UTSA’s Luke Malone pitching for Flying Chanclas

Luke Malone from UTSA pitching for the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Luke Malone from UTSA pitching for the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio on Wednesday at Wolff Stadium.
Luke Malone has made seven starts for the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio during the 2021 Texas Collegiate League Season.

The 6-foot-3 right-hander from Round Rock appeared in 17 games for UTSA in 2021 with seven starts and a 2-2 record. He had a 6.41 ERA with 35 strikeouts in 46 1/3 innings.

Jalen Battles returns to Wolff Stadium with Flying Chanclas

Jalen Battles playing shortstop for the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio in Tuesday's 10-9 victory over the Brazos Valley Bombers at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jalen Battles playing shortstop for the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio in Tuesday’s victory over Brazos Valley at Wolff Stadium.
Jalen Battles was a member of the 2020 Flying Chanclas de San Antonio team in the Texas Collegiate League.

Since then, Battles gained national attention as a star on the Arkansas team that captured the SEC Tournament title. In the tournament he batted .538 with a home run and drove in five runs and was named the MVP. On the season, Battles batted .269 in 61 games with six home runs and 43 RBIs.

Tuesday night the former Madison High School star was back at Wolff Stadium. A recent addition to this season’s Flying Chanclas roster, he had a walk-off single in a 10-9 victory over the Brazos Valley Bomber. He finished the night with four hits, three RBIs and a run scored.

Battles is playing shortstop and batting .471 in four games with the Flying Chanclas (8-of-17).

Jalen Battles playing for Flying Chanclas: Summer 2020

Missions fall to Springfield after reports of trade involving Jack Suwinski; Esteury Ruiz homers in return

Jack Suwinski watches from the San Antonio Missions dugout during the fifth inning of Sunday's loss to the Springfield Cardinals. There were reports that Suwinski will be part of a trade between the San Diego Padres and Pittsburgh Pirates. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jack Suwinski watches from the Missions dugout during the fifth inning of Sunday’s loss. There were reports that Suwinski will be part of a trade between the Padres and Pirates.
Jack Suwinski spent Sunday night watching from the dugout in what might have been his final game in a San Antonio Missions uniform.

Suwinski was replaced in the Missions’ starting lineup prior to the game, a 10-6 Springfield Cardinals victory.

According to reports from multiple members of the media who cover Major League Baseball, Suwinski will be part of a trade between the San Diego Padres and Pittsburgh Pirates. The big name in the trade is Pirates second baseman/outfielder Adam Frazier going to the Padres.
Trade story on MLB.com

The Missions got a second-inning home run from Esteury Ruiz in his first at-bat since suffering a finger/hand injury on June 13. Dwayna Williams-Sutton homered in the sixth inning.

The Cardinals pounded out 12 hits including home runs by Ivan Herrera and Luken Baker.

The Missions begin a six-game road series on Tuesday in Amarillo. They return Aug. 3 for a six-game series at Wolff Stadium against the Corpus Christi Hooks.

San Antonio Missions outfielder Esteury Ruiz celebrates his home run. He was activated from the injured list on Sunday and played in his first game since June 13. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions outfielder Esteury Ruiz celebrates his home run. He was activated from the injured list on Sunday and played in his first game since June 13.

Missions pitchers Adrian Martinez, Osvaldo Hernandez dominate in sweep of Cardinals

San Antonio Missions right fielder Jack Suwinski had three hits Saturday including his 15th home run of the season. - photo by Joe Alexander
San Antonio Missions right fielder Jack Suwinski had three hits Saturday including his 15th home run of the season.
San Antonio Missions pitchers Adrian Martinez and Osvaldo Hernandez started combined shutouts in both halves of a doubleheader Saturday at Wolff Stadium.

The Missions won both seven-inning games 2-0.

Jack Suwinski scored three of the Missions’ four runs on the day. He went 3-for-4 in the doubleheader with his team-leading 15th home run, a walk and a hit-by-pitch.

The six-game series concludes on Sunday with a 6:05 p.m. first pitch.

FIRST GAME

Martinez (6-3) went six innings in the first game, allowing two hits with three strikeouts. Jose Quezada pitched the seventh for his 10th save of the season

Eguy Rosario led off the bottom of the first inning with his ninth home run. The Missions’ other run also came in the first when Kyle Overstreet drove in Suwinski.

SECOND GAME

Hernandez (3-6) went 5 2/3 innings in the second game, leaving with a 2-0 lead and a runner on second base. Pedro Avila got the final out of the sixth inning and retired the Cardinals in order in the seventh for his second save.

Suwinski hit a solo shot in the second inning. Allen Cordoba doubled in Suwinski in the bottom of the fourth for the second run.

Jordan Humphreys gets 1st win, Michael Curry homers as Missions blank Cardinals

San Antonio Missions starter Jordan Humphreys was the winning pitcher in Friday's victory over the Springfield Cardinals at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions starter Jordan Humphreys was the winning pitcher in Friday’s victory over the Springfield Cardinals at Wolff Stadium.
Jordan Humphreys pitched five scoreless innings to start off a combined shutout as the San Antonio Missions beat the Springfield Cardinals 4-0 on Friday at Wolff Stadium.

