Category: college baseball

Chanclas sign three UIW players

The Flying Chanclas de San Antonio announced on Friday they signed three players from Incarnate Word for the 2020 Texas Collegiate League season:

SS Grant Smith, Houston, St. Pius
1B Ryan Flores, Corpus Christi, Carroll
IF Lee Thomas, Katy, Cinco Ranch

Smith led Incarnate Word in batting at .339 in 16 games for the abbreviated 2020 season. Thomas was second on the team in batting with a .328 average. Flores batted .270.

The Chanclas are the entry of the San Antonio Missions for this summer’s college baseball season.

Chanclas sign four TCU players

The Flying Chanclas de San Antonio announced on Thursday they signed four TCU players to 2020 Texas Collegiate League summer baseball roster:

IF Conner Shepherd, Upland, Calif.
OF Porter Brown, San Antonio, Reagan
P Marcelo Perez (RH), Laredo
P Austin Krob (LH), Lisbon, Iowa

The Chanclas are the TCL entry of the San Antonio Missions.

Also on Thursday, the Round Rock Hairy Men announced their 2020 TCL roster, including two players from San Antonio colleges:

P Luke Malone, UTSA, Round Rock
IF Kendall Achilles, Incarnate Word, Cedar Ridge

UTSA pitcher Luke Malone has signed to play for the Round Rock Hairy Men for the 2020 TCL season. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA pitcher Luke Malone has signed to play for the Round Rock Hairy Men for the 2020 TCL season. – photo by Joe Alexander

Flying Chanclas add four UTSA players

The Flying Chanclas de San Antonio announced Wednesday that they added four UTSA players for 2020 Texas College League summer baseball season:

IF Leyton Barry, Houston
IF Garrett Poston, Alvin Community College
C Nick Wolff, Blinn College
P/IF Kobe Jamarillo, Bishop TX

The Chanclas are the summer college team of the San Antonio Missions and play their home games at Wolff Stadium. The Chanclas open the TCL season on the road on June 30 and play their first home game on July 3.

Flying Chanclas college team announces field staff of McLaren, Schiraldi, Aughney

Former Seattle Mariners manager John McLaren will be the manager for the 2020 Flying Chanclas de San Antonio.

The Chanclas are the San Antonio Missions’ entry in the Texas Collegiate League of summer baseball.

“I’m very excited to take part in the TCL,” McLaren said in a release by the Missions. “I’ve experienced a lot things as a baseball coach in my career and look forward to starting a new chapter.

“It’s great to be back in Texas, where I can’t wait to see a lot of old friends. I’ve always loved my time in San Antonio. It’s a great city and was a pleasure to come to Wolff Stadium during my scouting days. Burl (Yarbrough, Missions president) and the staff always made me feel at home. It’s a great venue to watch baseball.”

McLaren is from Houston and was a 1970 draft pick of the Houston Astros. He played seven seasons in the Astros organization.

Calvin Schiraldi will be the Chanclas’ pitching coach. He pitched for the University of Texas and for eight seasons in the majors.

Bryan Aughney will be the Chanclas’ hitting coach. He has been the head coach at Our Lady of the Lake in San Antonio since 2017.

Flying Chanclas announce 2020 Texas Collegiate League schedule

Flying Chanclas 2020 schedule
** Dates, times and promotions subject to change
The Flying Chanclas de San Antonio will open the 2020 Texas Collegiate League schedule on the road on June 30 against the Amarillo Sod Squad.

The San Antonio Missions-sponsored team will play their first home game at Wolff Stadium on July 3.

The schedule mostly alternates between three-game road and three-game home series.

The exception is two series against Round Rock, when the teams go back and forth.

The Flying Chanclas play a total of 15 home games. All home games start at 7:05 p.m. The Missions will have their social distancing plan in effect for games at Wolff Stadium.

The Missions will have fireworks displays after the first two Chanclas home games on July 3 and 4. There will also be fireworks after Saturday games on July 18 and Aug. 1.

Thursday home games are Dollar Nights will dollar hot dogs, soda and draft beer. Tuesday home games feature $2 bleacher tickets, parking, sausage wraps and draft beer.

Trinity vs. New Jersey City U. baseball photo gallery

Trinity's Jack Wisniewski had two hits including a home run, scored twice and had three RBIs in a victory against New Jersey City U. - photo by Joe Alexander
Trinity’s Jack Wisniewski had two hits including a home run, scored twice and had three RBIs.
Trinity outlasted New Jersey City University 7-5 in 10 innings on Tuesday on the Tigers’ home field.

Junior third baseman Jack Wisniewski hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th to win the game.

UTSA pitching dominates Grambling

UTSA starter Slater Foust (3-0) pitched six scoreless innings in a 4-1 victory over Grambling on Friday. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA starter Slater Foust pitched six scoreless innings in a 4-1 victory over Grambling.
UTSA starter Slater Foust earned his third win of the season and Palmer Wenzel picked up his third save as the Roadrunners beat Grambling 4-1 on Friday at Roadrunner Field.

Foust (3-0) pitched six scoreless innings. He gave up three hits with three strikeouts and no walks.

Wenzel entered the game in the top of the ninth inning with two runners on and no outs. Wenzel shut Grambling down without allowing a run.

Jack Engelmann was the first pitcher out of the UTSA bullpen. He threw the seventh inning and allowed Grambling’s only run.

Cole McKay pitched a scoreless eighth inning.

Luke Malone started the ninth inning and allowed two base runners on a hit and a walk.

Dylan Rock, Bryan Sturges, Joshua Lamb and Chase Hacker had two hits each for UTSA. Sturgis had two RBIs. The top six batters in the Roadrunners’ order combined to draw five walks.


Pat Hallmark, UTSA baseball earn sweep to open season

UTSA coach Pat Hallmark and the Roadrunners opened the 2020 season with a 2-0 victory over Quinnipiac on Friday. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA coach Pat Hallmark and the Roadrunners opened the 2020 season with a victory over Quinnipiac on Friday.
New UTSA head baseball coach Pat Hallmark is off to a fast start.

The Roadrunners swept a weekend series against Quinnipiac 2-0 on Friday, 5-1 on Saturday and 13-3 on Sunday to open the 2020 season.

Hallmark spent the previous two seasons as the head coach across town at University of the Incarnate Word.

UTSA opening-day starter Slater Foust earns win

UTSA starter Slater Foust throws the Roadrunners' first pitch of the season. Foust got the win as UTSA beat Quinnipiac 2-0 on Friday. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA starter Slater Foust throws the Roadrunners’ first pitch of the season.
UTSA veteran pitcher Slater Foust was the Roadrunners’ opening-day starter on Friday.

The 6-foot-2 right-hander threw 6 2/3 shutout innings and got the win as UTSA beat Quinnipiac 2-0 at Roadrunner Field.

Foust allowed one hit with six strikeouts and three walks.

The junior from Georgetown, Texas, and Liberty Hill High School had an 8-2 record with a 2.96 ERA last season for UTSA.

Dylan Rock scores Roadrunners’ first run of 2020

Dylan Rock beats the throw home to score UTSA's first run of the season. - photo by Joe Alexander
Dylan Rock beats the throw home to score UTSA’s first run of the season.
UTSA’s Dylan Rock scored the Roadrunners’ first run of the season in the bottom of the first inning of Friday’s season opener.

The Roadrunners beat Quinnipiac 2-0 at Roadrunner field.

Rock singled with one out in the first and stole second. He scored on Griffin Paxton’s single.

Rock is a junior outfielder from Sugar Land, Texas. – photo by Joe Alexander