Baylor enters the weekend series with a 12-1 record and is ranked as high as No. 10 in the nation. The Bears’ only loss came in a 4-0 fall to LSU in the College Classic at Minute Maid Park last weekend. Baylor is hitting .314 as a team, led by Richard Cunningham’s .366 clip, while Kameron Esthay is hitting .340 with 16 runs scored. The Bears pitching staff owns a 3.10 ERA with 113 strikeouts and 51 walks in 116.0 innings. Houston will see RHP Nick Lewis (1.42 ERA, 3-0, 19.0 IP, 22 K, 5 BB) on Friday, RHP Montana Parsons (3.86 ERA, 1-1, 16.1 IP, 14 K, 8 BB) on Saturday and LHP Cody Bradford (2.84 ERA, 2-0, 19.0 IP, 12 K, 4 BB) on Sunday.
SERIES HISTORY VS. BAYLOR
Houston and Baylor have met 155 previous times, dating back to 1951. The Bears own the all-time record over the Cougars, 88-67, but Houston won the last three-game series between the two clubs. Last Meeting: March 4-6, 2016 | Houston won series, 2-1 Last Meeting at Baylor: March 31, 2015 | Houston won 11-0
Top 2nd
Coogs load the bases as Scheiner walks, Julks singles to left, and Lockhart bunts and the catcher tries to get Scheiner at 3rd, but isn’t successful
Triolo grounds out to 3rd, Baylor throws home and gets Scheiner - 1 out, bases still loaded
Lineout to short and Lockhart is doubled off
Bottom 2nd
Grounder to Julks that he throws about 5 feet to the right of Davis, passed ball moves the runner to 2nd, sac bunt moves him to 3rd, and a groundout to short scores the run…Bears lead 1-0
K#4 ends the inning
I think Julks is at 2B because Hollis is hitting .250 this year and the freshmen have been hitting so far. Basically wanted to get Julks back in the lineup after his early season slump and he’d been practicing prior to the season at 2B. Julks played 2B Wednesday vs. PVA&M.
However, that throw was awful and Julks is hitting .182 so far (although he did get a single in his 1st at-bat tonight).
