Broncos Clobbered in Loss to Roadrunners
Published on June 12, 2009 under United League Baseball (ULB)
Laredo Broncos News Release
June 12, 2009-Edinburg, TX- The Laredo Broncos could only muster 2 runs against the Edinburg Roadrunners as they lost by a score of 10-2.
The Roadrunners would jump out to the early lead off of Broncos starter Gregorio Martinez in the 2nd inning. With one out Eric Gonzalez walked and went to 2nd on a single by Amado German. Then Angel Reyes delivered a 2 run double scoring both Gonzalez and German. Reyes would move to 3rd on the throw trying to get German at home. Then Ozzie Flores reached on a throwing error by Miguel Ortiz which allowed Reyes to score. That gave Edinburg the early 3-0 lead.
The Broncos would get on the board in the top half of the 3rd inning against Edinburg's starter Eric Montoya. With 1 out Ryan Flynn singled and then advanced to 2nd on a single by Steven Wright. Then OJ Garza hit a dribbler that Edinburg's shortstop Angel Reyes threw into the Roadrunners dugout, which allowed Flynn to score, Wright to advance to 3rd and Garza would go to 2nd. Andres "El Monkey" Santos then hit a rbi ground out scoring Wright and making the score 3-2.
Both Martinez and Montoya would settle down after that and keep the game a 1 run game till the bottom of the 6th inning. Vincent Blue led off the inning with a double and went to 3rd on a wild pitch. Carlos Hereaud then hit a sacrifice fly scoring Blue and making the score 4-2.
Martinez would run into trouble again in the 7th inning. With one out Angel Reyes singled and went to 2nd when Miguel Ortiz's throw went out of play. After an Ozzie Flores walk, Robert Matlock singled to load the bases. That would do it for Martinez as Rene Ledesma came into the game. While facing Nick Aranda, Ledesma threw a wild pitch allowing Reyes to score and Flores and Matlock to move to 2nd and 3rd. Aranda would end up drawing a walk to reload the bases. Vincent Blue then walked to allow Flores to score and keep the bases loaded. Carlos Hereaud then stepped up and delivered a 2 run double scoring Matlock and Aranda. That would knock out Ledesma as Nathan Crawford came into the game. Crawford was greeted with a 2 run double by Bryan Smith that would make the score 10-2 in favor of Edinburg.
Gregorio Martinez would be in line for the loss after pitching 6 1/3 innings. He gave up 7 runs 5 of which were earned on 7 hits. He walked 4 batters and struck out 3.
The Roadrunners bullpen of Bryan Heaston, Kelly Casares, and Brian Martin shut down the Broncos for the last 3 innings as Laredo fell by a score of 10-2.
Broncos scored 2 runs on 6 hits and 2 errors while the Roadrunners scored 10 runs on 7 hits and 1 error.
The Broncos are now 0-2 on the season while the Roadrunners are 2-0. The Broncos will next be in action tomorrow Saturday June 13th as they play the 3rd game of a 4 game series against the Roadrunners at 7:05. You can listen to the rest of the series at www.roadrunnersball.com.
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