Feb. 12, 2006

Box Score

BEAUMONT - Senior William Delage tossed a one-hit shutout and senior C.J. Ebarb went 3-for-4 with five runs batted in to provide the offense as Lamar blanked Texas-Pan American 10-0 Sunday afternoon at Vincent-Beck Stadium.

Lamar improved to 3-2 on the season and UTPA dropped to 3-4. The Cardinals, who won 6-1 on Saturday, will go for the three-game sweep Monday at 1 p.m. Junior Derrick Gordon, who is 0-0 with a 10.80 earned run average, will get the start for the Cardinals. Aaron Guerra (1-1, 10.29 ERA) is expected to start for the Broncs.

Leading 5-0 entering the home half of the seventh inning, Collin Delome led off the inning with a triple to left field. Michael Ambort followed with a single to left to drive in DeLome. Dan Hernandez was hit by a pitch and Ryan Baker singled to center field to load the bases with no outs.

Ambort scored on a wild pitch by reliever Dane Mason and Ebarb followed with a 3-run home run to left field to put Lamar up 10-0. That's when the game ended due to the 10-run rule after seven innings that was agreed upon by both coaches prior to the start of the game.

Delage (1-0) was dominant from the beginning, setting down the first nine Bronc hitters in order. In seven innings pitched, he allowed just one hit with a season-high nine strikeouts and one walk. Just one UTPA base runner advanced as far as second base. It was Delage's second career shutout and third career complete-game.

Lamar started the scoring with four runs in the bottom of the first inning. Erik Kanaby led off the inning with a single up the middle. Collin Delome followed with a single to center and Michael Ambort drew a walk to load the bases with no outs.

After Will Henderson struck out, Baker singled to right field to drive in Kanaby with the game's first run. Ebarb followed with a 2-run single to right field and Matt Lambeth drove in Baker with an RBI ground out to the pitcher to put Lamar up 4-0.

DeLome, who was 3-for-3 with three runs scored, extended the Cardinals' to 5-0 with a two-out, solo home run to deep right center in the bottom of the second inning off UTPA starter Ray Silva (1-1).

Baker was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI. Ambort is starting to get untracked offensively, going 1-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI.

Silva allowed five runs on five hits with three strikeouts and one walk in two innings pitched in taking the loss for the Broncs. Mason tossed four innings of relief, allowing five runs on six hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Dan Calabro went 1-for-2, collecting the Broncs only hit of the game with a one-out single in the top of the fifth inning.