UP TO THE PLATE
Houston (2-1) vs. McNeese (2-1)
Feb. 20 | Don Sanders Field at Darryl & Lori Schroeder Park Live Stats | Live Stream | Live Audio
All-Time Series: Houston leads, 52-15
SINGLES
• Houston enters the midweek matchup with a 2-1 record. The Cougars bested Northwestern State, 5-3 and 5-4, with a pair of walkoffs in the bottom of the ninth on Friday and Saturday. On Friday night, junior shortstop Kobe Hyland hit a two-run, walk-off home run, and on Saturday, sophomore catcher Kyle Lovelace hit a walk-off single to clinch the series. Houston fell 2-1 in 11 innings in the series finale.
• Senior first baseman Joe Davis recorded a three-run home run on Friday and had a double on Sunday for his 82nd and 83rd career extra-base hits to break the Houston all-time record, previously held Brandon Caraway (82, 1997-2000).
• Junior third baseman Jared Triolo leads the Cougars with a .385 batting average. The Austin native went 5-for-13 with two runs scored and two multi-hit games over the weekend.
• Houston stole three bases in its series finale with the Demons, as Triolo, Tyler Bielamowicz and Drew Minter all swiped bases.
• On the mound, junior righty Devon Roedahl picked up two wins in relief. Roedahl tossed three scoreless innings, recording two strikeouts and one out.
• On Friday night, junior righty Fred Villarreal tossed five and one-third scoreless innings.
• Junior Lael Lockhart Jr. recorded five scoreless innings, logging a career-high eight strikeouts in a no-decision.
• Houston is batting .248 as a team and has a 2.79 ERA, compared to opponents’ .200 average and 3.58 ERA.
ON McNEESE
• The Cowboys enter Wednesday with a 2-1 record. McNeese won 16-5 and 12-3 at UTSA before falling 5-2 in the series finale in San Antonio to open the season.
• Senior outfielder Shane Selman, the Southland Conference’s 2017 Hitter of the Year, leads the team with a .400 batting average. Selman went 6-for-15, recording one double, one triple, one home run, six RBI and four runs scored.
• McNeese is batting .279 as a team and has a 3.46 ERA, compared to opponents’ .232 average and 7.67 ERA.
• In 2018, McNeese finished 25-33 overall with a 15-15 mark in SLC play.
Ended up not being able to make it tonight; middle son had to go to the ER this morning at 4:30 as he had a lump growing on his throat. Turns out it was some carryover from the flu (swollen lymph node) he had this weekend. I’m going to try to make it out this weekend.
2 1-out walks and that’s it for Hynes. Ron Brown on to pitch.
Another walk loads the bases. Brown gets a grounder back to him and he throws the runner out at the plate for the 2nd out. However, he walks the next batter on 4 pitches…UH leads 3-1