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Brew-1-0 5/21: Advancing the 'Runners

UTSA Baseball defeated Rice on Tuesday, advancing to play Tulane tomorrow in the AAC Championship.

May 21, 2025

🤙 The Official Newsletter For UTSA Athletics, brought to you by Sport & Story

Good morning, Roadrunners Fam. The Roadrunners baseball team defeated Rice 4-2 in game one of the AAC Championship on Tuesday in Clearwater, Florida. UTSA will now face off against the fifth-seeded Tulane Green Wave at noon tomorrow —Thursday, May 22—at BayCare Ballpark.

The win is UTSA’s first win in the AAC Championship Tournament. The Roadrunners have now won five straight against Rice, dating back to April 28, 2024. This is the longest win streak UTSA has had over Rice. Braylon Owens threw a career-high 11 strikeouts in his 5.2 innings of work. Mason Lytle had three hits on the day for his 28th multi-hit game of the season.

What other ingredients do we have for the Brew today? Check it out below!

🏆 BSB dominated the all-conference awards
⚾️ Orloski and UTSA Baseball features
🤙🏼 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 They Done Cleaned Up! The AAC released its 2025 awards on Monday, May 19, and the UTSA baseball team utterly dominated across the board. Mason Lytle was named Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, while head coach Pat Hallmark was named Coach of the Year.

Other wins for the ‘Runners:

NEWCOMER POSITION PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Drew Detlefsen, Jr., OF

ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
RP – Robert Orloski, So.
C – Andrew Stucky, Sr.
SS – Ty Hodge, R-Jr.
OF – Mason Lytle, Sr.,
OF – James Taussig, Sr.

ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM
2B – Jordan Ballin, Fr.
OF – Drew Detlefsen, Jr.

ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Jordan Ballin, 2B, UTSA
Nathan Hodge, UTL, UTSA
Caden Miller, UTL, UTSA

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🔼 Grace Under Pressure. “Pressure is a privilege.” 

UTSA head baseball coach Pat Hallmark alluded to the iconic quote from tennis legend Billy Jean King on Saturday when describing his team’s mentality heading into the AAC Championship.

His Roadrunners entered the league tournament as the No. 1 seed and the AAC regular-season champion. UTSA is 42-11 on the season, a school single-season record for victories. The Roadrunners set a school record for best home-win percentage at .926 (25-2). 

“If you don’t like pressure, you’re in the wrong place,” Hallmark said. “We’re not going to back up. We play the game and we play it at the highest level.” 

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🔼 Plug-N-Play. Greg Luca writes, “The day before UTSA opened a series at East Carolina two weeks ago, coach Pat Hallmark approached pitcher Robert Orloski about the possibility of playing in the outfield. 

“Orloski figured the odds of it happening were pretty slim … But Hallmark knew UTSA was light on pitching depth, with Orloski throwing nearly twice as many bullpen innings as any other Roadrunner. A stopover in the outfield could allow Orloski to appear in two of the game’s high-leverage situations instead of just one, turning the ball over to one of his teammates until he was needed again.”  

🤓 UTSA TRIVIA

A Stitch In Time...

Of the nine conference series the UTSA baseball team played during the regular season, how many did they win?

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🤙 ONE BIG THING

Statistically Speaking. The UTSA School of Data Science (SDS) has partnered with UTSA Athletics on a new initiative to enhance student-athlete health and performance across all sports while also supporting marketing and ticketing strategies through data analysis. UTSA faculty members will analyze data generated on and off the field and develop artificial intelligence models that help inform coaching, training and administrative decisions.

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📅 ON THE DOCKET

＊ All Times Are in CST

Wednesday, May 20
(No Activities Scheduled)

Thursday, May 21
⚾️ Baseball vs. No. 5 Tulane @ AAC Championships in Clearwater, Florida @ Noon ESPN+ | Bracket | Championship Central | Live Stats

Friday, May 22
⚾️ Baseball @ AAC Championships in Clearwater, Florida @ TBA

Saturday, May 23
⚾️ Baseball @ AAC Championships in Clearwater, Florida @ TBA

Sunday, May 24
⚾️ Baseball @ AAC Championships in Clearwater, Florida @ TBA

🧐 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Nine!

UTSA Baseball is 43-11 on the season – a school single-season record for victories – and won all nine conference series that it played during the regular season.

🤙🏼 Let’s get over the hump, Roadrunner Nation!