DALLAS — The Roadrunners are set to travel to Dallas, Texas to face off against No. 20 Dallas Baptist in a three-game weekend series starting at 6 p.m. on Friday, Mar. 14, with a 3 p.m. start on Saturday, Mar. 15, with the series finale beginning at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 16 at Horner Ballpark in Dallas, Texas.
The Matchup
The 15-4 Roadrunners are set to take on the 12-4 Patriots in a three-game series. This is the Roadrunner’s first road weekend series since Feb. 14-16 when they took on UT Arlington to start the 2025 season.
All three games of the series will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Reagan Ratcliff and Brendon Smith on the call. Live stats for the game will be on utsa.statbroadcast.com.
Series History
UTSA and DBU have played in 19 games against each other with the Patriots winning eleven of the 19. They first met in 2005, where DBU traveled to San Antonio, sweeping the Roadrunners. The last time these two teams played each other was in 2023, where the DBU won the three-game series.
On the Mound
Getting the start on Friday is Zach Royse. Royse has notched four starts with 21.1 innings pitched, holding an ERA of 2.91, tallying 28 total strikeouts. Braylon Owens is getting the nod in Saturday’s game; he has four starts with 20.2 innings pitched for an ERA of 4.35 with 23 Strikeouts
In the series finale, Conor Myles will be on the mound for the Roadrunners, Myles has four starts with 19 innings pitched with 25 strikeouts and an ERA of 0.95, which is second in the conference.
Last Time Out
UTSA fell to UIW on Tuesday, Mar. 11, 5-8 for just their fourth loss of the season which ended their 14-game win streak.
UTSA vs. Ranked Opponents
Since taking over the program in 2020, Pat Hallmark is 17-19 against ranked foes. With their most recent win coming against #14 Texas A&M on Mar. 2, the Roadrunners’ highest ranked win came against #2 Stanford in 2022.
Win Streak
After starting off the season 1-3, the Roadrunners ripped off a 14-game win streak, which is now the UTSA baseball team’s longest win streak in program history, beating a 12-game win streak set by the 1994 team.
The streak started with a 6-5 win over Long Island University on Feb. 22. The win streak continued until Mar. 9 with a 7-4 win over Texas Southern. With 13 of the 14 games played at home UTSA took down No. 14 Texas A&M in College Station on Mar. 4. The streak finally ended with a loss to UIW on Mar. 11.
Leading the League
The Roadrunners have been dominating this season, which puts them in front of the AAC in nine different statistical measures. As a team the Roadrunners lead the AAC in batting average (.340), slugging percentage (.485), on-base percentage (.452), runs (167), hits (211), RBIs (152), total bases (301), ERA (3.79) and innings pitched (152.0).
AAC Weekly Awards
Detlefsen was awarded AAC player of the week on March 10. He batted .500 on the week recording eight hits including one double and one home run. Detlefsen also had seven total RBIs on the week. In the 7-4 victory over Texas Southern on Sunday, Mar. 9, Detlefsen was the one who drove in the go-ahead run on his single in the eighth.
Lytle was named AAC player of the week on March 3, where he tallied a .583 batting average with 14 hits in 24 at bats with eleven RBIs. Lytle notched seven total doubles and a career high three doubles against Youngstown State on Saturday, Mar. 1 in the second game of the doubleheader.
Three Roadrunners have been listed on the weekly honor roll. On Feb. 24, Caden Miller and Braylon Owens made the honor roll. On Mar. 10, Robert Orloski was listed on the AAC weekly honor roll.
At-Home Dominance
The Roadrunners are 13-1 at home, outscoring their opponents 150-48. In seven of the 14 games played at Roadrunner Field, UTSA has been able to put their opponents away early by run-ruling their foes in the seventh inning.
Hallmark’s 150th
Head coach Pat Hallmark earned his 150th career win with UTSA on Saturday, Mar. 1 defeating the YSU 16-13. Hallmark is just the third UTSA head coach to reach at least 150 wins in program history.
