Broncos Drop 4th Straight Game in Loss to Amarillo
August 5, 2008 - United League Baseball (ULB)
Laredo Broncos News Release
Laredo, TX-The Laredo Broncos walked 13 batters, as they lost to The Amarillo Dillas by a score of 7-2 on Tuesday night at Veterans Field. The Broncos continue on their 6 game home stand with the middle game of a 3 game series against the Amarillo Dillas on Wednesday night. For more information you can call (956)-723-BASE (2273).
The Broncos would get on the scoreboard first in the 1st inning. Sean Gamble led off with a triple. Then with 1 out, Dwayne White and Edgard Clemente walked to load the bases. Matt Imwalle came through for the Broncos as he hit a 2 run single, scoring both Gamble and White. That made the score 2-0.
The Dillas would score in the 2nd inning. Stephen Douglas led off with a single and went to 2nd on a single by Justin Wenger. Then a passed ball moved them up a base, and Josh Ashton followed with a walk to load the bases. Jonathan Reynoso then hit a sacrifice fly scoring Douglas. Keith Brachold then hit a ground ball that got by 1st baseman Matt Imwalle for an error allowing Wenger to score. Ashton would go to 3rd and Brachold ended up at 2nd. Gary Schneidmiller then flew out to Edgard Clemente in center field. Ashton tagged up and tried to score, but Clemente threw a strike to the plate to get Ashton out. The score was now tied at 2.
Amarillo would take the lead in the 4th inning. Justin Wenger was hit by a pitch and then went to 2nd on a walk to Josh Ashton. A passed ball would move the runners to 2nd and 3rd. With 1 out Keith Brachold singled in Wenger with Ashton going to 3rd. Gary Schneidmiller then walked to load the bases. A wild pitch was then thrown by Broncos starter Richard Bartlett allowing Ashton to score Brachold to move to 3rd and Schneidmiller to move to 3rd. Danny Bravo would single in Brachold. AJ Johnson then reached on a fielder's choice with Schneidmiller scoring. That would make the score 6-2.
The pitching combination of Ron Lowe and Robbie Wooley for the Dillas really held the Broncos offense in check thru 7 innings of work. They only allowed 1 base runner pass 1st base since the 1st inning and that was a double by Josue Gonzalez in the 7th. Richard Bartlett for Laredo did not fare as well in his 7 innings of work. He gave up 6 runs, 5 of which were earned on 8 hits. He walked a season high 9 batters, while only striking out 3. Dan Sausville came into the game in the 8th.
The Dillas would add on a run in the 8th. With 1 out Keith Brachold walked and then stole 2nd base. Then with 2 outs, Andrew Wong drew a walk. Both runners would then steal 2nd and 3rd. AJ Johnson then drove in a run with a single, making the score 7-2.
Rusty Jones would come out for the 9th inning for the Broncos and pitch a scoreless. The Broncos trailed by 5 heading into the bottom of the 9th. Laredo would go 1-2-3 in their half of the 9th as they fell by a score of 7-2.
The Broncos scored 2 runs on 7 hits and committed 1 error, while the Dillas scored 7 runs on 10 hits and committed 0 errors.
The Broncos now fall to 36-43 on the season. The Broncos will be back in action on Wednesday when they play game 2 of a 3 game series against the Amarillo Dillas in Laredo at 7:35. You can listen to that game as well as all Laredo Broncos baseball games home or away at www.laredobroncos.com thru our partner sports gaming radio.
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