The third baseman from TCU is currently out after being hit on the hand by a pitch in Sunday’s home game.
Conner Shepherd of the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio
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Kyte McDonald of the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio
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.
Jordan Thompson of the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio
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:
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Porter Brown of the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio
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.
Chanclas sweep first home series
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.
Flying Chanclas win third straight
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.
Big inning carries Chanclas to victory in home opener
The Chanclas scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to beat the Acadiana Cane Cutters 7-4 Friday at Wolff Stadium.
The Chanclas put together their big inning with three hits, three walks and a Cane Cutters error.
The Chanclas are 2-2 on the Texas Collegiate League season. They have a two-game winning streak after taking the final game of the opening road trip on Thursday followed by Friday’s home victory.
Matthew Sesler from A&M-Kingsville was the first reliever out of the Chanclas’ bullpen. He went 3 1/3 scoreless innings and did not allow a hit or a walk.
Chanclas starting pitcher Logan Garza from Our Lady of the Lake went 2 2/3 innings and allowed 3 runs on 5 hits with 6 strikeouts and no walks.
Eric Cervantes from Marshall High School doubled in the third inning and scored the Chanclas’ first run of the game. He singled and scored again in the fourth inning.
Chanclas hammer out first win of TCL season
The Flying Chanclas de San Antonio picked up their first win of the Texas Collegiate League season on Thursday night in Amarillo.
The Chanclas piled up 12 hits and broke loose for eight runs in the eighth inning to beat the Sod Squad 11-5.
The top three guys in the Flying Chanclas’ batting order – Porter Brown, Jordan Thompson, Kyte McDonald – had two hits each. Leyton Barry, batting in the No. 8 spot, had three hits, two RBIs and a run scored.
The Chanclas (1-2) return to San Antonio for their home opener on Friday night at Wolff Stadium. That is the first of a three-game series.
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Sod Squad load the bases with no outs in bottom of the 9th. Flying Chanclas haven’t quite wrapped this up yet.
Flying Chanclas don’t score in the top of the 9th. Chanclas 11, Sod Squad 2, middle of 9th.
Sod Squad’s Julio Marcano has his 6th hit in the series but that’s all for Amarillo in bottom of the 8th. Chanclas 11, Sod Squad 2, end of 8th.
Flying Chanclas have a 9-run lead and are 6 outs away from their first win of the 2020 Texas Collegiate League season.
Flying Chanclas’ Leyton Barry has a 2-run single. Chanclas put up 8 runs in the inning. Chanclas 11, Sod Squad 2, middle of 8th.
Flying Chanclas putting together a huge inning as Sod Squad pitching falls apart. Last 4 batters with bases loaded: walk – walk – hit by pitch – hit by pitch.
Sod Squad pitching really struggling. Flying Chanclas’ Lee Thomas is hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Chanclas lead is up to 9-2.
This time it’s Grant Smith who draws a bases-loaded walk. That pushes across the Flying Chanclas’ 5th run of the 8th inning.
Flying Chanclas’ Conner Shepherd draws a bases-loaded walk on a full count. Chanclas extend the lead to 4 runs in the 8th.
Flying Chanclas load the bases and Jordan Thompson comes through with a 2-run single to left to boost the lead back to 3 runs in the 8th.
Flying Chanclas’ Lee Thomas leads off the 8th with a single to short centerfield. His 2nd hit of the night.
Sod Squad load the bases and score twice in bottom of 7th. It’s tightening up up. Chanclas 3, Sod Squad 2, end of 7th.
Flying Chanclas go down in order in top of 7th. Chanclas 3, Sod Squad 0, middle of 7th.
Sod Squad load the bases in bottom of 6th but come up empty and still scoreless. Chanclas 3, Sod Squad 0, end of 6th.
Flying Chanclas pitching update. The live box now shows it was Zach DeLeon pitching in the 5th inning, not Tyler Flores.
Flying Chanclas use 3 hits to push across 2 runs in the top of the 6th. Chanclas 3, Sod Squad 0, middle of 6th.
Porter Brown hits into a fielder’s choice, but it’s good enough to score Leyton Barry from 3rd and give the Flying Chanclas a 3-run lead in the 6th.
Flying Chanclas do it again, men on 1st and 2nd with one out. Nick Wolff comes through with a single to drive in Lee Thomas in the top of the 6th.
Flying Chanclas reliever Tyler Flores has retired 8 straight batters. Sod Squad go down in order in bottom of 5th. Chanclas 1, Sod Squad 0, end of 5th.
Flying Chanclas’ Jordan Thompson cut down at the plate trying to score from 3rd on a fly ball to center. Chanclas 1, Sod Squad 0, middle of 5th.
Every single inning so far, Flying Chanclas have had 2 runners on with either no outs or one out. Done it again here in the 5th.
