Saturday, August 2, 2008

Colts snap Broncos' winning streak

The Broncos saw their three-game winning streak snapped at the hands of the San Angelo Colts on Saturday as they fell, 4-1, before a crowd of 1,003 at Veterans Field.

Game 2 of the three-game series is slated for tonight at 7:30 p.m.

The Broncos fell to 36-40.

Edinburg, who was a game behind the Broncos for the fourth and final playoff spot heading into Saturday’s action, was trailing Amarillo 13-6 in the seventh inning late Saturday.

The Colts (44-27) jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning before the Broncos struck in the second, cutting their deficit by a run on Ben Tinius’ RBI single.

From that point, both starting pitchers – Bryan Henschel for the Colts and Sean Donlin for the Broncos – took over as neither team would score again until the eighth inning.

In relief for Donlin, right-hander Mickey Callaway surrendered a run by Bryan Frichter.

San Angelo would add an insurance run in the ninth on Joe Rhomberg’s RBI single.

Luke Massetti earned his first save of the season by pitching a scoreless ninth inning.

Donlin fell to 2-5 despite pitching solidly, surrendering two runs on five hits in six innings of work.

He walked two and struck out two.

Henschel improved to 9-3 and surrendered one run on six hits in eight innings.

He walked one and struck out three.

Callaway ended up pitching three innings of relief as he gets closer to making his first start of the season.

He surrendered two runs on four hits while walking one and striking out one.

The Broncos scored one run on seven hits and committed two errors.

The Colts scored four runs on nine hits and committed one error.

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