SEASON OPENER COMES UP SHORT
A regrouped Cyclones that features a few new faces comes up short on Opening Day

August 24, 2026 - The Houston Cyclones could not keep pace with the Marauders on blazing hot afternoon at Meyer Park. The Marauders opened the scoring in the top of the first courtesy of 2 singles to take a 2-0 lead. The Cyclones answered back right away tying the game at 2 on a single by Guy Koenig and a SAC FLY by Camilo Galvez. The game held steady until the 4th inning when the Marauders scored another 2 runs to go up 4-2. The Cyclones once again answered right back when BJ Galvan hit a 2 run bomb to center field to tie the game at 4.

In the 6th inning, the Cyclones finally took a lead when Chad Tineo scored the go ahead run on an error during a fielder's choice play. But the lead wouldn't last long as the Marauders flipped the game on its head in the 7th inning scoring 5 unanswered runs on 4 hits and a HBP.

After getting the disappointing end to last season that saw the Cyclones fail to reach the Championship game for the first time in 8 seasons, the expectations going into this season were a little higher than normal. Except, those expectations weren't relayed to the team. The team took the field Sunday like it was the middle of a long drawn out season. Things need to change.

*parts of this story were adapted from the Game Changer recap

Cyclones Manager and starting pitcher Dean Cosme delivers a pitch vs. Marauders August 23, 2026