PREVIEW: Houston Welcomes St. John’s

HOUSTON – The Houston baseball team continues its eight-game home stand to open the season by hosting St. John's Friday-Sunday from Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park.

HOUSTON (4-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs. ST. JOHN'S (1-0, 0-0 Big East)
Date \| Time	Friday, Feb. 23 and Saturday, Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 25 at 1 p.m.
Opponent	St. John's (1-0)
Location	Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park
Watch	Big 12 Now on ESPN+ \| Matt Pedersen (pxp), Kyle Rogers (analyst)
Listen	The Varsity Network \| Jeremy Branham
Live Stats	UHStats.com
Starting Rotation	RHP Jaxon Jelkin (0-0, 2.25 ERA) vs RHP Xavier Kolhosser (1-0, 9.00) LHP Antoine Jean (0-0, 2.25 ERA) vs LHP Joe Mascio (0-0, 0.00) RHP Duncan Howard (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs RHP Mario Pesca (0-0, 0.00)
Game Notes	Houston \| St. John's
Media Center	Notes, media guide/record book, rosters, box scores, photos
Promotions	Check out all the fun at the ballpark

THE PROMOTIONS

Camper Weekend
- All campers from this last year get in free while wearing their camper shirt
Friday
- $7 Ticket at the Box Office (all-season promotion)
- 713 Shirt giveaway to the first 200 fans
Saturday
- $4 UH Faculty & Staff tickets
- Baseball Bingo by Cabo Bob's / Raising Canes Coogs Win You Win
Sunday
- Sunday 4-pack (4 tickets, 4 hot dogs, & 4 drinks for $40)
- 50 white youth t-shirts
- Kids (12 & Under) Get in free with Youth Jersey
- Pregame: Inflatables
- Postgame: Run the Bases, Team Autographs

THE SERIES

This is the first meeting between Houston and St. John's.

QUICK HITTERS

Houston's 27 runs on Tuesday night were the most since 1993 when the Cougars scored 27 against Illinois State.
The Cougars' 27 runs against Prairie View are tied for the second-most runs scored in a game in program history.
Each hitter in the starting lineup recorded a hit and RBI in the game on Tuesday against Prairie View.
Senior Justin Murray is currently on a 19-game hitting streak. With a hit on Friday, Murray will become the first Cougar to record a 20-game hitting streak since Brett Cooley in 2002.
Murray and senior Jake Rainess were named NCBWA Preseason All-Americans. Murray was named Second Team Utility while Rainess was tabbed Third Team Shortstop.
Both Murray and Rainess reeled in top 50 position rankings by D1Baseball. Rainess was named the #13 shortstop in America (fourth in the Big 12) while Murray was tabbed the #22 first baseman.
JuCo transfer junior Jaxon Jelkin was tabbed a top 150 starting pitcher by D1Baseball – the third ranked JuCo transfer pitcher on the list.
Houston was picked to finish ninth in the Big 12 Conference in its inaugural season – picked to finish above the three other newcomers and Baylor.
Whitting elevated Ross Kivett to Associate Head Coach after leading the Cougars' offense to its best average (.290) since 2017 (.290), the most home runs (73) since 2000 (75), most RBI (391) and stolen bases (113) since 2008 (421 and 142).
Houston brought in SEC experienced coaches Sean Kenny (pitching) and Matt Reida (recruiting coordinator) to the 2024 staff. Kenny brings a wealth of experience from Georgia while Reida joins the Cougars from Alabama.
Cougar legend Woody Williams returns to Houston as the Director of Pitching Strategy and Development to work closely with pitching coach Sean Kenny in what head coach Whitting describes as his "best pitching staff on paper" during his 14-year tenure.
Andy Davis was hired as Director of Analytics after multiple years at Georgia with Assistant Coach Sean Kenny.

LAST TIME OUT

Houston scored the second-most runs in school history by scoring 27 runs against Prairie View on Tuesday night.

SERIES HISTORY
Houston record vs St. John's 0-0
Last meeting first meeting
Streak never met

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