Thursday, July 31, 2008

Broncos win, but Coyotes' sweep of doubleheader forces tie

The Broncos snuck by Harlingen, 4-3, on Thursday but are still in a virtual tie for the fourth and final playoff spot after Edinburg swept a doubleheader against San Angelo earlier in the evening.

The Coyotes won the first game, 3-2, before finishing the Colts off in the second, 10-4.

Here's the game story from the Colts' website.

The Broncos, who scored four unanswered runs after Harlingen took a 3-0 lead heading into the third inning, got a gritty effort from Dan Sausville, who improved to 3-3 by allowing three runs on eight hits in six innings of work.

He walked two and struck out four.

Reliever Rusty Jones pitched two scoreless innings before David Watkins secured his second save of the season with a scoreless ninth.

The Broncos scored on Arnoldo Ponce's sacrifice fly in the third, before a three-run sixth inning that was aided by Matt Imwalle's two-run double and Ben Tinius' RBI single.

The Broncos scored four runs on eight hits. The WhiteWings scored three runs on 12 hits, and committed three errors.

Here's the full detailed game report from the Broncos' website.

Laredo now sits at 35-39 heading into the final game of its three game series against Harlingen on Friday.

Edinburg is at 33-37 as it concludes its series with San Angelo on Friday.

In other ULB action on Thursday, the Alexandria Aces downed the Amarillo Dillas, 8-1.

Luis Guance hit a grand slam in the second inning to boost the Aces, who are in first place in the league.

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