No Free Bags
The Roadrunners hold a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 4.59, which is leading the nation and first in the American Athletic Conference. They also have a 2.19 ratio of walks per nine innings, which is also the best in the country.
Doubles and Jacks
The Roadrunner offense has come alive as they have racked up 38 doubles on the year, putting them in second place among the AAC. UTSA has 14 homers which is fourth in the conference. Drew Detlefsen leads the team in homers with five to his name, which is second in the conference. Lytle has eight doubles which is also second in the AAC.
Energy Stu
Senior catcher Andrew Stucky, whose name is pronounced STEW-key, was the inspiration for a team mantra, Energy Stu. Comes from a phrase shouted to the team to raise the energy at practice.
The Return of Malone
Former pitcher Luke Malone rejoins the Roadrunners in a different capacity as he joined the coaching staff in October 2024 as the Director of Player Development and Analytics.
Malone was a star pitcher for the Roadrunners from 2020 to 2023, earning all-conference accolades in each of his final two seasons. The right-hander finished his career with a 17-9 record, 4.45 ERA, 178 strikeouts and a pair of saves in 63 appearances that totaled 234.2 innings pitched.
2024 AAC All-Freshman Team
The Roadrunners welcome back both Diego Diaz and Orloski, who both made the 2024 AAC All-Freshman Team. Both Diaz and Orloski are already seeing significant action for the Roadrunners.
Diaz has started four games for the Roadrunners at second base, playing in a total of 12 games. Orloski has pitched in five games for the Roadrunners, tallying 20.1 innings pitched with 22 strikeouts and three walks with five wins.
Preseason AAC Rankings
After finishing 17-10 to finish second in the American Athletic Conference in 2024, their first year in the league, the Roadrunners were picked to finish fourth by the league’s coaches in 2025.
Lytle’s Accomplishments
Senior outfield Mason Lytle has racked up an impressive list of awards entering his senior campaign. In his first year with the Roadrunners, Lytle was named 2024 AAC Newcomer of the Year while also being named to the AAC All-Academic Team.
Leading up to the 2025 season, Lytle has been named as the 2025 Preseason Player of the Year, the 2025 D1Baseball AAC Preseason Player of the Year and to the 2025 Perfect Game College Baseball Preseason AAC All-Conference Team. He was also named the 32nd-best outfielder in the nation, according to D1Baseball.
The Hodge Brothers
UTSA has a pair of brothers on the team, Ty Hodge and Nathan Hodge. The Hodge brothers come from College Station, Texas, but have two different paths in finding their way to UTSA. T. Hodge is a transfer from Houston Christian who spent a year at Texas A&M. N. Hodge is a true freshman.
Home Grown
28 of the 38 players on the roster are from Texas, making up just shy of 75 percent of the roster. These players range from southern Texas, such as Pharr, all the way up to northern Texas, such as Mansfield. Josh Vaughn is the lone Roadrunner that calls San Antonio home.
Overseas Roadrunners
The Roadrunners have two players that come from outside of America, Lorenzo Morresi and Conor Myles. Morresi is from Macerata, Italy. Before coming to UTSA, Morressi spent two seasons in Hobbs, New Mexico, playing at NMJC.
Myles comes from the southern hemisphere, calling Melbourne, Australia, home. Myles spent two seasons in west Texas, as he played for Odessa JC before coming to play for the Roadrunners.
Fresh-faced Freshmen
UTSA has seven true freshmen on the roster and two redshirt freshmen. The two redshirt freshmen are Ryan Jester, who spent last season with the Roadrunners, and Holden Harris, who comes to UTSA after spending the 2024 season at TCU.
The seven true freshmen are Peyton Adams, Jordan Ballin, Mason Jacob, N. Hodge, Ryley Chapman, Todd Rochelle and Caden Miller.
Up Next
Once the weekend concludes, the Roadrunners will take on No. 11 Texas at 6:30 p.m. on Mar. 18 in Austin, Texas.
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