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For Immediate Release: May 12, 2002 BRONCS DROP FINALE AT TEXAS TECH
LUBBOCK,
TX –Texas Tech scored six runs in the third inning en route to a 14-2
victory against The University of Texas-Pan American’s baseball team
at Dan Law Field Sunday afternoon. The
Red Raiders broke a 1-1 tie with their third-inning explosion, which
gave them the lead for good in the third and final game of the teams’
three-game series. The
Broncs had struck first, scoring a first-inning run on a walk to junior
second baseman Jerome McCoy (Fort Worth, TX/Eastern Hills HS/Northeast
Texas CC), two infield outs and a run-scoring single by senior third
baseman Adam Farek (Crockett, TX/Crockett HS/Cedar Valley CC). Texas
Tech tied it in the first on a double by right fielder Madison Edwards
and a single by catcher Willie Durazo. Durazo’s
triple drove in the Red Raiders’ first run in the bottom of the third.
Left fielder Travis McElroy followed with an RBI double, designated
hitter Nick Blankenship than tripled to drive in another run, a fourth
scored on second baseman Bryon Smith’s sacrifice fly, and Edwards
singled home the final two runs of the inning. Texas-Pan
American came back with a run in the fourth. Farek and freshman right
fielder Tony Ortiz (Fort Worth, TX/Nolan HS) singled. Farek moved to
third when sophomore third baseman Matt Sisk (Fort Worth, TX/Arlington
heights HS/New Mexico) hit into a double play, and scored on a wild
pitch by starting pitcher Dusty Buck. Tech
added three runs in the bottom of the fifth on Edwards’three-run
homer. Smith hit a solo homer in the sixth, and first baseman Austin
Cranford hit a two-run homer and shortstop Gera Alvarez doubled in
another run in the eighth against Bronc reliever Skip Weast (Jr. Inola,
OK/Inola HS/Crowder JC). Buck,
the first of six Red Raider pitchers, pitched five innings to earn the
victory and improve his record to 7-1. Sophomore Justin Bogy (West
Columbia, TX/West Columbia HS), UTPA’s starter, pitched the first six
innings and took the loss, falling to 4-6. Texas Tech won their 12th game in a row and improved to 37-16 overall. The Broncs lost for the seventh consecutive time, and ended their season with a record of 15-38. BASETEXASTECH3051202 |