UTSA baseball player Chase Keng season wrapup

Chase Keng playing for UTSA against Middle Tennessee on April 9, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
Chase Keng playing for UTSA against Middle Tennessee on April 9 at Roadrunner Field.
Chase Keng was listed as a junior on the 2021 UTSA baseball roster, but earned his degree this spring. He was named to the Academic Momentum Award Teams.

Keng batted .301 in 34 games with seven home runs and 31 RBIs this season. He is a 6-foot-1 outfielder from Deer Park, Texas.

UTSA senior baseball player Nick Thornquist – season wrapup

Nick Thornquist playing for UTSA against Rice on April 24, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
Nick Thornquist playing for UTSA against Rice on April 24, at Roadrunner Field.
Nick Thornquist started all 48 games in 2021 and led UTSA in home runs with 13 and RBIs with 47.

The senior catcher from Flower Mound, Texas, earned first-team All-Conference USA honors. He was named a semifinalist for the Buster Posey Award, given annually to the nation’s top college catcher.

Thornquist got his degree at UTSA this spring.

UTSA grad baseball player Ian Bailey season wrapup

Ian Bailey playing for UTSA against Rice on April 25, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
Ian Bailey playing for UTSA against Rice on April 25 at Roadrunner Field.
Ian Bailey finished UTSA’s 2021 baseball season batting .270 in 30 games. An outfielder, he was fifth on the team in home runs with six and had four doubles and 21 RBIs.

Bailey was a grad student who previously played at Grambling. He is from Stevens High School in San Antonio.

UTSA pitcher Shane Anderson photo gallery

UTSA's Shane Anderson pitching against Rice on April 23, 2021, at Roadrunner Field. - photo by Joe Alexander
UTSA’s Shane Anderson pitching against Rice on April 23 at Roadrunner Field.
Shane Anderson is a freshman from Chandler, Arizona.

The 5-foot-11 pitcher appeared in seven games in relief and struck out nine batters in 7.0 innings.

Missions pitcher James Reeves promoted to Triple-A: photo gallery

James Reeves pitching for the San Antonio Missions against Frisco on May 18, 2021, at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
James Reeves pitching for the San Antonio Missions against Frisco on May 18, at Wolff Stadium.
The San Diego Padres assigned San Antonio Missions relief pitcher James Reeves to the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas on Thursday.

The 27-year-old left-hander made eight appearances on the mound for the Missions and did not allow a run his first seven times out. He had a 1-0 record and 1.35 ERA with 11 strikeouts in 13 1/3 innings.

Reeves was a 10th-round pick by the Yankees in 2015 out of The Citadel. His only previous experience above the Double-A level was one game in Triple-A in 2018. The Padres acquired Reeves in a trade with the Yankees on Jan. 6, 2021.

Missions pitcher, Padres prospect Reiss Knehr: first look

Reiss Knehr pitching for the San Antonio Missions against Frisco on May 21, 2021 at Wolff Stadium. - photo by Joe Alexander
Reiss Knehr pitching for the Missions against Frisco on May 21 at Wolff Stadium.
Reiss Knehr was the San Antonio Missions’ starting pitcher on opening day.

The 24-year-old from New York is the Missions’ scheduled starter in tonight’s road game against Northwest Arkansas. He has made four starts this season and has a 2-1 record and 4.74 ERA with 16 strikeouts in 19.0 innings.

Knehr is in his first season in Double-A. The San Diego Padres picked him in the 20th round of the 2018 draft.

The 6-foot-2 right-hander had a 3-5 record in Class A in 2019 on 12 starts and 17 total appearances. He had a 3-0 record in rookie ball in and 0-1 in Class A 2018 in 20 games, 19 of those in relief.

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.