SAN MARCOS, Texas – Texas State (21-23) is back home this week beginning on Tuesday when I-35 rival UTSA comes to Bobcat Ballpark. The first pitch on Tuesday is scheduled for 6 p.m.

Fans can watch the game on ESPN+ and live stats will also be available.

PROBABLY STARTING PITCHERS
Tuesday: TXST RHP Josh Glaser (1-0) vs. UTSA RHP Sam Simmons (0-0)

ABOUT TEXAS STATE
The Bobcats dropped the series at 20th-ranked Troy but were able to salvage the series with a 14-3 run-rule victory in seven innings. The team scored 11 runs in the fifth innings that saw Coy DeFury, Ryne Farber and Chase Mora hit home runs. Tuesday is the last midweek home game of the season that has seen TXST go 6-5 in such contests.

Chase Mora enters the game leading Texas State with a .300 batting average, 30 RBI and seven home runs. His grand slam on Sunday was his 30th homer of his career, just the fifth Bobcat to ever reach the mark. Mora is tied for the team lead with 30 runs scored with Ryne Farber, who paces the quad with 12 stolen bases and 11 doubles while adding 26 RBI and three home runs. Over the last nine games, Coy DeFury is hitting .463 (19-for-41) with four homers, nine RBI and 10 runs.

Making his first career start will be Josh Glaser. The right-hander has made 11 relief appearances and totaled 14 innings on the rubber. He has a 1-0 record with a 3.21 ERA and 19 strikeouts.

ABOUT UTSA
The Roadrunners have won four straight and eight of their last nine games. This past weekend saw them complete a sweep of Memphis at home. When playing on the road, UTSA is 11-8 with a 2-2 mark in midweek games.

Six players are hitting over .300 led by Mason Lytle at .388. He comes in with 56 runs, 51 RBI, 17 doubles, 13 stolen bases and seven home runs. Drew Detlefsen is tied for 12 in the nation with 59 RBI while hitting a team-high 11 homers and batting .321. Hitting over .350 are Jordan Ballin (.351), Norris McClure (.368), Andrew Stucky (.362, 6 HR) and James Taussig (.350, 7 HR, 44 RBI).

Sam Simmons is scheduled to start on the rubber on Tuesday. He has yet to record a decision while posting a 6.75 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 17.1 innings over nine appearances including one start.

Three of the team's four saves have been earned by Robert Orloski. The sophomore right-hander is 7-0 with a 3.22 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 50.1 innings over 16 relief appearances. Conner Kelley has come out of the bullpen 15 times and has posted a 2-0 record, 2.14 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 21 innings.

SERIES VS. ROADRUNNERS
Texas State leads the all-time series 63-41 after UTSA won the first meeting 12-9 in San Antonio. The past three seasons have seen the programs split the regular season meetings with the home team winning each time in 2022 and 2024 while the road teams claimed the contests in 2023.

When hosting the Roadrunners, the Bobcats are 33-17 all-time and have won four of the last five meetings in Bobcat Ballpark. Last time a team swept the season series was in 2011 when TXST won all three games of a weekend series when both programs were members of the Southland Conference.

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