Broncos fall in lights-out game, 6-4

By DENNIS SILVA II
LAREDO MORNING TIMES

The lights went out in the middle of Monday’s contest between Laredo and San Angelo, but the Colts provided just enough electricity of their own as they took a 6-4 win before a crowd of 510 at Veterans Field.

The game was delayed 26 minutes after the lights on the field went out in the middle of the fifth inning.

The two clubs will resume their three-game series today at Veterans with a doubleheader of two seven-inning games starting at 6:05 p.m. All seats are $2.

Wednesday’s contest was rescheduled to fit into today due to the threat of Tropical Storm Dolly.

Former TAMIU baseball coach and five-year major league veteran Mickey Callaway is slated to start one of today’s contests.

The Broncos fell to 30-34 but maintained their one-game lead on the fourth and final playoff spot after Edinburg fell to Alexandria earlier in the day.

Broncos left-hander Sean Donlin (2-3) was tagged with the loss after throwing six innings and allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits.

He struck out seven and walked four.

Colts left-hander Logan Williamson (8-3) earned the win.

He threw six innings, allowing no runs on seven hits while striking out five and walking two.

Jose Torres’ two-out RBI triple in the third started things off for the Colts, who added to their one-run lead in the fifth when Charley Belew scored on a passed ball, and Tyrone Pendergrass scored on a wild pitch moments later.

After the lengthy delay, the Broncos went down weakly before the Colts’ Aaron Cone led off the sixth with a home run to boost San Angelo’s lead to 4-0.

Torres made it a five-run lead when he scored off Luany Sanchez’s throwing error in the seventh.

But the Broncos wouldn’t go down easily.

Edgard Clemente’s RBI bloop single with two outs in the seventh gave the Broncos their first run of the game before Torres struck again, this time on a deep sacrifice RBI to center field with one out in the eighth.

Ivan Reyes’ home run to deep left field with one out in the eighth gave the Broncos their first extra-base hit of the night, and Laredo cut into its deficit some more on Anthony Bennett’s RBI single moments later.

Clemente’s leadoff home run to left center field in the ninth pulled the Broncos within two before Colts closer Mitch Lively struck out three straight Broncos to earn his second save of the season.

The Broncos compiled four runs on 13 hits to the Colts’ six runs on eight hits.

BRONCO BITS: Luany Sanchez snapped his 0-for-17 slump with a sharp single with one out in the first … According to Veterans Field groundsmen, the power outage on the field was due to an issue with the transformer.