UP TO THE PLATE Houston (17-15, 3-6 The American) at Sam Houston State (20-9, 12-3 Southland) April 9 | Don Sanders Stadium | Huntsville, Texas Live Stats | ESPN+ | Live Audio All-Time Series: Houston trails, 83-84 Complete Game Notes (PDF)
ON SAM HOUSTON STATE • The Bearkats enter the week with a 20-9 record. • SHSU, who is No. 29 in the Collegiate Baseball Top 30, is coming off a series sweep of Lamar in Southland Conference action winning 15-6, 6-5 and 8-4. • Sophomore right fielder Jack Rogers was named the SLC Hitter of the Week on Monday. After recording a walk and an RBI double against Rice on Tuesday, Rogers hit safely in his first three at-bats in the series opener against Lamar, highlighting the game with an inside-the-park home run. In Saturday’s doubleheader, Rogers hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth of first game and followed with a 2-for-5 effort in the series finale. • Rogers is tied for the SLC lead in doubles (12) and is third in slugging percentage (.613). Senior designated hitter Jordan Cannon (.400) and freshman third base Colton Cowser (.385) ranks second and third in the SLC in batting average. Cannon is also second in on-base percentage (.490), while Cowser is also third in RBI (33). • Bearkats Hunter Hearn (First Team), Clayton Harp (Second Team) and Wesneski (Second Team) were named Preseason All-SLC. All three were named All-Conference in 2018. • The Bearkats, who have won four SLC titles in the last four seasons (2016 regular season and conference tournament, 2017 conference tournament, 2018 regular season), were tabbed to repeat in the SLC Preseason Poll entering the 2019 season. • SHSU is batting .306 as a team and has a 4.73 ERA, compared to opponents’ .277 average and 6.06 ERA.
As frustrating as the season has been this year, the next 5 games could help spring the Coogs back into the tourney conversation. @SHSU tonight, @WSU this weekend, and home against the Aggies next Tuesday. 5 Games against Top 65 RPI competition, 4 of them on the road. If Coogs can find a way to go 4-1, they’ll move up.
After that, Coogs schedule gets much easier until the end of the season and they can rack up some wins.
I’m not home and was looking at the stats every now and then, put my phone down to talk with someone and we were tied at 2, looked at it again and we scored six runs. I like what happening tonight!
Again we have a big lead and Rooney is still trying to strike everyone out 90 percent change ups what about pounding the zone with fastballs it’s so bad
I finally get to be at a game to see everything and I feel so bad for our pitchers poor Hurdsman another ground ball that Joe needs to just go to the bag and of course we don’t get him and a routine fly to center drop so sad
Rooney needs to leave pitchers in long enough to get their groove. Each pitcher has a pitch they excel in but he’s trying to clone them all to pitch the same and it’s not working well… seems like he has about 3 pitchers he will let stay in reguardless of how many times they mess up and others he will pull after a few minor mistakes!
He just doesn’t get it, Carter Henry last year has a dirty curveball so what does he do has the kid throw it 90% of the time Randal comes here with a great change he throws it 80% of the time all the other teams have scouting reports for these kids and know to sit on those pitches its so sad to watch
It’s as if he’s setting certain pitchers up for failure. I’ve been watching baseball a long time. I’ve never seen coaching like this. I’ve also been a fan of the coogs for a long time. I’d like to see these boys be developed and set up for success like so many past Cougars.