University of Houston Athletics
Silver Glove Series Continues This Weekend at Reckling Park
3/31/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 31, 2010
HOUSTON - The University of Houston baseball team will continue its annual cross-town rivalry, the Silver Glove Series, Thursday night during the opening contest of a three-game series against Rice at Reckling Park.
With the Easter holiday on Sunday, the series will begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday before continuing at 6:30 p.m. Friday and concluding Saturday at 2 p.m. The Cougars also make their first TV appearance of the season, as the first two games of the series will air live on Comcast Sports Southwest (CSS). Check your local listings for channel information. It will be the first time that Houston will make an appearance on CSS and they are 19-20 all-time in games on TV.
Live stats and live video streaming will be available for all three games by logging on to UHCougars.com. The live audio broadcast will also be available on the Houston website.
Houston (12-11; 2-1 C-USA) is 0-1 this season against the Owls, after dropping a mid-week contest 8-2 on March 2 on the Rice campus. The Cougars are 70-80 all-time against Rice and have not won the annual Sliver Glove Series since 2000.
Last season, in the three-game conference series, the Cougars won the opening game, 7-4, at Cougar Field before dropping the final two games of the match-up. The Owls then won both mid-week match-ups to take the series 1-3. They two teams met for a fifth time at the Conference USA Championship, resulting in a 7-2 Rice win.
The Cougars will look to improve on their 2-1 mark in Conference USA action after Houston won the final two games of the series against UCF last weekend, including a 20-3 win on Sunday. Zak Presley leads the team in batting average with a .385 mark and is also one of seven Cougars to have at least 10 RBIs.
The Owls are 14-12 on the season, after defeating Lamar, 7-2, Tuesday night in Beaumont, Texas. They opened league play last weekend against Memphis, going 1-2. The Tigers took the first two games of the series, with the Owls winning the final game to get into the win column in league play. Michael Fuda paces the team with a .382 batting average and Boogie Anagnostou has posted a team-low 4.24 ERA in seven appearances.
UP NEXT
Following the Silver Glove Series, Houston will host a mid-week contest against Sam Houston State on April 6, before opening a three-game home series against TCU on April 9-11.