Brandon Komar went the next 2.0 innings, James Reeves pitched 2/3 of an inning and Nick Kuzia closed out the final 1 1/3 innings and picked up his his third save.

Kuzia entered the game in the eighth with the bases loaded and two outs and struck out the first batter he faced. He retired the Cardinals in order in the ninth.

The Missions’ scoring came on Jose Azocar’s two-run double off the wall in left in the third inning and Michael Curry’s third home run of the year coming with a runner on base in the fourth. Azocar has 12 hits in the last eight games and is batting .387 over that stretch.

Curry entered the game as a replacement after Dwanya Williams-Sutton limped off following what looked like a near collision with Eguy Rosario as they went after a shallow fly ball.

Ivan Herrera: St. Louis Cardinals prospect, Springfield catcher

Ivan Herrera, a St. Louis Cardinals prospect and Springfield catcher, playing against the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium on July 20, 2021. - photo by Joe Alexander
Ivan Herrera, a St. Louis Cardinals prospect, playing against the Missions at Wolff Stadium on July 20.
Ivan Herrera is a 21-year-old catcher from Panama and is the No. 3 prospect in the St. Louis Cardinals organization, according to MLB.com.

Herrera plays for the Double-A Springfield Cardinals, who are currently in the a six-game series against the San Antonio Missions through Sunday at Wolff Stadium.

The 5-foot-11 Herrera was signed as a 16-year-old by the Cardinals in 2016. This season he is batting .213 in Springfield with five home runs and 34 RBIs in 58 games. He played in Class A in 2019, batting .284 with nine home runs and 47 RBIs in 87 games.

San Antonio Missions infielder Olivier Basabe photo gallery

Olivier Basabe playing for the San Antonio Missions against the Amarillo Sod Poodles on July 11, 2021, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Olivier Basabe playing for the San Antonio Missions against Amarillo on July 11, at Wolff Stadium.
Olivier Basabe saw action at third base when he first joined the San Antonio Missions. He has recently spent more time playing second base.

The 24-year-old from Venezuela is batting .209 with 5 RBIs in 30 games and has a .291 on-base percentage this season with the Missions.

Basabe was signed by the San Diego Padres on June 23, 2017.

Pedro Leon: Houston Astros prospect and Corpus Christi Hooks infielder/outfielder

Pedro Leon of the Corpus Christi Hooks, a top Houston Astros prospect, hitting a grand slam against the San Antonio Missions on July 4, 2021, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Pedro Leon of the Corpus Christi Hooks, a top Houston Astros prospect, hitting a grand slam against the San Antonio Missions on July 4 at Wolff Stadium.
The Houston Astros signed Pedro Leon to a minor league contract in January with the hope that he won’t take very long to get to the majors.

The 23-year-old from Cuba is a shortstop/outfielder currently playing for the Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks. He is batting .240 with eight home runs and 31 RBIs in 48 games.

One of his home runs was a grand slam against the San Antonio Missions on the Fourth of July at Wolff Stadium.

MLB.com rates him as the No. 2 prospect in the Astros organization.

More on Pedro Leon:

Pedro Leon in Futures Game, MiLB career thus far

Pedro León and Norel González are making a push to extend the Cuban wave in the Astros

Missions outfielder and home run leader Jack Suwinski photo gallery

San Antonio Missions outfielder Jack Suwinski playing against the Amarillo Sod Poodles on July 11, 2021, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions outfielder Jack Suwinski playing against Amarillo on July 11 at Wolff Stadium.
Jack Suwinski had an attention grabbing stretch back in the middle of June when he hit four home runs in three games.

The 22-year-old outfielder leads the San Antonio Missions with 13 home runs. He is batting .250 on the season with 34 RBIs in 56 games.

Suwinski’s home run number have gone up season by season in the minors. He hit nine in 2017 in 125 games, 10 in 2018 in 111 games and 12 in 2019 in 116 games – all in Class A.

Suwinski was a 15th-round draft pick by the San Diego Padres in 2016 as a high school player from Chicago.

Korey Lee: Corpus Christi Hooks catcher and Houston Astros prospect

Corpus Christi Hooks catcher Korey Lee, the Houston Astros' No. 5 prospect, playing against the San Antonio Missions on June 30, 2021, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Korey Lee, the Houston Astros’ No. 5 prospect, playing against the Missions on June 30, at Wolff Stadium.
Corpus Christi Hooks catcher Korey Lee is the No. 5 prospect in the Houston Astros organization, according to MLB.com.

The 22-year-old from California showed what he could do at Wolff Stadium, hitting a home run against the San Antonio Missions on July Fourth.

Lee open this season with Class A Ashville and batted .330 with three home runs in 29 games. He has played in 23 games in Double-A Corpus Christi, batting .305 with seven home runs.

The 6-foot-2 catcher was a first-round draft pick, No. 32 overall, by the Astros in 2019.

He played in rookie league in the summer of 2019 and batted .268 with three home runs in 64 games. He doesn’t have any stats for 2020 due to the covid shutdown of the minors.

The Missions and Hooks play a six-game series in Corpus Christi beginning tonight.