““We came out, obviously, ready to play today. I’m proud of the ball club for responding to a really tough loss last night [against Iowa],” said UH head coach Todd Whitting. “Overall, great effort. John King was lights out again. Then [Fred Villarreal] coming in there at the back half and doing his thing. Obviously, the offense put up a lot of runs. Overall, complete effort and played great defense as well.”
“I kept asking (assistant) coach (Trip) Couch who stands next to me, ‘How many outs? How many outs? How many outs?’ Just to make sure I don’t mess up the game,” Whitting said.
UH sent 14 batters to the plate as three Baylor pitchers - Cody Bradford, Kyle Ott and Drew Robertson - combined to throw 67 pitches in the one-half inning.
“We just went ahead and put up a bunch of runs and kind of killed their hope,” said Davis, who went 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBIs.