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Photo by: Brian Westerholt / Four Seam Images
Cougars Win Silver Glove Series
3/20/2024 10:51:00 PM | Baseball
Young bats give Houston the lead, young arms shut the door on Rice
HOUSTON – With the bases loaded and one out in the ninth, freshman Diego Luzardo took the mound and threw three pitches inducing a game ending double play to hand the Houston baseball team the 2024 Silver Glove Series thanks to a 4-2 win at Rice on Wednesday night.
Houston (14-6) scored a trio of runs late in the game to take a 4-1 lead and the bullpen held on, stranding the bases loaded twice to keep the Silver Glove at Schroeder Park for the third-consecutive season.
The Cougars used a towering home run off the bat of designated hitter Kenneth Jimenez in the third inning to open the scoring. Jimenez hit the first-pitch breaking ball to left field for his first Division I home run.
Houston pushed across the go-ahead run in the seventh inning on a double off the bat of left fielder Ace Reese. The freshman smashed a 3-0 fastball into the left-center gap scoring first baseman Justin Murray from first base.
In the eighth inning, Houston scored a pair of runs on an RBI single by pinch hitter Coby DeJesus and a bases loaded walk to Murray.
Rice (8-13) threatened in the fourth inning after putting runners on the corners after the Cougars extended the inning with a throwing error. But, right-handed pitcher Owen Woodward induced a strikeout to temper the threat.
The Owls scored their first run in the fifth inning on a bases loaded sacrifice fly. The hosts threatened again in the seventh with the bases loaded, but righty Ryan Dollar came out of the bullpen and threw three-straight strikes to punch out the final out of the inning and leave the bases loaded.
UP NEXT
Houston returns home for its second Big 12 Conference home series of the season against Kansas State Friday-Sunday at Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park. All three games will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. It is the first meeting against Kansas State since 2009. Friday's game features a Pit Viper sunglasses giveaway to the first 250 fans through the gates of the ballpark.
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Fans can receive updates by following @UHCougarBB on X, formerly known as Twitter, and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team's Facebook page at Houston Cougar Baseball. Fans can also follow the team on Instagram at @uhcougarbb.
Houston (14-6) scored a trio of runs late in the game to take a 4-1 lead and the bullpen held on, stranding the bases loaded twice to keep the Silver Glove at Schroeder Park for the third-consecutive season.
The Cougars used a towering home run off the bat of designated hitter Kenneth Jimenez in the third inning to open the scoring. Jimenez hit the first-pitch breaking ball to left field for his first Division I home run.
Houston pushed across the go-ahead run in the seventh inning on a double off the bat of left fielder Ace Reese. The freshman smashed a 3-0 fastball into the left-center gap scoring first baseman Justin Murray from first base.
In the eighth inning, Houston scored a pair of runs on an RBI single by pinch hitter Coby DeJesus and a bases loaded walk to Murray.
Rice (8-13) threatened in the fourth inning after putting runners on the corners after the Cougars extended the inning with a throwing error. But, right-handed pitcher Owen Woodward induced a strikeout to temper the threat.
The Owls scored their first run in the fifth inning on a bases loaded sacrifice fly. The hosts threatened again in the seventh with the bases loaded, but righty Ryan Dollar came out of the bullpen and threw three-straight strikes to punch out the final out of the inning and leave the bases loaded.
UP NEXT
Houston returns home for its second Big 12 Conference home series of the season against Kansas State Friday-Sunday at Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park. All three games will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. It is the first meeting against Kansas State since 2009. Friday's game features a Pit Viper sunglasses giveaway to the first 250 fans through the gates of the ballpark.
BUY TICKETS
Don't miss any of the action, purchase your single-game tickets to any of the 34 Houston Cougar baseball games inside Schroeder Park by clicking here.
BUY FLEX PLAN
Can't make all 34 games this season? No problem, buy a flex plan and pick which games you want to attend in 2024 (excluding the Texas series April 12-14 – flex plan game selection begins in January).
SUPPORT THE COUGARS
Fans can make a direct impact on the success of Houston Baseball by supporting LinkingCoogs – UH's very own NIL collective, and by joining the Dugout Club which provides financial support directly to Houston Baseball for needs beyond its operating budget.
STAY CONNECTED
Fans can receive updates by following @UHCougarBB on X, formerly known as Twitter, and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team's Facebook page at Houston Cougar Baseball. Fans can also follow the team on Instagram at @uhcougarbb.
– UHCougars.com –
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: LaCalameto, Kyle (2-0)
L: Karl Ralamb (0-2)
S: Luzardo, Diego (1)
Batting:
2B: Reese, Ace 1 ; Arbolida, Cary 1
HR: Jimenez, Kenneth 1
RBI: Jimenez, Kenneth 1 ; Murray, Justin 1 ; Reese, Ace 1 ; DeJesus, Coby 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jimenez, Kenneth 1 ; Murray, Justin 1 ; Jones, Tre 1 ; Lyssy, Thomas 1
HBP: Arbolida, Cary 2
Batting:
2B: Kyte McDonald 1
3B: Kyte McDonald 1
RBI: Kyte McDonald 1 ; Manny Garza 1
SH: Manny Garza 1
SF: Manny Garza 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kyte McDonald 1 ; Tobias Motley 1
SB: Christian Salazar 1
HBP: Treyton Rank 2 ; Christian Salazar 1
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