Broncos fall to 15-28

Three Laredo Broncos, including manager Ricardo Cuevas, were ejected from Saturday’s game as they lost to the Amarillo Dillas, 6-3 at Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa.

The Dillas (23-20) scored in the first inning for the third straight game as Keanon Simon scored.
The Broncos (15-28) tied the game up in the second inning when Argelis Nunez scored on an error.

Laredo took the lead on a RBI single by Luis Ugueto before Amarillo responded with a bases-loaded walk by Andrew Wong to tie the game, 2-2.

The Dillas regained the lead in the fifth on Terrance McClain’s solo home run.

That set-up a testy stage by the Broncos.

During the top half of the sixth, Nunez was called out on a questionable strike three call.

In the middle of the sixth, reliever Franklyn Gracesqui was ejected from the game. Cuevas then came out to defend his player and was also ejected.

Later on, Broncos reliever Fernando Rijo was also ejected from the game.

Amarillo took advantage of Laredo’s melt down, extending its lead to 5-2 on Simon’s RBI single and then an error by the Broncos’ Mario Mendez that allowed Simon to score.

Broncos starter Luis Arroyo was taken out during the sixth inning.

He went 5.1 innings, giving up five runs, four of which were earned, on nine hits.

He walked six batters and struck out three.

The Dillas made the score 6-2 in the seventh off Bryan Bueno’s sacrifice fly.

The Broncos scored the final run of the game in the eighth on a RBI single by Luany Sanchez.

The Broncos scored three runs on 10 hits and had two errors, while the Dillas scored six runs on 10 hits and had one error.