Flying Chanclas’ Porter Brown is from TCU. Jerry Briggs wrote this story on Brown before the TCL season started: https://thejbreplay.com/brown-hopes-to-take-advantage-of-his-flying-chanclas-opportunity
Flying Chanclas’ Porter Brown leads off the 5th with a single. It’s his 3rd hit of the night and 6th hit in the first 3 games.
Sod Squad go down on order in bottom of 4th. This is a lot like last night’s game, except tonight the Flying Chanclas are in front. Chanclas 1, Sod Squad 0, end of 4th.
No runs for the Flying Chanclas in the 4th. Chanclas 1, Sod Squad 0, middle of 4th.
Flying Chanclas have 2 baserunners in top of 4th. They’ve done that every inning so far.
Back in the 3rd inning, Flying Chanclas batted Grant Smith in the No. 5 spot in the order, replacing DH Tyler LaRue.
Flying Chanclas reliever Tyler Flores retires the first two batters he faces to keep the Sod Squad scoreless. Chanclas 1, Sod Squad 0, end of 3rd.
Flying Chanclas starter Marcelo Perez went 2 1/3 innings, 0 runs, 1 hit, 5 strikeouts, 2 walks.
Flying Chanclas reliever Tyler Flores enters the game with 1 out in bottom of 3rd. Flores is a 6-foot-1 right-hander from Clark HS and A&M-Kingsville.
Flying Chanclas get 2 runners on for the 3rd straight inning. This time 1st two batters are both hit by pitches. But no runs scored.
Chanclas 1, Sod Squad 0, middle of 3rd.
Sod Squad go down in order in 2nd.
Chanclas 1, Sod Squad 0, end of 2nd.
Flying Chanclas’ Porter Brown, with his 2nd hit of the game, drives in Johnny Hernandez with the 1st run of the game in the top of 2nd.
Chanclas 1, Sod Squad 0, middle of 2nd.
Flying Chanclas have 2 baserunners again in 2nd, this time with one out.
Sod Squad manage a walk and a single in the bottom of the 1st but no scoring.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 0, end of 1st.
Flying Chanclas get their first two batters on base in top of 1st and don’t score.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 0, middle of 1st.
Flying Chanclas’ Jordan Thompson, batting second, draws a walk. He doesn’t have a hit yet this season but has walked 5 times in two games plus one inning.
Flying Chanclas leadoff batter Porter Brown singles to start the game , steals 2nd.
Marcelo Perez, a 5-foot-11 right-hander from TCU, will start on the mound for the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio in tonight’s road game against the Amarillo Sod Squad.
Sod Squad pitchers combine to blank Chanclas
Both pitching staffs dominated and the Amarillo Sod Squad put together a combined shutout to beat the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio 1-0 on Wednesday night in Amarillo.
The Chanclas had only two hits in the game, both by Porter Brown.
The Sod Squad used five pitchers, with none of them going more than two innings. Sod Squad reliever Zane Badmaev pitched the sixth and seventh innings, struck out two and retired all six batters he faced. He is a 6-foot-8 right-hander from Boerne.
The Sod Squad scored the only run of the game in the bottom of the first inning.
Amarillo has won the first two of the three-game series, which wraps up Thursday night. After that, the Chanclas return home for a three-game series beginning Friday at Wolff Stadium.
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Sod Squad turn a double play to end the game and beat the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio 1-0 on Wednesday in Amarillo.
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Kytle McDonald leads off the Flying Chanclas’ half of the 9th with a walk. Let’s see if this leads to something.
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Flying Chanclas reliever Kobe Jaramillo retires the Sod Squad in order with two strikeouts and a fly ball in bottom of 8th. Crunch time for Chanclas bats coming up.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 1, end of 8th.
Flying Chanclas reliever Connor Schmidt went 2 innings, faced seven batters and allowed 1 hit.
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Kobe Jaramillo in to pitch for Flying Chanclas in bottom of 8th. Jaramillo is a 5-foot-10 right-hander from UTSA. @UTSABSB
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Flying Chanclas go in order in top of 8th. They haven’t scored and have only 3 outs left but it’s still close.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 1, middle of 8th.
Flying Chanclas pitchers have held the Sod Squad scoreless the last 6 innings.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 1, end of 7th.
Flying Chanclas go down in order on top of 7th.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 1, middle of 7th.
Flying Chanclas’ Connor Smith retires the Sod Squad in order in the 6th on three ground balls.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 1, end of 6th.
Connor Schmidt in to pitch for Flying Chanclas in bottom of 6th. Schmidt is a 6-foot-7 right-hander from Devine TX and St. Mary’s.
Heart of the Flying Chanclas lineup goes down in order in top of 6th.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 1, middle of 6th.
