STEPHENVILLE, Texas – UTSA Baseball wraps up its five-game stay away from home on Tuesday, visiting Tarleton State for a non-conference matchup. The Roadrunners (22-10) look to toss their third straight shutout and improve on a 2-4 record in midweek road contests. Meanwhile, the Texans hope to build on their 10-4 mark at home and match UTSA with their 22nd win of the season.
WHAT TO KNOW
Who: [RV] UTSA (22-10, 6-3 AMER) at Tarleton State (21-10, 1-2 WAC)
When: Tuesday, April 7 (4 p.m. CT)
Where: Tarleton State Baseball Complex – Stephenville, Texas
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Stream: ESPN+
Broadcast Crew: Byron Anderson
LAST TIME OUT
After suffering their second consecutive walk-off defeat at Rice on Thursday, the ‘Runners shut out the Owls twice in a row. Over the final two games, UTSA outscored Rice 21-0, including a run-rule win by a 13-0 mark on Saturday. Following Thursday’s bout, the hosts combined for just five hits, including a season-low two in the finale. The visitors secured their 14th straight American Conference series win, extending a streak that dates back to May 2024.
THEY’RE NOT CALLED HOMERUNNERS
Of UTSA’s last 25 games, just seven have come at home. Across the 18 games away from Roadrunner Field, the squad went 11-7, taking four of six such games in American play. Four of the seven ‘Runner defeats came by one run, with two in walk-off fashion.
FLYING UP THE RANKS
Head Coach Pat Hallmark enters the matchup with 209 triumphs at the helm for UTSA. The seventh-year leader is currently tied with Jason Marshall for the second most wins in program history. Hallmark needs 144 more victories to tie Sherman Corbett atop UTSA’s all-time leaderboard (353 wins).
CM PUNKS
On Monday, Caden Miller and Conor Myles were both named to the American Conference Player of the Week Honorable Mention list. The duo became the first pair of Roadrunners to earn the distinction on the same week this season. Myles picked up his second honor of 2026 while Miller tallied his first.
THE BATS ARE HOT
UTSA ranks inside the nation’s top 30 with 346 hits (16th), a .315 batting average (22nd), a .432 on-base percentage (17th), 288 total runs scored (16th), 24 sacrifice flies (fourth) and 9.0 runs per game (17th).
In 16 of 32 games this season, UTSA has scored at least 10 runs. The group is averaging 1.1 scores per frame, plating 288 runners in 272.1 innings of work. The Roadrunners have hit multiple home runs in more than 40% of their outings, doing so 13 times this spring.
ABOUT THE TEXANS
Tarleton State is under the direction of third-year Head Coach Fuller Smith, who holds a 77-71 record in his time with the program. The Texans are coming off a series loss at the hands of UT Arlington, dropping the final two bouts to the Mavericks. On the year, TSU holds a 21-10 record, already approaching the 2025 squad’s win total (24). Their campaign to this point has been highlighted by two dominant sweeps against Mountain West opposition, taking down New Mexico and Air Force a combined seven times without a loss.
UP NEXT
After the matchup at Tarleton State, UTSA will return home for its second conference series at Roadrunner Field this season. The Navy & Orange will welcome South Florida to Alamo City for a three-game set beginning on Friday, April 10, at 6 p.m. All the action in San Antonio will be streamed live on ESPN+ and available to follow via utsa.statbroadcast.com.
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