UTRGV enters Tuesday’s contest with an 8-0 record. UTRGV swept two four-game series vs. Texas Southern and Prairie View A&M. The Vaqueros are hitting .317 with 17 doubles, seven triples and five home runs. Jose Garcia leads the team with a .484 average, 12 runs and 15 hits. The pitching staff owns a 1.43 ERA with 80 strikeouts and 17 walks in 69.0 innings. SERIES HISTORY VS. UTRGV
Houston and UTRGV (previously Texas-Pan American) will meet for the 48th time. The Cougars own a 25-21-1 record vs. the Vaqueros. Houston and UTRGV have not met since head coach Todd Whitting took over in 2011. Houston swept the last meeting, a weekend series at Cougar Field, April 3-5, 2009. Last Meeting: April 5, 2009 | Houston won 15-3
Bottom 2nd
Lockhart gets a one-out infield single, Triolo then grounds into a fielder’s choice for the 2nd out
After a Triolo steal, Bielamowicz is hit by a pitch and then Etzel singles home Triolo to put the Coogs up 1-0
Top 3rd
Cumbie continues to flirt with trouble and continues to get out of it. Allows a leadoff double again, but gets a fly out, catches the runner leaning and picks him off, gives up a single, and then gets a flyout to end the inning.
Bottom 3rd
Wong works a long at bat for a walk and then Padgett triples him home…Coogs lead 2-0
Davis then singles home Padgett…Coogs lead 3-0
Scheiner then doubles and moves Davis to 3rd - still no outs. Scheiner now has an 8 game hitting streak
Lockhart gets an infield single to score Davis, moves Scheiner to 3rd…Coogs lead 4-0
New pitcher for UT-RGV.
Triolo Doubles to score Scheiner, Lockhart to 3rd…Coogs lead 5-0
Bielamowicz doubles home Lockhart and Triolo…Coogs lead 7-0
Etzel grounds out sharply to 2nd, moving Bielamowicz to 3rd with 1 out
Hollis Ks swinging
Wong hits a 2 run homer to left…Coogs lead 9-0
Padgett goes back-to-back to right…Coogs lead 10-0
They finally get Davis to fly out to right to end the inning.
T4…UH leads 10-0
Note: The talking has stopped coming from the UT-RGV dugout for some reason this inning.
Bottom 4th
Scheiner walks
Lockhart singles to center moving Scheiner to 2nd
Triolo flies out to center for the first out
Bielamowicz lines out to 3rd and Lockhart is doubled off 1st
Top 5th
Cumbie gives up a leadoff walk and a double to score a run…Coogs lead 10-1
And that’s it for Cumbie as he continues to try and make his way back into shape. Scuffled a bit tonight, but a solid outing. Carter Henry on in relief
Henry limits further damage by getting a flyout, groundout and a K