Flying Chanclas need to get their bats going. First two batters in the order have been on base 4 times on 2 hits and 2 walks through 5 innings. After that, everybody else has 1 walk and no hits.
Sod Squad leave two men on base but don’t score in bottom of 5th. They have left at least two runners on base every inning. Combination of clutch Chanclas pitching and/or not enough timely hits.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 0, end of 5th.
Flying Chanclas reliever Lance Lusk pitched 2 innings, with 2 walks and 2 strikeouts.
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Matthew Sesler in to pitch for Flying Chanclas in bottom of 5th. Sesler is a 6-foot-5 left-hander from A&M-Kingsville.
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Flying Chanclas manage only a walk in 5th and are still scoreless. Porter Brown has Chanclas’ only hits of the game.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 2, middle of 5th.
Flying Chanclas’s bottom of the order is struggling. 7-8-9 batters have struck out five times in six at-bats this game through 5 innings.
Sod Squad scratch out a run in bottom of 4th with a walk, wild pitch, single, single.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 2, end of 4th.
Sod Squad’s Kamron Willman walks in 4th. He already had a walk and a hit in the game, has gotten on base all three times up so far.
Flying Chanclas’ Lee Thomas has leadoff walk in 4th. Chanclas next three go down in order.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 1, middle of 4th.
Flying Chanclas’ Lance Lusk allows a walk with no runs in his first inning of relief. Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 1, end of 3rd.
Lance Lusk in to pitch for Flying Chanclas. Lusk is a 6-foot-1 right-hander fromn Sam Houston State.
Flying Chanclas starting pitcher Austin Krob is done: 2 innings, 3 hits, 1 earned run, 3 walks, 3 strikeouts.
Flying Chanclas’ Porter Brown has his second hit of the game in 3rd inning.
He has the only Chanclas hits so far.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 1, middle 3rd.
Flying Chanclas’ Austin Krob throws a scoreless 2nd inning the hard way with three walks, two strikeouts and a groundout. He’s throwing a lot of pitches.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 1, end of 2nd.
Flying Chanclas go down in order in the top of the 2nd.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 1, middle of 2nd.
Chanclas pitcher Austin Krob loads the bases and allows a run, but gets a strikeout and a double play to limit the damage after the Sod Squad take the lead.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 1, end of 1st.
Sod Squad strike first against Flying Chanclas. Julio Marcano has an RBI single.
Sod Squad’s first three batters get on base via two singles and a hit batter. Bases loaded, no outs.
Flying Chanclas’ Porter Brown singles in the 1st but that’s all in the top of the inning.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 0, middle of 1st.
Austin Krob, a 6-foot-3 left-hander from TCU, gets the start on the mound tonight for the Flying Chanclas against the Amarillo Sod Squad.
Flying Chanclas drop opener to Sod Squad
The Amarillo Sod Squad had the biggest inning and the biggest hits of the night to beat the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio 9-6 on Tuesday in Amarillo in the Texas Collegiate League opener for both teams.
The Chanclas got strong offensive output from the top of the order. The first four batters – Jordan Thompson, Porter Brown, Kyte McDonald and Lee Thomas – combined for six hits, four runs, five RBIs and two walks.
The Sod Squad had eight hits including two triples and a two-run homer. They scored five runs in the bottom of the second inning and led the rest of the way.
There was also some visible rustiness, which wasn’t a surprise since most of the players hadn’t been in a game in months. The teams combined for eight errors and 16 walks.
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The Victoria Generals won their opener on the road, beating the Acadiana Cane Cutters 2-1. Acadiana comes to Wolff Stadium to play the Flying Chanclas on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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Flying Chanclas go down in order in the top of the 9th.
Chanclas 6, Sod Squad 9, game over.
Last call for the Flying Chanclas. They need a big 9th inning and need the bottom of the batting order to get it started.
Flying Chanclas pitcher Johnny Panatex from St. Mary’s retires the Sod Squad in order in the bottom of the 8th. Chanclas 6, Sod Squad 9, end of 8th.
Flying Chanclas reliever Johnny Panatex in for the bottom of the 8th inning. Fifth Chanclas pitcher of the game.
Flying Chanclas come up empty in top of 8th when strikeout ends the threat. Running out of outs.
Chanclas 6, Sod Squad 9, middle 8th.
Flying Chanclas are down 3 runs in the 8th inning. They have a runner caught stealing, then the next batter walks. Two men on 2 outs.
Flying Chanclas have runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out in top of 8th. Sod Squad make a pitching change.
Flying Chanclas’ Porter Brown from Reagan HS and TCU singles to lead off the 8th, his second hit of the day.
Sod Squad have done the job with their bats – 8 hits so far including two triples and a home run.
Chanclas 6, Sod Squad 9, end of 7th.
Sod Squad’s Lyle Miller Green goes deep for a 2-run homer with no outs in 7th, boosts Amarillo’s lead to 3 runs.
