PREVIEW: Silver Glove Series Sweep in Reach

HOUSTON – The Houston baseball team will host Rice in a midweek game on Tuesday, concluding the 2024 installment of Silver Glove Series. The 200th meeting between the Cougars and Owls will be featured on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

HOUSTON (15-12) vs Rice (9-19)
Date \| Time	Tuesday, April 2 at 6:30 p.m.
Opponents	Rice (9-19)
Location	Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park \| Houston, Texas
Watch	Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Listen	The Varsity Network \| Jeremy Branham
Live Stats	UHStats.com
Game Notes	Houston \| Rice
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 200th all-time meeting between Houston and Rice dating back to 1948.
Houston won the 2024 Silver Glove Series after taking the first two games of the series from Rice March 19-20 – holding the Owls to just two hits in the first game and two runs in the second game.

QUICK HITTERS

Houston has not allowed a home run in nine games. The last time the Cougars did not give up a home run over a similar stretch was a 10-game stretch in 2017 (Feb. 24 - March 12). Houston went 13 games in 2016 without allowing a home run (April 30 - May 20).
The Cougars allowed just two hits on Saturday against TCU – the fewest hits allowed in a game this season (tied 3/19 vs Rice).
Saturday's loss in which the pitching staff gave up just two hits, marks the first time since Feb. 23, 2018 that the Cougar pitchers had allowed two hits or less and lost the game, losing a 15 inning game 2-1 at Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 23, 2018.
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. The Cardinals went on to sweep then #20 Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., over the weekend.
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

The Cougars led 4-1 after the top of the sixth inning, but a pair of errors allowed TCU to score four runs in the bottom half of the inning on its way to sweeping the series from Houston.

SERIES HISTORY
Houston record vs Rice                                    89-110
Last meeting                                                            W, 4-2, 3/20/24, Away
Streak                                                                           Houston, W2

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