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Former Flying Chanclas baseball infielder Shepherd homers for TCU in win over UTSA

Conner Shepherd hit TCU's only home run, a solo shot down the left-field line in the fourth inning of a 6-3 victory over UTSA on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
Conner Shepherd hit TCU’s only home run, a solo shot down the left-field line in the fourth inning of a 6-3 victory over UTSA on Wednesday.
Lefty-hitting Conner Shepherd drilled TCU’s only home run on a night that felt like it was made for right-handed batters to go deep.

Shepherd’s opposite-field blast down the left-field line in the fourth inning was part of a nine-hit attack by the Horned Frogs in a 6-3 victory over UTSA at Roadrunner Field on Wednesday.

UTSA got home runs by right-handed batters Nick Thornquist and Kyle Bergeron, but had only one other hit in the game. The wind was steadily blowing straight out to left field all night.

TCU is No. 11 in the NCAA rankings and No. 9 by Baseball America.

Shepherd, a senior from California, played for the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio during the 2020 Texas Collegiate League season. He started at third base for TCU on Wednesday. He is hitting .294 and Wednesday’s homer was his first of the season.

TCU’s Luke Boyers, a freshman from Boerne Champion High School, walked and scored in the first inning. The Frogs grabbed a 3-0 lead in the top of the first with two hits and a UTSA error. TCU led the rest of the way.

TCU's Luke Boyers scores in the top of the first inning against UTSA on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
TCU’s Luke Boyers scores in the top of the first inning against UTSA on Wednesday.
UTSA's Kyle Bergeron celebrates with coach Pat Hallmark after hitting a fifth inning home run against TCU on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Kyle Bergeron celebrates with coach Pat Hallmark after hitting a fifth inning home run against TCU on Wednesday.
UTSA's Nick Thornquist celebrates in the dugout after hitting a sixth-inning home run against TCU on Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Nick Thornquist celebrates in the dugout after hitting a sixth-inning home run against TCU on Wednesday.

UTSA baseball infielder/outfielder Jonathan Tapia: photo gallery

UTSA's Jonathan Tapia playing against UT-Arlington on Saturday, March 6, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Jonathan Tapia tags out a UT-Arlington runner trying to steal second base on Saturday, March 6, 2021, at Roadrunner Field.
Jonathan Tapia is a junior at UTSA and has started six of seven games so far this season, hitting .350 and seeing action mostly at second base but also in the outfield.

Tapia played his high school ball not far from UTSA at O’Connor. He played in 44 games as a UTSA freshman in 2018 and 51 games as a sophomore in 2019. He also saw action in 15 of 17 UTSA games in 2020 in the covid-shortened season.

Tapia played in the 2020 Texas Collegiate League, starting the season in Victoria and moving to the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio later in the summer.

Jonathan Tapia from UTSA and O'Connor High School made his debut with the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio against Texas USA on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jonathan Tapia from UTSA and O’Connor High School made his debut with the Flying Chanclas de San Antonio against Texas USA on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020.

UTSA baseball outfielder Ian Bailey: photo gallery

UTSA's Ian Bailey playing against UT-Arlington on Friday, March 5, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Ian Bailey playing against UT-Arlington on Friday, March 5, 2021, at Roadrunner Field.
UTSA outfielder Ian Bailey is a grad student who returned to San Antonio after playing at Grambling. He is from Stevens High School.

Bailey has 13 hits and 10 RBIs and has scored nine runs through the Roadrunners’ first two series of the season. He hit home runs in back-to-back road games games against Sam Houston in UTSA’s opening series.

UTSA baseball pounds UT-Arlington in final game of series

Shane Daughety raised his season record to 2-0 by going the distance in Saturday's seven-inning first game. - photo by Joe Alexander
Shane Daughety raised his season record to 2-0 by going the distance in Saturday’s seven-inning first game.
UTSA exploded for 18 hits including home runs by Chris Shull and Dylan Rock to beat UT-Arlington 16-1 on Sunday in the finale of a four-game series at Roadrunner Field.

Reece Easterling pitched the first six innings for UTSA to earn his first win of the season. He allowed one run on three hits with four strikeouts and one walk.

Shull and Rock both homered in the six inning. Joshua Lamb had three hits and four RBIs. Jonathan Tapia had three hits and scored twice.

UTSA won three of the four games over the weekend to run its season record to 5-2.

UTSA's Dylan Rock (left) celebrates after hitting a sixth-inning home run against UT-Arlington on Sunday at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Dylan Rock (left) celebrates after hitting a sixth-inning home run.
UTSA's Chris Shull (center) celebrates after hitting a sixth-inning home run against UT-Arlington on Sunday at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Chris Shull (center) celebrates after hitting a sixth-inning home run against UT-Arlington on Sunday at Roadrunner Field.