Flying Chanclas reliever Jaime Ramirez in for the bottom of the 7th.
Flying Chanclas’ 8-9-1 batters go down in order in top of 7th.
Chanclas 6, Sod Squad 7, middle of 7th.
Flying Chanclas reliever Arturo Guajardo entered the game with 2 outs in the 5th. He stays in for the 6th, walks the 1st batter, then retires the next 3 in order.
Chanclas 6, Sod Squad 7, end of 6th.
Porter Brown scores with 2 outs. Flying Chanclas add two runs in top of the 6th to close to within a run.
Chanclas 6, Sod Squad 7, middle of 6th.
Flying Chanclas’ Kyte McDonald, from Antonian, has 3 hits, 2 RBIs and a run scored so far in the first 6 innings of the season.
Flying Chanclas’ Kyte McDonald comes through with an RBI single. Two runners on, no outs in top of 6th.
Flying Chanclas have runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs in the top of the 6th and the heart of the order coming up.
Sod Squad score twice with 2 outs in bottom of fifth.
Flying Chanclas 4, Sod Squad 7, end of 5th.
Flying Chanclas reliever Derek Klosowski retired 8 of first 10 batters he faced. Then things went bad with 2 outs in 5th. RBI single, wild pitch, RBI single.
Sod Squad’s David Marcano, who tripled in the 2nd, has an RBI single in the 5th to extend Amarillo’s lead to 6-4.
Flying Chanclas retired in order in top of 5th. They will have the top of their batting order coming up in the 6th.
Chanclas 4, Sod Squad 5, middle of 5th.
Flying Chanclas stranded 6 runners in the first 3 innings before their 4-run 4th inning. Getting those clutch hits in the 4th had to give their mojo a boost.
Flying Chanclas reliever Derek Klosowski has faced 7 batters and recorded 6 outs in two innings. Sod Squad goes down in order in bottom of 4th.
Chanclas 4, Sod Squad 5, end of 4th.
Flying Chanclas put up 4 runs on 2 hits, 3 walks and 2 Amarillo errors.
Chanclas 4, Sod Squad 5, middle of 4th.
Tyler Larue walks to put Flying Chanclas runners on first and second with 2 outs and 4 runners in. Sod Squad make a pitching change in top of 4th.
Flying Chanclas stringing together big at-bats. Lee Thomas singles to drive in Jordan Thompson and Kyte McDonald. Chanclas scored 4 runs so far in the 4th are close the game to one run.
Kyte McDonald’s RBI single scores Leyton Barry in top of 4th. Flying Chanclas cut the lead to 5-2.
Grant Smith scores the first Flying Chanclas run of the season in the top of the 4th. Porter Brown records San Antonio’s first RBI on a sacrifice fly.
Flying Chanclas get first two batters on in top of 4th. Load the bases with 1 out. A hit would go a long way right here.
No damage by the Sod Squad batters in the bottom of the 3rd. Flying Chanclas needed that kind of a quiet defensive half of an inning.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 5, end of 3rd.
Flying Chanclas pitcher Riggs Threadgill lasted 2 innings, gave up four hits including 2 triples. All 5 runs are unearned. Derek Klosowski in for the Chanclas in bottom of 3rd.
Flying Chanclas get a runner on third with 1 out in top of 3rd, but come up empty.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 5, middle of 3rd.
It’s early enough in the game that the Flying Chanclas are staying aggressive on the bases even though they could use a big inning. Kytle McDonald leads off 3rd with a single, then steals second and third.
Chanclas have a rough bottom of 2nd. Sod Squad score 5 runs on 2 triples and 3 Chanclas errors.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 5, end of 2nd.
Sod Squad’s David Marcano triples with 2 outs to score 2 more runs. Flying Chanclas have paid the price for their three errors.
The bottom of the 2nd turning ugly for Flying Chanclas. Three errors with two outs result in three runs for Sod Squad – so far.
Sod Squad use a one-out triple, two Flying Chanclas two-out errors and score twice in bottom 2nd.
Flying Chanclas loaded the bases with no outs top of 2nd, had top of the order up with 1 out, couldn’t score a run. Missed opportunity.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 0, middle of 2nd
Flying Chanclas load the bases in top 2nd. Leyton Barry has a 7-pitch at-bat and goes to first on a two-strike wild pitch.
Sod Squad have one hit and no runs in the bottom of the first.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 0, end of 1st.
Flying Chanclas starting pitcher Riggs Threadgill from Fredericksburg and McLennan CC on the mound in the bottom of the first inning.
Flying Chanclas get a walk from Jordan Thompson, single from Porter Brown in top of 1st. Leave 2 runners on. No scoring.
Chanclas 0, Sod Squad 0, middle of first.