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The 6-foot-1 left-hander from Clark High School and A&M-Kingsville has a 1-0 record and a 0.90 ERA in 10.0 innings this summer. He has struck out 11 and allowed five hits and four walks.
In Sunday’s 6-0 victory over the Round Rock Hairy Men at Wolff Stadium, Flores retired all nine batters he faced and struck out four.
The Chanclas got eight hits including a triple and double by Lee Thomas of University of the Incarnate Word and a double by Johnny Hernandez of St. Mary’s University.
Chanclas pitchers also had a solid night, limiting the Hairy Men to four hits and only one walk with 10 strikeouts.
Lance Lusk from Sam Houston State started on the mound and went four innings. Lusk (1-0) gave up one unearned run on three hits with five strikeouts and one walk to get the win.
Tyler Flores of Clark High School and A&M-Kingsville pitched three scoreless innings in relief and Connor Schmidt of Devine High School and St. Mary’s pitched the final two scoreless innings.
The Chanclas are off Monday before playing a three-game series in Victoria. The Chanclas are back home Friday, Saturday and Sunday for three more games against Victoria.
Tyler LaRue, batting seventh, had two hits, walked once and scored three times. Leyton Barry, batting eighth, had three hits including a seventh-inning home run, had two RBIs and scored twice. Grant Smith, batting ninth, had two hits and one RBI and scored a run.
The Chanclas had a new look in the middle of the infield. Bryan Aguilar, who joined the team during the Chanclas’ just completed road trip, started at shortstop. Aguilar is from East Central High School and Marshall University. Jalen Battles, who just joined the team, started at second base. Battles is from Madison High School and Arkansas.
The Chanclas, who trailed the Hairy men by one game entering Friday, got solid pitching and allowed only one earned run in the game. Starter Logan Garza went three innings and allowed one unearned run on four hits with six strikeouts and one walk.
Arturo Guajardo, the first reliever out of the bullpen, held Round Rock scoreless and hitless the fourth through sixth innings with five strikeouts. Matthew Sessler pitched two scoreless-hitless innings while striking out two.
Hernandez is from St. Mary’s University and El Paso Montwood. He batted .299 and hit three home runs while playing in all 22 games for St. Mary’s in the shortened 2020 season.
The third baseman from TCU is currently out after being hit on the hand by a pitch in Sunday’s home game.
The starting center fielder for the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio leads the team in stolen bases through six games.
McDonald, from Antonian College Prep in San Antonio and Mississippi State, is hitting .304 with four RBIs, four walks and five stolen bases.
Thompson is batting .304 after six games with seven hits and a team-high eight runs scored. He also leads the team with six RBIs and six walks.
Here is a story about Thompson from the Boerne Star:
BoerneStar.com
The Chanclas’ leadoff batter is off to a hot start at the plate in the Texas Collegiate League season.
Through six games he leads the team lead in hits (nine) and is tied for the team lead in batting average (.375). He has also drawn four walks and has three RBIs.
In the Chanclas’ July 4 weekend three-game homestand, he hit the ball hard in almost every at-bat. He started two of the three games in left field and was the designated hitter in the final game of the series.
UPDATE: Jerry Briggs reported on Tuesday that Porter Brown is out for the season with a broken finger – right hand, pinky finger.
The victory gave the Chanclas a four-game win streak. It was the Chanclas’ first home series after starting the Texas Collegiate League season with three road games.
Porter Brown, Jordan Thompson, Kyte McDonald and Grant Smith had two hits each for the Chanclas on Sunday.
The Chanclas scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning and never trailed after that. The Cane Cutters tied it 3-3 in the top of the seventh.
McDonald got on base by an error in the bottom of the seventh and scored later in the inning to put the Chanclas front for good.
Garrett Egli pitched the seventh inning for the Chanclas and got the win. Chanclas closer Johnny Panatex pitched the last two scoreless innings and got the save.
The Chanclas beat the Acadiana Cane Cutters 12-2 in the middle game of a three-game homestand. The series continues Sunday at 7:05 p.m.
Chanclas starting pitcher Derek Klosowski threw four scoreless innings. Klosowski, who from Madison High School and Midland Junior College, allowed one hit and struck out two.
Chanclas first baseman Ryan Flores had two doubles. Flores is from the University of the Incarnate Word.
