San Antonio beat the Sherman Shadowcats 17-12 on July 17, 2026, leaving the two clubs even at a win apiece after Sherman had blanked the same opponent the night before, according to the Texas Collegiate League box score and the Shadowcats' official statistics page. Sherman is playing its first season in the league, according to a 2026 season announcement posted by the San Antonio club.
The box score totals 29 runs between the two sides. Sherman's 12 runs were four times what the club produced in its 3-0 win on July 16, when the team page shows San Antonio was held scoreless. The pitching side of the ledger moved the other way, from zero runs allowed to 17.
Ryan Sessions reached base five times for Sherman. The box score credits him with three hits in three official at-bats, one of them a double, plus two walks. He drove in four runs and scored once. His four runs batted in account for a third of the 12 runs Sherman posted.
Source: Texas Collegiate League box score, July 17, 2026
The defeat followed an eight-game losing streak. The team page shows Sherman lost every game it played from July 7 through July 15. The 3-0 win over San Antonio on July 16 ended that streak, and San Antonio's win the following night squared the series at one game each.
Sherman's official statistics page listed the Shadowcats at 10-26 after the July 17 game. The same page put the season totals at 222 runs scored and 301 runs allowed, a gap of 79 runs.
Sherman's season ledger through July 17
222 runs
The Shadowcats' season total at the time of the July 17 game.
301 runs
A gap of 79 runs, alongside a 10-26 record.
Source: Shadowcats team page, Texas Collegiate League statistics site
The San Antonio River Monsters' 2026 season announcement says Sherman and Abilene joined the Texas Collegiate League as new members this year, and that the River Monsters are playing their first season in San Antonio. That announcement also describes the league schedule as 48 games divided into two halves of 24 games each.
The figures in this report come from two league records and one franchise announcement. The 17-12 final, the combined run total and Sessions' batting line are from the July 17 box score posted on the league's statistics site. The 3-0 result on July 16, the eight-game losing streak, the 10-26 record and the season run totals are from the Shadowcats' team page on the same site. League membership and the schedule format are from the River Monsters' announcement. No statement from either club or from the league about the July 17 game appears in the public records reviewed for this story.
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