UTSA pitcher Simon Miller photo gallery

UTSA's Simon Miller pitching against Old Dominion on May 8, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Simon Miller pitching against Old Dominion on May 8 at Roadrunner Field.
UTSA pitcher Simon Miller photo gallery

Simon Miller has made nine starts on the mound and three relief appearances for UTSA this season.

The 6-foot-2 right-hander has a 3-1 record, second best on the team in wins, and a 6.90 ERA. He has struck out 21 batters in 30.0 innings.

Miller is a freshman from Canton, Texas.

Missions infielder, Padres prospect Eguy Rosario: A first look

Eguy Rosario playing in a Missions' Flying Chanclas uniform against Frisco on May 20 at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Eguy Rosario playing in a Missions’ Flying Chanclas uniform against Frisco on May 20 at Wolff Stadium.
Eguy Rosario is the No. 17 prospect in the San Diego Padres organization, according to MLB.com.

The 21-year-old infielder has played second base, third base and shortstop so far this season for the San Antonio Missions.

Rosario got off to a slow start to the season as a batter, but has four hits in the last three games. He had two hits including a double in the Missions’ 7-5 road victory over Northwest Arkansas on Tuesday night.

A native of the Dominican Republic, Rosario was signed by the Padres as a free agent in August 2015. He batted .278 with seven home runs in Class A in 2019. Rosario was with the Padres major league team in 2021 spring training in Arizona.

Uniform note: Rosario wore No. 19 at the beginning of the season. He changed to No. 1.

UTSA pitcher Kyle Sonduck photo gallery

UTSA's Kyle Sonduck pitching against Old Dominion on May 9, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Kyle Sonduck pitching against Old Dominion on May 9 at Roadrunner Field.
Kyle Sonduck is a freshman from Katy, Texas.

The 5-foot-11 right-hander has pitched in 10 games for UTSA this season including two starts. Sonduck has a 6.75 ERA with nine strikeouts in 10 2/3 innings. He appeared in five games in relief in the shortened 2020 season.

UTSA pitcher Kobe Jaramillo photo gallery

UTSA's Kobe Jaramillo pitching against Southern Miss on April 3, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Kobe Jaramillo pitching against Southern Miss on April 3 at Roadrunner Field.
Kobe Jaramillo has pitched in 10 games for UTSA this season including five starts.

The 5-foot-11 right-hander has a 1-1 record with an 8.23 ERA. He has struck out 24 batters in 27 1/3 innings.

Jaramillo, a freshman from Bishop, Texas, earned all-state honors in high school.

UTSA pitcher Jay Ward photo gallery

UTSA's Jay Ward pitching against Southern Miss on April 1, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Jay Ward pitching against Southern Miss on April 1 at Roadrunner Field.
Jay Ward came to UTSA after pitching the previous two seasons at Wake Forest.

The 5-foot-11 left-hander has appeared in 12 games this season. He has a 0-0 record with a 7.00 ERA. He recorded nine strikeouts in 9.0 innings.

Missions pitcher, Padres prospect Adrian Martinez: a first look

Adrian Martinez pitching for the San Antonio Missions against the Frisco RoughRiders on May 22, 2021. - photo by Joe Alexander
Adrian Martinez pitching for the Missions against Frisco on May 22.
Adrian Martinez is part of the San Antonio Missions’ starting pitching rotation.

The 24-year-old from Mexico has made four starts this season and has a 2.40 ERA with an 0-2 record. He has recorded 14 strikeouts in 15.0 innings. In his last three starts, he has gone four innings each time and allowed a combined four runs.

Martinez had a 7-4 record in Class A in 2019. He doesn’t have any stats from last summer after covid wiped out the minor-league season.

The 6-foot-2 right-hander was originally signed by the San Diego Padres to a minor-league contract as a free agent in February 2015.

Frisco pitching dominates series with Missions

The San Antonio Missions' Jack Suwinski (center) celebrates after hitting a ninth-inning home run against the Frisco RoughRiders on Sunday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The Missions’ Jack Suwinski (center) celebrates after hitting a ninth-inning home run against Frisco on Sunday at Wolff Stadium.
The future of the Texas Rangers’ pitching staff looks bright, at least based on the recent performance of the Frisco RoughRiders.

The RoughRiders used strong pitching to take five of six games from the San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium. Frisco allowed a total of five runs in its five victories, including a 6-1 decision over the Missions on Sunday in the series finale.

In all, Frisco limited San Antonio to eight runs over the six-game series. Two of those runs were unearned in the Missions’ only victory of the week, leaving the RoughRiders’ pitching staff with a smooth 1.00 ERA in the series.

