Edinburg, Texas - Texas-Pan American (5-5) returns to the Edinburg Baseball Stadium to take on Texas A&M-Kingsville (1-6), Wednesday, February 18. The game is scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m.
The Broncs return from a road trip that saw them go 1-2 against Lamar, a school that was three outs away from the College World Series last year. After losing the opener 16-1, the Broncs came back for an 8-6 win in a doubleheader on Sunday, February 15. The Cardinals rallied to beat UTPA 6-4 on Monday, February 16.
Texas-Pan American faces a familiar foe in Texas A&M-Kingsville. On February 3, the Broncs swept a doubleheader, 6-3 and 3-2 from the Javelinas. TAMUK is led by Brandon Wittner who has three doubles, two home runs, has scored seven runs and driven in 10 runs while hitting .412.
For the Broncs, Louie Alamia (So./Edinburg, Texas/Edinburg North HS) has three doubles, one triple, has scored six runs, driven in three runs and is hitting .395 with a seven game hitting streak. Matt Sisk (Sr./Fort Worth, Texas/Arlington Heights HS) has scored eight runs, driven in four runs and is hitting .314 with a five game hitting streak.
On the mound, Ricky Broyles (Jr./Longview, Texas/Northeast Texas CC) is 0-1 with four saves. Juan Saenz (Jr./Mission, Texas/Mission HS) is 2-0 with nine strikeouts and a 1.00 ERA.
"That is the game of baseball. We lost one we should have won." Said
head coach Willie Gawlik about Monday's game at Lamar. "It happened
to the Boston Red Sox's and it happened to the Broncs. That game is gone and
the sun will come up tomorrow and that is how we are taking things. We've seen
a lot of positive things this season. Of course we would have liked to be undefeated
because that was a goal. We have made steady progress and we are happy with
that."