PREVIEW: Cougars Head to Preseason Favorites

HOUSTON – The Houston baseball team returns to Big 12 Conference action Thursday-Saturday at preaseason favorites TCU, with all games being featured on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

HOUSTON (15-9, 4-5 Big 12) at TCU (17-7, 2-7 Big 12)
Date \| Time	Thursday, March 28 at 6 p.m. Friday, March 29 at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 30 at 2 p.m.
Opponents	TCU (17-7, 2-7 Big 12)
Location	Fort Worth, Texas
Watch	Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Listen	The Varsity Network \| Lonnie King
Live Stats	UHStats.com
Game Notes	Houston \| TCU
Media Center	Notes, media guide/record book, rosters, box scores, photos
Promotions	Check out all the fun at the ballpark

THE SERIES

This is the seventh-most played matchup in Houston baseball history as Houston and TCU meet for the 104th-106th times.
Houston is 52-49-2 all-time against TCU.
The first meeting against TCU came in 1973.
The Cougars have not played a three-game series at TCU since 2011.

QUICK HITTERS

Houston won its 2,000th game in program history on Tuesday against Lamar.
The Cougars snapped Lamar's Division I-leading 13-game winning streak with a 6-4 win on Tuesday.
First baseman Justin Murray has a season-long seven-game hit streak.
Senior Jake Rainess is quietly on a season-long five-game hit streak.
Second baseman Harold Coll set a career-best with five RBI on Saturday against BYU, driving in two on a home run and then a three-RBI double in the eighth inning.
Houston's 5,547 fans over the three-game series against Baylor was the seventh-largest three-game series crowd in program history.
Right-handed pitcher Duncan Howard has not allowed a walk in four starts this season. He is the only pitcher in Division I that has not allowed a walk this season.
The Cougars' conference opening sweep of Baylor was just the fourth conference opening series sweep by a Todd Whitting team (2024, 2018, 2013, 2011).
Houston was perfect in extra-inning games in 2023 (6-0) and is 1-1 so far this year after playing two extra-inning games at the Astros Foundation College Classic.
Murray's three-double performance against Louisiana was the first three-double game by a Cougar since Lael Lockhart Jr. at Memphis on 4/13/17.
Second baseman Harold Coll broke the Astros Foundation College Classic record for stolen bases in a game when he swiped a career-high three bags against Louisiana.
Right-handed pitcher Jaxon Jelkin was named to the Astros Foundation College Classic All-Tournament team after striking out eight hitters in 5.1 innings.
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 had his 22-game hitting streak snapped against UTSA. It matched 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.

LAST TIME OUT

Houston won its 2,000th game in program history on Tuesday night against Lamar.

SERIES HISTORY
Houston record vs TCU                                    52-49-2
Last meeting                                                            L, 10-0, 2/20/22, Neutral
Streak                                                                           TCU, W6

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