Frisco looked like it was headed for its second straight shutout victory on Sunday. The Missions’ only run came in the ninth inning on a solo home run by Jack Suwinski. The Missions finished with four hits, two of them in the last inning.

Frisco starter A.J. Alexy and first reliever Blake Bass combined to no-hit the Missions through the first five innings.

Saturday night, five Frisco pitchers combined for a shutout. In Tuesday night’s series opener, five Frisco pitchers threw a combined shutout and held the Missions to five hits.

Missions infielder and highly regarded San Diego Padres prospect CJ Abrams did not play Sunday. He left Saturday night’s game after it appeared he hurt his leg running to first on a ground ball.

The Missions are off Monday and begin a six-game road series against Northwest Arkansas on Tuesday. The Missions don’t return to Wolff Stadium until June 8.

San Antonio Missions shortstop Chris Givin snares a low line drive against the Frisco RoughRiders on Sunday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions shortstop Chris Givin snares a low line drive against Frisco on Sunday at Wolff Stadium.

Padres prospect CJ Abrams leaves game in Missions’ loss to Frisco

The San Antonio Missions' CJ Abrams hits a ground ball in the fifth inning of Saturday's loss to the Frisco RoughRiders at Wolff Stadium. Abrams was limping after running to first and left the game. - photo by Joe Alexander
The Missions’ CJ Abrams hits a ground ball in the fifth inning of Saturday’s loss to Frisco at Wolff Stadium. Abrams appeared to be limping after running to first and left the game.
Highly regarded San Diego Padres prospect CJ Abrams walked slowly off the field with a San Antonio Missions trainer after running out a fifth-inning ground ball Saturday night.

Abrams, who was playing shortstop, was replaced after the play at first. The Missions did not provide an update on his condition after the game.

It was that kind of frustrating night for the Missions as they lost to the Frisco RoughRiders 4-0 at Wolff Stadium.

The Missions left the bases loaded twice and stranded 14 runners for the game. They finished 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position.

Missions leadoff batter Jose Azocar had two hits and a walk, Kyle Overstreet had a hit and a walk and Eguy Rosario had a hit and a walk. Overstreet extended his hitting streak to six games.

Frisco leadoff batter Bubba Thompson led the RoughRiders with three hits and scored twice. Six Frisco pitchers combined to shut out the Missions.

The Missions are 1-4 in the current series against Frisco, with the final game scheduled for Sunday at 2:05 p.m. The Missions have been shut out twice and scored two runs twice in their losses in the series.

San Antonio Missions center fielder Jose Azocar tracks down a long fly ball against the Frisco RoughRiders on Saturday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Missions center fielder Jose Azocar tracks down a long fly ball against Frisco on Saturday at Wolff Stadium.

Missions’ Kyle Overstreet stays hot in loss to Frisco

The San Antonio Missions' Kyle Overstreet hits a leadoff double in the fourth inning against the Frisco RoughRiders on Friday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The Missions’ Kyle Overstreet hits a leadoff double in the fourth inning against Frisco on Friday at Wolff Stadium.
Kyle Overstreet extended his hitting streak to five games and pounded out his third double in the last two games on Friday at Wolff Stadium.

Despite his hot hitting, the San Antonio Missions fell to the Frisco RoughRiders 6-2.

Overstreet has six hits over the last three games and is batting .368 on the season.

The Missions’ Jack Suwinski hit his first triple of the season. Suwinski and Overstreet also scored the Missions’ two runs.

CJ Abrams, the Missions’ top prospect, played second base instead of his usual shortstop. He went 0-for-3 but drew a walk to extend his on-base streak to 16 games.

Frisco scored six runs on six hits. RoughRiders right fielder Steele Walker, a native of Prosper, Texas, and former college star at Oklahoma, hit a fourth-inning home run.

The San Antonio Missions' Jack Suwinski slides into third base ahead of the tag with a fifth-inning triple against the Frisco RoughRiders on Friday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The Missions’ Jack Suwinski slides into third base ahead of the tag with a fifth-inning triple against Frisco on Friday at Wolff Stadium.
The Frisco RoughRiders' Steele Walker is congratulated by Frisco manager and third base coach Jared Goedert as Walker rounds the bases on his fourth-inning home run against the San Antonio Missions on Friday at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
The RoughRiders’ Steele Walker is congratulated by Frisco manager/third base coach Jared Goedert as Walker rounds the bases on his fourth-inning home run against the Missions on Friday at Wolff Stadium.