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update courtesy of Ray Brito,

The Broncos jumped out to an early lead in the 1st inning. Steven Wright led off the 2009 season with a double. After a groundout Andres “El Monkey” Santos drew a walk. Argelis Nunez then stepped up and delivered a rbi single scoring Wright from 2nd and giving Laredo the 1-0 lead. That would stay the score till the 4th inning when the Broncos tacked on some more runs. Mario Mendez led off the inning with a solo home run, his 1st of season. David Cardona would then follow with a single and would move to 3rd on a single by Kylee Hash. Ryan Flynn came through with his 1st professional hit which was a rbi single scoring Cardona from 3rd and advancing Hash to 2nd. Steven Wright then hit into what looked like a easy double play, but the throw from the Roadrunners 2nd baseman Carlos Heraud sailed into Edinburg’s dugout allowing Hash to score from 2nd and Wright to advance to 2nd. That gave the Broncos a 4-0 lead. Broncos starter Ryan Harris sailed thru his first 3 innings, but ran into trouble in the bottom of the 4th. Amado German singled to lead off the inning and was followed by a walk to Angel Reyes. Ozzie Flores then hit a rbi single scoring German from 2nd. Robert Matlock then walked to load the bases. Nick Aranda would be safe on a fielder’s choice which allowed Reyes to score and Flores to advance to 3rd. Then with Vincent Blue batting the Roadrunners attempted a double steal, Broncos shortstop Ryan Flynn cut off the throw heading to 2nd and fired it home to nail Flores at the plate. Blue then flew out to end the inning with Laredo leading 4-2. The Broncos would get one of those runs back in the 5th inning. With 1 out Argelis Nunez would walk and move to 2nd on a single by Mario Mendez. Then after a passed ball move the runners to 2nd and 3rd, Miguel Ortiz hit a rbi ground out scoring Nunez. That gave Laredo a 5-2 lead. That would knock out Roadrunners starter Pedro Flores who only went 4 2/3. He gave up 5 runs 4 of which were earned on 9 hits. He walked 2 batters and struck out 4. Austin Bridges would then come into the game. Edinburg would get another run in their half of the 5th. Carlos Heraud walked to lead off the inning and then scored on a rbi double by Eric Gonzalez, making the score 5-3. Harris would come out and start the 6th for the Broncos, but after he hit Ozzie Flores and walked Robert Matlock to start the inning, he would be taken out and Nathan Crawford would come into the game. Crawford would then hit Nick Aranda to load the bases. Vincent Blue hit a sacrifice fly scoring Flores and allowing Matlock to move to 3rd and Aranda to 2nd. Carlos Heraud then hit a 2 run single. He would later steal 2nd and then score on a single by Amado German. Dave Wasylak would then come in and get the 3rd out, but the Roadrunners led by a score of 7-5. Harris ended up getting a no decision going 5 plus giving up 5 runs all earned on 4 hits. He walked 7 batters and struck out 4. Crawford who only went 2/3 gave up 3 runs on 2 hits. He walked 0 and struck out 2 and was in line for the loss. Laredo would threaten in the 7th inning. Argelis Nunez walked to start off the inning. He would advance to 3rd on a double by Mario Mendez. Bryan Heaston would then come into the game and relieve Bridges. Heaston would come in and retire Miguel Ortiz, David Cardona, and Kylee Hash to get out of the jam and keep the score 7-5 in favor of Edinburg.