPA
won for the fourth consecutive time, and improved to 6-15. Kansas lost
their eighth game in succession and dropped to 10-8. The Broncs will return to action when they visit Texas this weekend.
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