After Friday’s opener of a four-game home set against Coastal Bend was suspended due to poor weather, the Broncos and the Thunder played a doubleheader on Saturday.
The Broncos were swept, pushing their losing streak to eight games as they lost Game 1, 13-2 before falling in Game 2, 7-1.
The Broncos are 22-56 with two games remaining in their season.
The Thunder is 38-39.
In Game 1, Coastal Bend wasted no time grabbing a quick lead on Friday, taking an 8-0 advantage into the second inning, thanks in large part to Alex Fernandez’s three-run home run and Levi Ventura’s two-run single.
Broncos starter Luis Arroyo was taken out after one out in the inning.
He gave up eight runs on five hits. He walked three and struck out none.
When the game picked up on Saturday, it remained 8-0 until the fifth inning, when Amadeo Zazueta and Manny Mejia each drilled RBI singles off reliever Carlos Alvarez to make it 10-0.
Alvarez was done for the Broncos after 5.2 innings of relief work.
He gave up two runs on seven hits. He walked three and struck out two.
The Broncos finally got on the scoreboard in the seventh, when Mario Mendez hit a solo home run, his eighth of the season.
Two batters later, Robert Moron also hit a solo home run, his second of the season, to make it 10-2.
But the Thunder got some more runs in the ninth, courtesy of Dustin Smith’s RBI single and two runs scored off an error and fielder’s choice.
Coastal Bend starter Frank James pitched a solid ninth to earn the complete game.
The Broncos scored two runs on seven hits, and had two errors, while the Thunder scored 11 runs on 15 hits and did not commit an error.
Game 2 was not much better, as the Broncos scored one run on three hits to the Thunder’s seven runs on 11 hits.
Broncos starter Edgar Soto Soto lasted two-plus innings, surrendering five runs – four earned – on five hits.
He walked three, struck out one and threw four wild pitches.
Mendez’s second homer of the evening was the Broncos’ lone run.
Game 3 of the four-game series will be played tonight at Veterans Field.
First pitch is scheduled for 7:35 p.m.
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