First, Manager Dan Shwam's goal is to clinch a playoff spot by finishing as one of the top two teams after the first half of the season. He's not beating around the bush at all...that's his goal and he wants to do so so that he can rest his veterans during the second half of the season and get everyone healthy and ready for the playoffs.
“If you told me that we’d be two games over .500 with all the injuries we’ve had and all the comings and goings and circumstances, I’d take that any day of the week," Shwam said earlier today. "Since day one, we’ve been banged up. We have not had five consecutive starts from our starters all year. It’s hard to win that way, but we’ve found a way.”
Unfortunately, impeding his mission is the fact that his injury list reads longer than Paris Hilton's laundry list: Arnoldo Ponce, Ben Tinius, Edgard Clemente, Ben Day, and Mark Lewis.
Ponce is expected to return within the next few days. Tinius hurt is foot and has been walking around all day with a huge ice pack taped to it but I think he intends to give it a go. Clemente's timetable for return is unknown and is a primary cause of concern among Bronco officials. Day is still awhile away from playing, as is Lewis.
Here's today's lineup for the Broncos:
CF Steven Wright
DH Anthony Bennett
LF Dwayne White
1B Luany Sanchez
RF Santiago Guerrero
2B Matt Lawman
3B Ivan Reyes
C Josh Morrison
SS Eric Padilla
Tonight's pitching matchups:
Broncos RHP Andy Schon (3-1, 5.06) vs. San Angelo ace Luke Massetti (3-1, 4.63).
A win tonight, to repeat again, puts the Broncos (18-16) in second place, a half-game ahead of the Colts (19-16).
Currently, Laredo is tied with Alexandria for being a half-game back of 2nd place.
Here are the standings for the league heading into tonight's action:
AMARILLO 21-12 L 2
SAN ANGELO 19-16 L1
LAREDO 18-16 W 1
ALEXANDRIA 18-16 W 2
EDINBURG 14-21 W 2
HARLINGEN 13-22 L 4
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