PREVIEW: Cougars Welcome Roadrunners for Midweek

HOUSTON – The Houston baseball team wraps up its eight-game home stand to open the season with a midweek against UTSA on Tuesday at 3 p.m. from Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park.

HOUSTON (6-1, 0-0 Big 12) vs. UTSA (3-5, 0-0 American)
Date \| Time	Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 3 p.m.
Opponent	UTSA (3-5)
Location	Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park
Watch	Big 12 Now on ESPN+ \| Garrett Jones (pxp), Gene Flores (analyst)
Listen	The Varsity Network \| Lonnie King
Live Stats	UHStats.com
Starting Pitchers	TBD vs TBD
Game Notes	Houston \| UTSA
Media Center	Notes, media guide/record book, rosters, box scores, photos
Promotions	Check out all the fun at the ballpark

THE PROMOTIONS

Tuesday
- Free t-shirts to the first 100 students
- Free admission to the game with men's basketball ticket for 2/27
- $2 Sodas at the concessions stands
- Free Hot dogs for the first 50 students
- $2 Ticket at the Box Office on game day
- Double points for The Pride Rewards App

THE SERIES

Houston has won two of the last three meetings at Schroeder Park.
UTSA run-ruled Houston in the most recent meeting.
Senior Justin Murray is the lone Cougar from last year's game to record a hit.
This is the first meeting in Houston between the two teams since 2019.

QUICK HITTERS

The Cougars have won 11 series in a row (three-game series).
Houston's 27 runs against Prairie View 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.
First baseman Justin Murray is currently on a 22-game hitting streak. matching Brett Cooley's 22-game hit streak back in 2002.
Murray and shortstop 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 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 lost its first game of the season 11-6 after spraying 12 singles and a home run around the yard against St. John's.

SERIES HISTORY
Houston record vs St. John's                         18-13
Last meeting                                                   L, 12-2 (7 inn.) 2/22/23
Streak                                                              UTSA, W1

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