Houston vs McNeese - Wednesday @ 6:30pm (L 13-5 in 14)

UP TO THE PLATE
Houston (2-1) vs. McNeese (2-1)
Feb. 20 | Don Sanders Field at Darryl & Lori Schroeder Park
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All-Time Series: Houston leads, 52-15

PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
Wednesday : Houston LHP Clay Aguilar (0-1, 9.00) vs. McNeese RHP Brad Kincaid (0-0, 0.00)

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.

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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.

Nice thing about Aguilar’s injury is that he got to redshirt last season since he didn’t pitch enough innings. Kid’s got a bright future ahead of him.

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Top 1st

Leadoff Single and a 1 out double put runners at 2nd/3rd. Aguilar strikes out the side, though and escapes trouble.

M1…No Score

Bottom 1st

Burckel is hit by a pitch and is erased on a double play. Triolo walks and steals 2nd, but is left stranded there.

T2…No Score

Top 2nd

1 out bloop single, but Aguilar picks him off. Adds a K as well.

M2…No Score

Bottom 2nd

Coogs down in order

T3…No Score

Top 3rd

1 out single, but Aguilar K’s 2 more.

M3…No Score

Bottom 3rd

Leadoff single by Minter, Lovelace sacrifices him over, and Burckell drives him home with a single (goes to 2nd on an error by the OF)…UH leads 1-0

Burckel to 3rd on an errant pickoff throw. Coogs are unable to get anything else.

T4…UH leads 1-0

Top 4th

Aguilar’s night is done. Spencer Hynes makes his debut,

Leadoff single, but nothing else doing.

M4…UH leads 1-0

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Bottom 4th

1 out single for Lockhart and 2 out walks to Hyland and Minter load the bases.

McNeese goes to their pen. Coogs can’t get a run in.

T5…UH leads 1-0

Top 5th

2 out single, but nothing else happening

M5…UH leads 1-0

Bottom 5th

Triolo is hit by a pitch with 2 outs and then Davis bombs one to center…UH leads 3-0

2 out single by Lockhart, but he’s left there.

T6…UH leads 3-0

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Top 6th

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

That’s it for Brown. Bayless is on to pitch now.

K ends the threat.

M6…UH leads 3-1