Houston vs. McNeese State Game 1 (W 13-9)

Bottom 6th
Coogs go in order

T7…UH leads 12-2

Top 7th
Redden in for Lovelace and Lester on for Edwards. McNeese goes down in order.

M7…UH leads 12-2

Bottom 7th
Coldiron with a leadoff walk and Etzel singles to right. Hollis singles to right to drive in Coldiron…13-2 Coogs

T8…UH leads 13-2

Top 8th
Sundgren comes on in relief of Lester

Sundgren’s struggles continue as he walks the bases loaded with no outs. He then walks the next guy on 4 pitches to bring home a run. 13-3 Coogs.

Griffin Hattingh on for Sundgren

Wild Pitch scores another run. 13-4 Coogs

Single drives in 2 more. 13-6 Coogs. Still nobody out.

Hattingh gets a popout and a groundout and is relieved by Kyle Ott. 2 outs, runner at 2nd.

Passed Ball moves the runner to 3rd and Ott walks his 1st batter on 4 pitches. Double to left scores 2 more. 13-8 Coogs

A flyout to center finally ends the inning

M8…UH leads 13-8

Bottom 8th
Fuentes singles to right and Minter HBP to leadoff the inning, but the Coogs get nothing out of it.

T9…UH leads 13-8

Top 9th
Lockhart on to pitch
HBP to leadoff the inning
6-4-3 double play
Single to left
Double to right scores a run…13-9 Coogs. Tying run now in the hole
That’s it for Lockhart; Carter Henry on to pitch
Foul out to 3rd ends it

COOGS WIN!!! 13-9

San Diego comes in this weekend.

http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/030718aaa.html

HOUSTON HITS

Joe Davis extended his on-base streak to 13 games, dating back to 2017.
Drew Minter tallied another double for his team-leading seven and third straight game with a two-bagger.
Hunter Edwards threw 2.0 shutout innings in relief to earn his first career win as a Cougar.
Lael Lockhart Jr. has a hit in 10 of the 11 games he has played.
Jared Triolo has reached base in 11 straight games.
Every Houston starter had a hit and eight of the nine starters had an RBI.

TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYERS
Lael Lockhart Jr. | 3x5, R, 3 RBI
Cooper Coldiron | 1x4, 3 R, 3 RBI
Landon Etzel | 3x5, R, 2 RBI, 2B
Connor Hollis | 2x3, 2 R, RBI, 2B
Joe Davis | 2x4, R, RBI
Rey Fuentes III | 2x5, R
Drew Minter | 2x4, 2 R, RBI, 2B
Jared Triolo | 1x5, R, RBI
Kyle Lovelace | 1x3, R, RBI

The Houston offense recorded a season-best 17 hits, three for extra base hits. All nine starters had a hit, while eight had an RBI. Lael Lockhart Jr. led the offense with three hits and three RBI, while Cooper Coldiron drove in three RBI.

Tallying a multi-hit game for the Cougars were Landon Etzel, Connor Hollis, Joe Davis, Rey Fuentes III and Drew Minter.

PITCHING BREAKDOWN
Nolan Bond | 4.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
[W] Hunter Edwards | 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Dylan Lester | 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Trevis Sundgren | 0.0 IP, 0 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 0 K
Griffin Hattingh | 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Kyle Ott | 0.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 0 K
Lael Lockhart Jr. | 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Carter Henry | 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Redshirt freshman Hunter Edwards picked up his first win as a Cougar, tossing 2.0 shutout innings in relief. He moves to 1-0.

Junior Nolan Bond earned his first start of 2018 and tossed 4.0 innings, allowing one earned run on five hits and one walk, while fanning one.

The Houston bullpen saw Dylan Lester, Trevis Sundgren, Griffin Hattingh, Kyle Ott, Lockhart and Carter Henry in the final 3.0 innings of work.

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