Houston Wins Fifth Consecutive Silver Glove Series

Tuesday, April 21

Houston, Texas

6:30 p.m.

University of Houston

18--21

Rice

24-18

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Houston	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	7	1
Rice	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	2

Cade Climie jogs around the bases after hitting a homer

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Cougars win eighth straight against crosstown rival Rice

HOUSTON – For the fifth year in a row, the Silver Glove stays on Cullen Boulevard. Houston Baseball, powered by a two-out homer from junior Riley Jackson in the ninth inning, slid past rival Rice, 4-3, at Reckling Park on Tuesday night.

Junior Richie Roman (2-0) picked up the win for Houston (18-21) after tossing the final 1.1 no-hit innings, allowing just two baserunners. Giving up the go-ahead homer in the ninth, Jackson Blank (0-2) took the loss on the mound for Rice (24-18).

Player Highlights

Tyler Cox: 2-4, R, BB
Riley Jackson: 2-4, HR, RBI, R, HBP
Cade Climie: 1-4, HR, RBI, R, BB
Alex Solis: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 K, 0 BB

Notables

Senior Cade Climie has reached base safely in his last 13 games. The streak is tied for the second-longest by a Cougar this season and is the longest active streak on the team.
Junior Alex Solis tied his season-high with six strikeouts.
Senior Tyler Cox has multiple hits in five of his last eight games.
Houston recorded its 12^th multi-homer game of the season as both Climie and Jackson hit home runs.
The Cougars won by a score of 4-3 for the 81^st time in program history. A 4-3 win is the second most common result for Houston, only behind 3-2 (87 occurrences).
The game's start was delayed by 1:15 due to rain.

Game Summary
The Cougars grabbed the first lead of the game as redshirt sophomore Xavier Perez picked up his team-leading 31^st RBI of the season by driving home Cox in the opening frame. Houston added another in the second, capitalizing on a Rice miscue during a sacrifice bunt that allowed senior Antonelli Savattere to score.

Rice tied the game in the bottom of the second with a pair of runs on three hits, but Houston answered in the fifth as Climie hit his fifth homer of the season to put the Cougars up 3-2.

The Owls again tied the game in the bottom of the seventh and after a scoreless eighth, sent the game to a decisive ninth inning. After the first two Cougar batters were retired to start the final inning, Jackson sent the first pitch he saw over the left-field fence to put Houston up 4-3. Rice managed to get a pair of runners on base, but Roman shut the door to secure the victory.

UP NEXT
Houston remains on the road, heading north to face another in-state rival in TCU. The three-game series starts at 6 p.m. Friday, continues at 1 p.m. Saturday and concludes at 1 p.m. Sunday. All three games will be streamed on ESPN+.

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