COMEBACK KIDS STRIKE AGAIN
Team rookie Drew Torres and long time Cyclone Priamo Reyes lead team to victory

May 31, 2026 - After taking a 5-0 lead after the first inning, the Cyclones coughed up their lead to the Northside Rangers in the 3rd inning, allowing the Rangers to score 9 runs to take a 10-5 lead over the Cyclones after 3 innings. In the 4th inning, the Cyclones mounted a rally to plate 4 runs by the bottom of the order, capped by Priamo Reyes 2 run single to draw the Cyclones within a run. Mgr. Dean Cosme came on in relief of starter Justin Putnal and settled things down and only allowed 1 run over 5+ innings to keep a leash on the Rangers.

Now, with an 11-9 deficit, the Cyclones had gone down quietly for 3 straight innings before coming to bat in the 8th and final inning.  The inning began with Drew Torres initially being hit by a pitch that was wrongfully called a swing by the home plate ump.  Torres exalted revenge in a way as he struck out but reach base when the pitch skipped past the catcher and he wasn't able to secure the out. Jorge Castillo followed by reaching on an error by the Rangers to put runners on first and second with none out. Priamo Reyes singled to drive in Torres and then Castillo and Reyes moved up a base each on a wild pitch. Birthday Boy Eddie Baray walked to load the bases.  Two consecutive Sac Flies by Camilo Galvez and Craig Baser respectively gave the Cyclones the 12-11 lead that saw Cosme close out the game and secure the victory.

Priamo Reyes take a lead from third in the first inning vs. Rangers May 31, 2026

Drew Torres admires his bloop single vs. Rangers May 31, 2026

BACK ON THE ATTACK
Eddie Baray and company stifle first place Rangers 4-1

May 17, 2026 - The first batter of the game reached on an error to short and scored shortly thereafter on another infield error. After that, starting pitcher Eddie Baray would only allow 4 base runners in 5 innings of work, in what was an overall dominating performance by Baray. In the 6th inning, Baray gave way to Chuck Poteet who pretty much cruised through his first 3 innings of work but began to show signs of fatigue in the 9th inning attempting to close out the game. In the end, he completed the task and sealed the 4-1 victory. Being as it was only the second game the Cyclones have played in 7 weeks due to inclement weather, the offense for the Cyclones has left something to be desired as of late and needs some consistency to get back in the groove.  While the 4 runs that the Cyclones scored was good enough to win on Sunday, the mental mistakes and base running errors cannot happen if the Cyclones hope to make a deep run in the postseason this summer.

Eddie Baray put in a vintage performance vs. Rangers May 17, 2026

NOT ENOUGH
Late rally by Marauders downs Cyclones

Apr 27, 2026 - The Cyclones scored 10 runs on Sunday and somehow it wasn't enough.  When that happens, there was a defensive failure that needs correcting. In this case, it was both the pitching and the fielding that hurt the Cyclones. Starting pitcher Dean Cosme pitched well for 3 innings but the wheels came off for him on the 4th innings as he allowed the Marauders to tied the game 6-6 after the Cyclones had done a great job at working counts, taking walks and driving balls into the gaps to score 6 runs in 3 innings. In fact, they did it all game as they then played small ball in the 6th inning with 2 sac bunts and a sac fly to score 2 runs to give themselves a 2 run lead after 6 innings. But the lead wouldn't hold as relief pitcher Chuck Poteet ran into some barrels, lost his control and then the fielding didn't help either as the Cyclones gave up the lead and eventually lost the game 12-10 in 7 innings of play.

Chuck Poteet delivers a pitch vs. Marauders April 26, 2026

COMEBACK KIDS
9 run 6th inning stuns Royals who had 6 run lead going into the final innings.

Mar 30, 2026 - As comebacks go, this was a pretty darn good one.  The Cyclones were sleepwalking through the first 5 innings on Sunday. The Royals starting pitcher had the Cyclones reaching, leaning and mostly off balance all afternoon until the 6th inning. For the Royals it went downhill from there.  For the Cyclones it was a reawakening that was much needed. The inning started when Tom West reached on an error was capped when Tom West, 11 batters later, lined a single to right center to drive in 2 runs putting a feather in the hat of this inning. In between, Chuck Poteet, Craig Baser and Drew Torres all flirted with home runs, but got huge hits just the same instead, with Drew and Chuck with doubles and Craig with a long 2 run single.

