Wednesday, May 2, 2001

Broncs Fall to Longhorns 12-6

AUSTIN, TX- The University of Texas-Pan American dropped a single game against the Texas Longhorns by a score of 11-5 Tuesday night at Disch-Faulk Field.  This was the second time the two teams met this year with Texas taking the first meeting 12-6 earlier in the season.

The Broncs jumped to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning when senior right fielder Darren Heinrichs hit a two-run home run, his team leading 10^th of the season.  The Longhorns were quick to answer by loading the bases for Eddie Romprey, who tripled in three runners to give UT a 3-2 advantage in the bottom of the same inning.

  The Broncs responded with three runs in the fourth to go ahead 5-3 after first baseman Sergio Pompa tripled home two runs and pinch hitter Mark DaSilva delivered a RBI-single to left to score the third of the inning.  This lead was short lived as Texas came back in the bottom of the fourth on a RBI-single by Kalani Napoleon and a two-run home run from Ryan Hubele to take the lead 6-5.  In the seventh, an RBI-single by Ryan Brooks and a two-run triple from Matt Rosenberg, combined with a UTPA error, lead to four more runs to extend the Longhorn lead to 10-5. Texas then tacked on another run in the eighth on a Sam Anderson sacrifice fly to close out the 11-5 victory.

The Longhorn’s Ryan France (5-4) went the final six innings to pick up the win for UT. UTPA starter Frank James ended up with the loss, lowering his season record to 1-9.

The Broncs will next face UT-San Antonio on May 2, 2001 at 1:00pm for game one of a double-header.