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Pitchers, Arbolida Dominate Texas
4/12/2024 10:30:00 PM | Baseball
Arbolida hits two of Houston’s four home runs; Woodward, Citelli strikeout 16
HOUSTON – The Houston baseball team dominated all facets of the game in its 9-1 win over Texas on Friday night at Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park, hitting four home runs and striking out 16 Longhorns.
Houston's two arms of senior Owen Woodward and junior Cade Citelli limited the Longhorns (20-15, 7-6 Big 12) to just two hits and one lone run while striking out 16. Cougar pitchers have held three different teams to two hits in a game this season (March 19 vs Rice and March 30 at TCU).
Woodward threw 4.1 perfect innings, not allowing a base runner until giving up a solo home run. Woodward struck out his 10th batter the very next at bat but had to leave the game after 4.2 innings of one hit, one run work due to injury.
Woodward had a stretch where he retired six Longhorns in a row all via the strikeout.
Slated to start Saturday, Citelli emerged from the bullpen and proceeded to strike out the next Longhorn batter for the 11th strikeout of the game. The right-hander struck out five more Texas batters over his 4.1 innings of relief work.
The Cougars (17-16, 5-11 Big 12) started the scoring in the second after a Texas wild pitch. Two innings later Houston began a parade of hitting in which the Cougars scored two runs in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, hitting home runs in each inning.
Right fielder Cary Arbidola unleashed a bomb to center field for his first home run of the game in the fourth inning to give Houston a 3-0 lead.
In the bottom of the fifth, Houston put up two more runs after a solo shot from catcher Jonathon French and an RBI single from third baseman Anthony Tulimero.
Arbolida hit his second two-run home run in the sixth inning to give Houston a 7-1 lead.
Tulimero drove in two more when he hit his second home run in as many games, a two-run blast to left field to put the Cougars up 9-1.
Houston has recorded 10+ hits in six straight games and five or more runs in the last five games.
UP NEXT
Houston will continue the series against the Longhorns Saturday at 6:30 at Schroeder Park. The game will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
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Houston's two arms of senior Owen Woodward and junior Cade Citelli limited the Longhorns (20-15, 7-6 Big 12) to just two hits and one lone run while striking out 16. Cougar pitchers have held three different teams to two hits in a game this season (March 19 vs Rice and March 30 at TCU).
Woodward threw 4.1 perfect innings, not allowing a base runner until giving up a solo home run. Woodward struck out his 10th batter the very next at bat but had to leave the game after 4.2 innings of one hit, one run work due to injury.
Woodward had a stretch where he retired six Longhorns in a row all via the strikeout.
Slated to start Saturday, Citelli emerged from the bullpen and proceeded to strike out the next Longhorn batter for the 11th strikeout of the game. The right-hander struck out five more Texas batters over his 4.1 innings of relief work.
The Cougars (17-16, 5-11 Big 12) started the scoring in the second after a Texas wild pitch. Two innings later Houston began a parade of hitting in which the Cougars scored two runs in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, hitting home runs in each inning.
Right fielder Cary Arbidola unleashed a bomb to center field for his first home run of the game in the fourth inning to give Houston a 3-0 lead.
In the bottom of the fifth, Houston put up two more runs after a solo shot from catcher Jonathon French and an RBI single from third baseman Anthony Tulimero.
Arbolida hit his second two-run home run in the sixth inning to give Houston a 7-1 lead.
Tulimero drove in two more when he hit his second home run in as many games, a two-run blast to left field to put the Cougars up 9-1.
Houston has recorded 10+ hits in six straight games and five or more runs in the last five games.
UP NEXT
Houston will continue the series against the Longhorns Saturday at 6:30 at Schroeder Park. The game will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
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.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Citelli, Cade (2-0)
L: Grubbs, Max (4-2)
Batting:
HR: Gasparino, Will 1
RBI: Gasparino, Will 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gasparino, Will 1
Batting:
HR: Tulimero, Anthony 1 ; Arbolida, Cary 2 ; French, Jonathan 1
RBI: Tulimero, Anthony 3 ; Arbolida, Cary 4 ; French, Jonathan 1
SH: DeJesus, Coby 1 ; Arbolida, Cary 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DeJesus, Coby 1 ; Murray, Justin 1 ; Tulimero, Anthony 2 ; Coll, Harold 1 ; Reese, Ace 1 ; Arbolida, Cary 2 ; French, Jonathan 1
SB: Schoenvogel, Jacob 1
CS: Schoenvogel, Jacob 1
HBP: Tulimero, Anthony 1 ; Reese, Ace 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
2
H
3
RBI
3
AB
5
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
2
H
2
RBI
4
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
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