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For Immediate Release: April 2, 2002 BRONCS
LOSE TO SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE
SAN
MARCOS, TX –Southwest Texas State scored seven runs in their first
three at-bats and went on to defeat The University of Texas-Pan American's
baseball team, 14-2, at Bobcat Field Tuesday night. The
Bobcats scored three times in the bottom of the first inning. First
baseman Mark Younk doubled with runners at second and third to make it
2-0, then scored on a double by third baseman Marc Coles. Coles hit a
three-run homer in the third to key a four-run SWTSU rally. UTPA
broke through with two runs in the seventh. Freshman shortstop Marco
Garza (Mission, TX/ Sharyland HS) led off by reaching on an error by
shortstop Ignacio Suarez, and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Junior
second baseman Jerome McCoy (Fort Worth, TX/Eastern Hills HS/Northeast
Texas CC) doubled down the right field line to score Garza. One out
later, McCoy scored on an infield grounder by sophomore third baseman
Matt Sisk (Fort Worth, TX/Arlington Heights HS/New Mexico). Lefthander
Paul Schappert pitched five scoreless innings for SWTSU to earn the
victory, and improve to 2-5. Sophomore righthander Justin Bogy (West
Columbia, TX/West Columbia HS), the first of three Bronc pitchers, took
the loss and dropped to 2-2. The Bobcats improved to 18-14 with the victory, while UTPA dropped to 8-22 with the defeat. The Broncs will close out their two-game series with Southwest Texas Wednesday evening. BASESWTSU040302
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