PREVIEW: Cougars Welcome Longhorns to Town

HOUSTON – The Houston baseball team hosts Texas in a pivotal three-game Big 12 Conference series Friday-Sunday in the friendly confines of Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park, reigniting the rivalry for the 133rd time.

HOUSTON (16-16, 4-11 Big 12) vs Texas (20-14, 7-5 Big 12)
Date \| Time	Friday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13 at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 14 at 1 p.m.
Opponents	Texas (20-14, 7-5 Big 12)
Location	Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park \| Houston, Texas
Watch	Big 12 Now on ESPN+ \| Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Listen	The Varsity Network \| Jeremy Branham
Live Stats	UHStats.com
Game Notes	Houston \| Texas
Media Center	Notes, media guide/record book, rosters, box scores, photos
Promotions	Check out all the fun at the ballpark

PROMOTIONS

Red Out Weekend – WEAR RED
Friday
- T-shirt giveaway to the first 150 fans, presented by Ford.
Saturday
- T-shirt giveaway to the first 150 fans, presented by Ford.
- Foam finger giveaway.
- Baseball bingo presented by Cabo Bob's / Raising Canes' Coogs Win You Win.
Sunday
- Kids Day – kids get in free when wearing their youth team jersey.
- Foam Cougar Paw giveaway.
- Postgam run the bases and player autographs.

THE SERIES

This is the fifth most played matchup in program history with the 133-135th meetings planned for this weekend.
Houston's last win against Texas in 2021 came in 11 innings thanks to a Tyler Bielamowicz walk off home run.
The Cougars are 3-7 in their last 10 games against the Longhorns.
Four of the last six matchups have been held in the Houston-metro area (2016 in Sugar Land, Texas).

QUICK HITTERS

Second baseman Harold Coll hit multiple home runs in Lubbock and is on a team-leading six-game hitting streak after notching his third three-hit game of the season.
Catcher Anthony Tulimero sprayed nine hits around the ballpark last week with a three-hit game against Rice and multiple hits in all four games. Tulimero is currently on a five-game hitting streak.
Center fielder Jacob Schoenvogel has hit safely in four consecutive games after notching his first three-hit game as a Cougar.
Catcher Jonathan French hit his team-leading seventh and eighth home runs of the season at Texas Tech. French has tied his single season-high for home runs (8) from the 2022 season when he was at Clemson.
The Cougars have hit multiple hom runs in four-consecutive games.
Houston's 10-game stretch not allowing a home run was snapped on Friday night at Texas Tech. The 10-game stretch is the second-longest in program history in the metal bat era.
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.
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.
Right-handed pitcher Duncan Howard gave up his first walk of the season in his fifth start on Sunday. He currently does not qualify for the NCAA lead in walks-per-nine innings after missing two starts.
The Cougars' conference opening sweep of Baylor was just the fourth conference opening series sweep by a Todd Whitting team (2024, 2018, 2013, 2011).
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.
Coll broke the Astros Foundation College Classic record for stolen bases in a game when he swiped a career-high three bags against Louisiana.
Houston's 27 runs against Prairie View were the most since 1993 when the Cougars scored 27 against Illinois State and tied for the second-most runs scored in a game in program history.

LAST TIME OUT

Houston led after the top of the first inning when Tulimero homered but failed to retake the lead after Sam Houston scored two in the bottom of the first and second innings.

SERIES HISTORY
Houston record vs Texas                                33-97-2
Last meeting                                                            L, 8-2, 3/7/21, Home
Streak                                                                           Texas, W1

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