Past Articles (HIDDEN BLOG)

  1. Rainiers Continue to Roll Over Express

    June 16, 2024
    The Tacoma Rainier’s (39-30) dominance continued over the Round Express (33-35), winning the final game of their series by a final score of 13-to-3 and taking the series five games to one.  Rainier starting pitcher Jhonathan Diaz (8-1) earned the win, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits, walking…

  2. Rainiers Shutout Express

    June 13, 2024
    Five Tacoma Rainier pitchers combined to blank the Round Rock Express, winning by a final score of 3-to-0.  The Rainiers carried a no hitter into the fourth inning.  Rainier starting pitcher Michael Mariot earned the win in a very strong outing, allowing one hit and no walks while striking out…

  3. Express Top Rainiers

    June 12, 2024
    The Round Rock Express (33-31) jumped to an early lead and held on to defeat the Tacoma Rainiers (35-30) by a final score of 3-to-2.  Express starting pitcher Jack Leiter (2-3) earned the win, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits in 5.1 innings.  He struck out seven and…

  4. Chihuahuas’ Pitching Shuts-down Express

    June 2, 2024
    The El Paso Chihuahuas (24-33) held the Round Rock Express (29-27) to five hits in route to a dominate 7-to-0 victory.  The Chihuahuas took the series four games to two.  El Paso starting pitcher Jackson Wolf (2-6) earned the win, scattering four hits over six innings, striking out five without…

  5. Controversial Call Results in Three Ejections

    May 30, 2024
    Thursday’s game between the Round Rock Express (29-24) and the El Paso Chihuahuas (21-33) may have set a new milestone: three ejections on a single play.  The argumentative game ended in a 6-to-3 win for the Express.  Controversy came in the bottom of the third inning when Round Rock’s Jose…

  6. Portland Snaps Austin’s Home Win Steak

    May 30, 2024
    Austin FC fell to Portland Timbers 2-0 on Wednesday night in a match of two faces.  The lost was Austin’s first on its home pitch this season.    Kudos to Portland.  Austin owned the first half.  Possessing the ball 62% of the time, and out shooting the Timbers 15-8.  But the…

  7. Express Powers Past Chihuahuas

    May 29, 2024
    Home runs lifted the Round Rock Express (28-23) over the El Paso Chihuahuas (20-32) by a final score of 10-5.  The contest was the first in a six-game series.  Sandro Fabian’s first inning lead-off home run set the tone for the Express.  The Chihuahuas momentarily claimed the lead in the…

  8. Texas Softball Outlasts A&M, Punches Ticket to WCWS

    May 26, 2024
    It couldn’t get more intense.  Final game of a best of three series.  Against your biggest in-state rival.  Trailing in each game.  Yet the Texas Longhorns (52-8) women’s softball team pulled it together to defeat the Texas A&M Aggies (44-15) by a final score of 6-to-5 and advance to the…

  9. Texas’ Comeback Fades, Falls to A&M

    May 24, 2024
    You could not have asked for more in the first game of the Austin Super Regional between the Texas Longhorns and the Texas A&M Aggies.  That is, unless you are a Texas fan.   Texas A&M topped Texas, 6-to-5.  The game had it all… questionable pitching, explosive offense, a triple play…

  10. Long Balls Carry Reno over Round Rock

    May 19, 2024
    Home runs by Kolten Wong and Adrian Del Castillo led the Reno Aces (21-24) over the Round Rock Express (25-19) by a final score of 3-to-1.  Round Rock’s only run came on a home run from Derek Hill.  Reno starting pitcher Chris Ellis earned the win, allowing one run on…

  11. Texas Crushes Northwestern in NCAA Regionals

    May 18, 2024
    I shared the elevator from the press box with a Northwestern coach, and asked her expectation for the game against Texas in the NCAA Regional.  She replied, “we’re going to win.”  That was the high-point of the day for Northwestern, as Texas cruised to a 14-to-2 walloping in run-rule shortened…

  12. Tired Legs Don’t Stop Austin Over KC

    May 18, 2024
    Playing on less the three days of rest, the Austin FC defeated the Sporting Kansas City by a final score of 3-to-2 for their fifth straight home win.  Jader Obrian tallied a brace and Sebastian Driussi added the eventual game-winning goal for Austin.   Austin jumped to what was believed to…