On the mound, Juan Zuniga started for the Cyclones. While Juan pitch 5-1/3 innings, it's what happened at the beginning and what happened at the end that define this outing. Juan allowed the first 5 batters to reach base before getting the first out, 4 of which scored. After that, Juan settled in nicely, got out of the inning and pitched into the 5th inning. It was in the 5th where Juan ran into trouble again, allowing 3 more runs to score and only registering 1 out before giving way to Dean Cosme. Cosme threw one pitch to get 2 outs and get Juan out of a bases loaded jam.  In the 7th, Cosme allowed 1 run to score before inducing a grounder for a force play to finish the 10-8 comeback victory.

Drew Torres smokes a near home run vs. Houston Royals March 29, 2026

DOUBLE HEADER LIKE DAY & NIGHT
Cyclones stifled in the opener of double header, offense explodes in the night cap

Mar 23, 2026 - For the first time in 7 seasons, the Northside Rangers finally have defeated the Houston Cyclones. The defeated them with good hitting, good pitching and good defense. The Rangers have dramatically improved and it showed in their first match up against the Cyclones this season. A close game for the first 3 innings, Cyclones starting pitcher Dean Cosme faltered in the 4th as the Rangers knocked Cosme around for 6 runs in the inning to take a 9-2 lead over the Cyclones and did not relent from there. The Rangers would tack on 4 more runs to finish the day with a 13-5 victory of the Cyclones, who had lost 2 games to begin the season for the first time in 9 seasons.

In the nightcap, it was a completely polar opposite experience as the Cyclones took on their long time rivals the Marauders and while historically both teams typically play each well, on this day, things did not go the way of the swash bucklers. Dazed and confused from the first game, the Cyclones bats woke up in game 2 to the tune of 12 runs on 5 hits and 7 walks, sending 16 batters to the plate in the first inning alone. Overall, the Cyclones scored 17 runs on 16 hits and 8 walks defeating the Marauders 17-5 to get their first W of the season.

Ernesto Ojeda ropes a single vs. Northside Rangers March 22, 2026

Justin Putnal watches his line drive vs. Marauders March 22, 2026

RUSTY CYCLONES
After 4 weeks off, the Cyclones were not ready for Opening Day

Mar 16, 2026 - There wasn't any aspect of the Cyclones game yesterday afternoon that seemed ready for the season. Starting pitcher Dean Cosme was ineffective, lasting only 3 innings. The offense seemed out of sync and in need of finding a rhythm. And the worst culprit of the day, the defense, seemed to be sleep walking with errant throws and lackadaisical glove work.  Hopefully the Cyclones can find their rhythm quick as the season is in full swing and a double header looms on the horizon.

In the meantime, Sunday's game resulted in a 15-8 loss to the Houston Royals, a team that is finding it's way in the league and has struggled mightily in the past. Sunday however, was a different story. They hit the ball well and their defense, while suspect. held up better than the Cyclones.

BJ Galvan is about ready to snag a line drive vs. Houston Royals March 15, 2026

CHANGE IN THE AIR?
As the Spring 2026 Season quickly approached, are the Cyclones ready for change?

Feb 23, 2026 - When the Houston Cyclones take the field next month, in early March, the one thing that will look familiar will be the faces on the team. What won't look familiar will be their uniforms.  It's well known that Cyclones manager Dean Cosme is a big New York Mets fan.  The team's uniforms have been modeled after their New York counterparts for several seasons now, as well their color scheme has always been orange and blue except for their first 3 seasons where the color scheme was taken from the Brooklyn Cyclones, hence the name.

Not wanting to be too obvious about the origins of the colors, Cosme chose to make the blue a more neutral blue. Not so navy, not so royal. That would last until the Fall 2015 season when after managing the team as the Houston Cardinals for 1 season, the original name of Spring Cyclones was restarted and the colors now were an ode to the Mets, royal and orange. Through a variety of iterations, the color scheme had remained that way until the Spring 2025 season where after creating a few mock ups for a new uniform, the team chose the 2000 Mets color scheme of black, blue, orange and white. Fire!

Shortly before the end of the Spring 2025 season, the Cyclones were gifted a surprise set of new uniforms which were replica style uniforms of the new Mets away uniforms, what I like to refer to as the blue on blue outline uniforms. Those jerseys were used for the entirety of the Fall 2025 season that just ended. Now, for 2026, the Cyclones are once again going to sport new jerseys and use a set for home and away. See the mock ups below. With a few new faces, one returning face and a couple of departures, the Houston Cyclones have gone through this before, but the core remains and that's why the Cyclones will be a force of nature to reckon with for quite some time. See you on the field!