UTSA baseball splits doubleheader with UT-Arlington

Shane Daughety raised his season record to 2-0 by going the distance in Saturday's seven-inning first game. - photo by Joe Alexander
Shane Daughety raised his season record to 2-0 by going the distance in Saturday’s seven-inning first game.
UTSA pitchers had a strong day Saturday as the Roadrunner split a doubleheader with UT-Arlington at Roadrunner Field.

UTSA’s Shane Daughety pitched a shutout and Dylan Rock, Ian Bailey and Austin Ochoa had key at-bats as the Roadrunners beat UT-Arlington 3-0 in 7 innings in the first game.

UT-Arlington won the second game 2-1.

UTSA baseball rolls in home opener

UTSA pitcher Luke Malone allowed one run in the top of the first and held UT-Arlington scoreless for the next six innings after that. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA pitcher Luke Malone allowed one run in the top of the first and held UT-Arlington scoreless for the next six innings after that.
UTSA pounded out 16 hits on the way to beating UT-Arlington 14-1 Friday in the Roadrunners’ first home game of the season.

UTSA starting pitcher Luke Malone went seven innings and allowed one run on four hits with six strikeouts and no walks to get the win.

Roadrunners leadoff batter Griffin Paxton led the offense with three hits, three RBIs and two runs.

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UTSA baseball sweeps CUSA series with Southern Miss: Photo highlights

UTSA won both of its back-to-back Conference USA games against Southern Miss on Friday and Saturday at the Convocation Center.

After the UTSA men’s basketball team lost five of its first six conference games, Roadrunners coach Steve Henson made the change to a bigger lineup on Friday, inserting Adrian Rodriguez into the starting five.

The Roadrunners responded by beating Southern Miss 70-64. Jhivvan Jackson led UTSA with 25 points, Keaton Wallace had 18, Jacob Germany had 11 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks, Eric Parrish had 8 points and Jordan Ivy-Curry had 8.

UTSA finished the sweep with a 78-72 victory over Southern Miss on Saturday. Jackson led UTSA with 24 points. Ivy-Curry had 14 points off the bench. Germany had 13 points, eight rebounds and two blocks and Wallace had 12 points.

UTSA guard Jhivvan Jackson photo gallery

Jhivvan Jackson recorded 18 points and 4 assists in UTSA's home-court victory over Sul Ross on Dec. 4. - photo by Joe Alexander
Jhivvan Jackson recorded 18 points and 4 assists in UTSA’s home-court victory over Sul Ross on Dec. 4, 2020.
Jhivvan Jackson is UTSA’s career scoring leader and also holds Roadrunners career records for scoring average, field goals and 3-pointers made.

The 6-foot senior guard from Puerto Rico leads UTSA in scoring this season with 16.3 points per game.

Barring something unexpected, Jackson has nine home games remaining in his UTSA career. UTSA plays North Texas in a Conference USA back-to-back at home at the Convocation Center tonight and tomorrow – Friday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 9, at 3 p.m.

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UTSA forward Lachlan Bofinger – a first look

Lachlan Bofinger averaged 4.5 points and 3.0 rebounds in UTSA's first four games of the season. - photo by Joe Alexander
Lachlan Bofinger averaged 4.5 points and 3.0 rebounds in UTSA’s first four games of the season.
Lachlan Bofinger is a 6-foot-6 freshman from Australia.

He played in high school at Montverde Academy near Orlando, Fla. Montverde Academy produced NBA players R.J. Barrett, Ben Simmons and D’Angelo Russell.

Bofinger saw playing time in UTSA’s first four games of the season. He had six points and two rebounds in the season opener, a 97-71 victory over UT Permian Basin.

UTSA guard Jordan Ivy-Curry – a first look

UTSA freshman Jordan Ivy-Curry playing in his first game in a Roadrunners uniform on Nov. 27, 2020 at the Convocation Center. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA freshman Jordan Ivy-Curry playing in his first game in a Roadrunners uniform.
Jordan Ivy-Curry made his UTSA debut on Nov. 27, 2020, coming off the bench in a 97-71 victory over UT Permian Basin.

The 6-foot-2 freshman guard from La Marque recorded six points and six rebounds in 17 minutes in his first college game. One night later, he scored 12 points in an 81-64 UTSA loss to UT Rio Grande Valley.

Ivy-Curry averaged 31.5 points 6.9 assists and 5.9 rebounds as a senior last season at La Marque and earned All-Greater Houston first-team honors.