Baseball

Roadrunners open season with 13-3 rout of Imperial Valley
Rio Hondo beat Imperial Valley 6-4 on opening day at The Jungle.
Baseball: Solid pitching leads to 3-1 Rio Hondo win over Allan Hancock
Baseball: Rio Hondo opens season with 7-3 win over Imperial Valley
Baseball: Former Roadrunner Rafael Flores signs with New York Yankees
Baseball: Former Roadrunner Rafael Flores signs with New York Yankees

Rio Hondo College baseball head coach Mike Salazar has announced that 2022 All-State catcher Rafael Flores has signed an undrafted free agent deal with the New York Yankees.

Rafael Flores (Photo by Albert Bretado)
Baseball: Flores, Johnson earn All-SCC postseason honors

Following the close of the 2022 Rio Hondo College baseball season, freshman catcher Rafael Flores and freshman pitcher Blake Johnson earned All-South Coast Conference postseason honors.

Rafael Flores (Photo by Albert Bretado)
Baseball: Roadrunners drop conference series to Mt. SAC

WALNUT – It was a tough three-game South Coast Conference series for the Rio Hondo College baseball team. The Roadrunners squared off with Mt. San Antonio College and couldn’t come away with a win, dropping all three games to the Mounties.

Head coach Mike Salazar and wife Krista following his 500th career win on Tuesday. (Photo by Al Salgado)
Baseball: Salazar earns career win No. 500, Rio Hondo rallies late to defeat Compton

WHITTIER --- His 22-season career has been filled with memorable moments. For Rio Hondo College baseball head coach Mike Salazar, career win No. 500 will likely appear near the top of the list. But it almost didn’t happen.

Baseball: Roadrunners improve to 10-4 with win over East LA
Baseball: Roadrunners improve to 10-4 with win over East LA

WHITTIER --- Rio Hondo College continued its solid start to the 2022 season with a narrow 4-3 win over visiting East Los Angeles College on Thursday in the second game of a three-game South Coast Conference series.

Steven Alvarez struck out six over six innings to earn the win at Allan Hancock. (Photo by Allan Hancock Athletics)
Photo by Byron Devers/AVC Athletics
Baseball: Roadrunners split two-game set with Antelope Valley

LANCASTER --- Coming off a big 18-7 win on opening day Thursday, Rio Hondo College kept that momentum going on Friday by defeating Antelope Valley College 13-6 to begin a two-game series. Looking for the sweep on Saturday, Rio Hondo came up short falling 10-9 to the Marauders in Lancaster.

Baseball: Flores smashes two home runs in big opening-day win
Baseball: Flores smashes two home runs in big opening-day win

TAFT, CA --- Sophomore catcher Rafael Flores made a huge impression playing in his first game in a Rio Hondo College uniform. The Cypress College transfer originally out of Katella High School went 4 for 5 with 2 home runs and 4 RBI to help lead the Roadrunners to a big 18-7 victory over Feather River College in their 2022 season opener in Taft on Thursday.

Baseball: Roadrunners sweep SCC series from Compton
Baseball: Roadrunners sweep SCC series from Compton

Coming off a sweep at the hands of Long Beach City College, the Rio Hondo College baseball team bounced back to pull off a sweep of its own, taking all three games of a South Coast Conference series against Compton College.