  13. Longhorns Sweep Jayhawks, Head to Big 12 Championship

    May 18, 2024
    Texas Longhorns baseball (36-24, 20-10)  sent eight seniors off in style with a 9-to-7 win over the Kansas Jayhawks (31-23, 15-15) and sweeping the three-game series. Kimble Schuessler led Texas offensively, going 2-for-2 including  a home run, with two RBIs and two runs scored.  Peyton Powell, Max Belyeu and Casey…

  14. Near Perfect: Texas over Siena

    May 17, 2024
    Texas starting pitcher Mac Morgan came within one batter of throwing a perfect game, leading the Longhorns over the Siena Saint Bernards, 5-to-0, in the first game of the NCAA Austin Regional Championship.  Morgan retired the first 20 batters she faced before walking Jocelyn Ulrich on four pitches.  Texas promptly…

  15. Driussi’s Late Goal Leads Austin Past Houston

    May 15, 2024
    Sebastián Driussi’s goal in the 87th minute lifted the Austin FC to a 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo FC. The win was Austin’s fourth consecutive at home, its fifth clean sheet of season, and its second win over Houston this season as part of the Copa Tejas series.   By…

  16. Reno Tops Round Rock in Series Opener

    May 14, 2024
    The Reno Aces topped the Round Rock Express by a score of 4-to-1 in the first game of their six-game series.  Brett Johnson led the Aces with two hit and two runs batted in.  Reno starter Blake Walston earned the win, holding Round Rock to one run on six hits…

  17. Ninth Inning Rally Puts Aviators over Express

    May 12, 2024
    The Las Vegas Aviators (18-21) put-up four unanswered runs in the ninth inning to defeated the Round Rock Express (21-17) by a final score of 6-to-3.  Relief pitcher Reid Birlingmair was tagged for the loss, retiring one batter in the final frame while allowing four runs.  Birlingmair took up relief…

  18. Austin FC Shuts Down Conference Leading LA Galaxy

    April 27, 2024
    Diego Rubio and Jader Obrian each scored in the first 20 minutes, and Brad Stuver masterfully stared down 17 total shots to lead the Austin FC over the LA Galaxy 2-to-0.  Obrian was the man of the match for Austin victory, setting up Rubio’s goal in 7th minute, with a…

  19. Poirier Delivers Shutout, Stars Sweep Manitoba

    April 25, 2024
    The Texas Stars defeated the Manitoba Moose 2-0 to sweep the best-of-three AHL first round playoff series. Stars goalkeeper Remi Poirier faced down 41 shots in route to the win.  The sweep comes on the heels of a season ending series between the same teams that saw Manitoba take both…

  20. Salt Lake Routs Round Rock in Scherzer Rehab Appearance

    April 24, 2024
    The center of the Texas Ranger universe was on Round Rock, Texas, as Max Scherzer continued his rehab with the Round Rock Express.  Scherzer pitched 2.1 innings for no decision as the Express fell to the Salt Lake Bees by a final score of 12-to-5.  Scherzer, the three-time Cy Young…

  21. Bourque Leads Stars Over Moose, Game 1

    April 23, 2024
    Mavrik Bourque’s two goals and two assists lifted the Texas Stars over the Manitoba Moose by a final score of 6-3  in game one of the AHL Division First Round playoffs.  “When you win that first game, its big,” said Texas Stars head coach Neil Graham.  “We told our guy,…

  22. Pitching Carriers Texas Over TCU

    April 21, 2024
    A rare pitching duel broke-out between the University of Texas Longhorns (24-17) and the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs (23-15).  Texas prevailed, holding TCU to three hits, in a 2-to-1 victory.  Texas was led by Texas starting pitcher Lebarron Johnson Jr. (2-3), who held TCU to one run on three…

  23. Manitoba Smashes Texas

    April 19, 2024
    With the playoff positions set, and little to play for, the Manitoba Moose throttled the Texas Stars by a final score of 8-to-3 in the second to last game of the season.  The same two teams will face-off in the first round of the Divisional playoffs.  Manitoba starting goaltender Oskari…

  24. OKC Bests Round Rock

    April 11, 2024
    The Oklahoma City Baseball Club (7-5) claimed their first win of the season over the Round Rock Express (7-5) by a final score of 4-to-2.  The Express leads the series two games to one.  Round Rock starting pitcher Owen White (0-2) suffered the loss, allowing three runs on five hits,…

  25. Texas Splits Home and Away Against Texas State

    April 10, 2024
    What was once considered a charity match-up against little sister Texas State University is a match-up of equals this season for the University of Texas.  The Texas Longhorns lost to the Texas State Bobcats by a final score of 7-to-3.  The teams are 1-and-1 in this year’s series.  Texas State…

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