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For Immediate Release: May 10, 2002 BRONCS BOW TO TEXAS TECH
LUBBOCK,
TX –The 22nd-ranked Texas Tech Raiders were a little too
potent for The University of Texas-Pan American in their baseball game
at Dan Law Field Friday night. Texas
Tech scored five times in the bottom of the first inning and defeated
the Broncs, 11-3, in the first game of their three-game series. UTPA
scored first when junior left fielder Bruce Kennedy (Mansfield,
TX/Mansfield HS/Northeast Texas JC) doubled to right-center with one out
in the first inning, and scored on a subsequent single to right by
sophomore third baseman Matt Sisk (Fort Worth, TX/Arlington Heights
HS/New Mexico). However,
the Red Raiders tied the game in their half of the first when designated
hitter Nick Blankenship singled with the bases loaded. Left fielder
Travis McElroy followed with a sacrifice fly, second baseman Bryon Smith
walked with the bases loaded to make it 3-0, and third baseman Jake
Brown singled home two more runs to make it 5-1 after one inning of
play. The
Broncs did not score again until the eighth. Freshman shortstop Marco
Garza (Mission, TX/Sharyland HS) led off and reached on a two-base error
by first baseman Austin Cranford. He crossed to third on an infield out,
and scored on a sacrifice fly by junior catcher Sean Flynn (Bradenton,
FL/Bradenton Christian Academy). Kennedy led off the ninth with a solo
homer off relief pitcher Chris Phillips to account for Texas-Pan
American’s final run. Texas
Tech scored single runs in four of five at-bats in the middle of the
game. McElroy doubled and scored on Garza’s error in the third, and
center fielder Jon Slack singled, stole second and scored on a hit by
right fielder Madison Edwards in the fourth. Edwards singled in another
run in the sixth, pinch-hitter Cody Fuller tripled and scored on an
infield out in the seventh, and shortstop Gera Alvarez capped the TTU
scoring with a two-run homer in the eighth. Red
Raider starter Steve Gooch, who retired 18 consecutive Broncs between
the first and seventh innings, earned the victory, and improved to 7-2.
UTPA junior righthander Travis Parker (Brownsville, TX/Hanna
HS/UT-Brownsville), who pitched the first six innings, took the loss and
fell to 3-9. Texas
Tech improved to 35-16 with the victory, while UTPA dropped to 15-346
with the defeat. The Broncs and Red Raiders will play the second game of
the series Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. BASETEXASTECH1051002 |