Houston Wins Series in 13-Inning Marathon

Saturday, May 9

Tucson, Ariz.

8 p.m. CT

University of Houston

22-28, 6-20

Arizona

17-32, 7-19

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Houston	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	23	3
Arizona	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	12	1

Tyler Cox celebrates while rounding the bases

5/10/2026 1:49:00 AM | Baseball

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Cougars collect 23 hits, their most since 2015, to take the series

TUCSON, ARIZ. – Behind a 23-hit offensive effort, Houston Baseball won the series against Arizona with a 7-5, 13-inning victory on Saturday night at Hi Corbett Field.

Senior Ryne Rodriguez (2-1) secured the win for Houston (22-28, 6-20), throwing the final 2.1 innings where he allowed one run on two hits and struck out one. Collin McKinney (3-6) took the loss, giving up three runs on seven hits in 3.0 innings for Arizona (17-32, 7-19).

PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS

Tyler Cox: 4-6, 2B, R, HBP, BB
Tre Broussard: 4-7, 2 R, 2B, RBI, SF, SB
Cade Climie: 3-7, R, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, BB
Riley Jackson: 3-6, R, 2B, HR, RBI, SH
Richie Roman: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

NOTABLES

Jackson hit his fifth go-ahead homer of the year.
Houston's first five leadoff batters recorded hits.
Houston hit its 20^th homer on the road this season.
The Cougars posted a season-high 23 hits. The mark is the program's highest since recording 24 against Memphis on May 23, 2015, in the American Athletic Conference Tournament.
Seven Cougars posted multi-hit games: senior Tyler Cox, junior Tre Broussard, senior Cade Climie, redshirt sophomore Xavier Perez, junior Riley Jackson, senior Carsten Sabathia III and freshman Blake Fields.
Broussard has reached base safely in each of his last 10 games.
The Cougars hit multiple homers for the 16^th time this season.
Houston has struck out 10+ opposing batters in four of its last five games.
The 13-inning game is tied for the 27th-longest in the country this season and for the longest Big 12 Conference game of the year.
The game was Houston's longest since a 7-5, 13-inning win against UTRGV on March 3, 2023.

GAME SUMMARY
The Cougars' offense was rolling at the plate early in the game, tallying nine hits in the first five innings including three in the first and two each in the second and third. Just as in game one, Houston grabbed the first lead of the game as Jackson hit a leadoff homer to start the second inning.

The one-run lead held until Arizona broke through with four in the fifth. Three straight singles scored Arizona's first run, and a sacrifice bunt gave the Wildcats a 2-1 lead. A two-run homer in the next at-bat from Carson McEntire put the home team up by three.

Houston answered in the seventh. Back-to-back singles from Cox and Broussard put a pair on and Climie hit his 10^th homer of the season to bring the score even at 4-4.

The score remained tied through regulation, and the teams continued the stalemate until the 12th inning, when Houston broke through on an RBI double from Climie. Arizona tied the game again in the bottom of the inning as Maddox Mihalakis tripled home a run, but Houston kept its offense rolling in the 13^th. After Fields reached on a single and Sabathia was hit by a pitch, LaLima broke the tie with a single to center that plated Fields. Cox singled in the next at-bat to load the bases and Broussard added another with a sacrifice fly that drove home Sabathia to push the lead to two.

Rodriguez finished the win in the bottom of the inning, sitting down the Wildcats in order to finish the marathon.

UP NEXT
The Cougars and Wildcats will close out the series at 1 p.m. CT on Sunday.

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