Robert Orloski rocks and fires Friday afternoon in Game 1 of UTSA baseball’s fall series at Roadrunner Field. – photo by Joe Alexander

The UTSA baseball team achieved a number of firsts last spring in a historic season under Coach Pat Hallmark. Hallmark’s Roadrunners won a school-record 47 games. In winning the American Conference regular-season title, they earned the program’s first berth in the NCAA tournament since 2013.

Once there, the Roadrunners won a regional for the first time in school history. In a stirring weekend in the Capital City, the Roadrunners beat Kansas State and then knocked off the NCAA tournament’s No. 2-seeded Texas Longhorns twice to win the Austin Regional.

The best season in school history came to an end on the West Coast, with the team losing two straight to the 15th-seeded UCLA Bruins.

On Friday at Roadrunner Field, Hallmark’s team split up into sides and played the first game of the annual Fall World Series. Game 2 is set for Saturday afternoon at 3. Game 3, if necessary, would be Sunday at 1 p.m.

UTSA, continuing the fall schedule, hosts Alvin CC on Friday, Oct. 31. UTSA will close out its fall slate, facing off against Navarro on Friday, Nov. 7.

Catcher Andrew Stucky, who emerged as a key player in UTSA’s run of success last spring, catches in the first game of the Fall World Series. – photo by Joe Alexander

Lefthander Conor Myles works the first game of a three-game weekend intrasquad series at Roadrunner Field. – Photo by Joe Alexander