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For Immediate
Release: February 10, 2002 BRONCS
DROP SERIES FINALE AT LAMAR
BEAUMONT, TX
–Neither five Bronc pitchers nor four runs in the first three innings
were enough to carry The University of Texas-Pan American baseball to a
victory in the third and final game of their three-game series at Lamar
Sunday afternoon. The Cardinals
used a 16-hit attack that included seven extra-base hits to defeat the
Broncs, 23-4, at Vincent-Beck Stadium. Freshman
right fielder Tony Ortiz (Fort Worth, TX/Nolan HS) and sophomore third
baseman Matt Sisk (Fort Worth, TX/New Mexico/Arlington Heights HS) each
accounted for two of UTPA’s runs. Ortiz drove home freshman left
fielder John Lopez (Mission, TX/Mission HS) with a first-inning single,
then singled home Sisk in the third. Sisk’s double in the third scored
Lopez and junior shortstop Jerome McCoy (Fort Worth, TX/Eastern Hills
HS/Northeast Texas CC) with UTPA’s other two runs. The
Cardinals, who trailed the Broncs, 4-3, after 2 ½ innings, took command
for good with eight runs in the last of the third innings. “Shortstop
Anthony Hayes hit his second home run of the series, a grand-slam homer
to left field. Designated hitter Jordan Foster drove in three more runs
with a triple to right field later in the same inning. Left fielder
Mickey Hernandez’ two-run homer to center field was the big blow in a
five-run LU fifth, while the Cards scored six runs on just two hits,
including a solo homer by first baseman Micah Hoffpauir, in a six-run
sixth. The game was called after 6 1/2 innings, due to the ten-run rule. “We
were ahead, 4-3, but then the wind started blowing out, we couldn’t
keep the ball in the ballpark, and it got away from us,” said UTPA
Head Coach Reggie Tredaway. “They got eight in the third, including a
grand slam, and we couldn’t come back from that.” The
Broncs dropped to 1-4 with the defeat, while Lamar improved to 4-1. The
Broncs will return to action when they visit McNeese State in a
three-game series next weekend.
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