University of Houston Athletics
Houston Hosts Baylor for Doubleheader on Tuesday
4/7/2014 12:00:00 AM | Softball
April 7, 2014
| HOUSTON (23-10) vs. No. 13 BAYLOR (28-6) | |
|---|---|
| Tickets | UHCougars.com | 713-GO-COOGS |
| When | April 8 | 4 and 6 p.m. |
| Location | Cougar Softball Stadium |
| Video/Audio | Game 1 | 2 |
| Live Stats | Game | |
| Series History | Baylor leads, 14-9 |
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HOUSTON - The University of Houston Softball program hosts No. 13 Baylor on Tuesday at Cougar Softball Stadium presented by Houston Hilton. The two teams play a doubleheader starting at 4 and 6 p.m. for Student Appreciation Night and will play in front of a stadium decked in red for the annual RED OUT game.
PROMOTIONS
The first 100 students in attendance will receive free shirts and all UH fans are encouraged to wear red for the RED OUT event.
Houston's famous food truck scene will be in place outside the stadium gates with Mom & Eddies, Hungry Lumberjacks and Bernie's Burger Bus all serving fans food with refreshments available at the concession stand.
The game is presented by the Houston Hilton with Britt Udemi throwing out the first pitch. J-Mac, the co-host of the Mad Hatter Morning Show on 97.9 The Box, will throw out the first pitch for the second game.
ON AIR
Houston fans can watch the action from Cougar Softball Stadium on All Access with Crawford and Katy Beth Jones on the call.
ON HOUSTON (23-10 | 9-0)
The Cougars are riding an 11-game winning streak after sweeping UConn, Louisville and Temple to start American Athletic Conference play first in the league. Houston has also earned wins over Texas and No. 18 Texas A&M during the winning streak.
UH ranks No. 16 in the nation in scoring averaging 6.39 runs per game after outscoring UConn 36-8 over the weekend. Five Cougars have scored over 20 runs this season with leadoff batter Selena Hernandez leading the pack with her total of 33.
Haley Outon paces the program in the power department with her nine home runs and 35 RBI. After last weekend, Outon now holds the school single-season and career records for home runs and RBI, holding a monopoly over the power numbers. She now has 179 RBI in her career and 52 home runs.
Diedre Outon holds Houston's lowest ERA (2.44) and best record (11-5) for the UH pitching crew and moved into a tie for the fifth-most career wins picking up No. 40 last weekend. Julana Shrum (8-3) earned the win for UH against No. 18 Texas A&M last week and sports a 3.37 ERA.
ON BAYLOR (28-6 | 3-1)
Baylor enters the series after winning 16 of their last 18 games. The Bears will look to stop the potent UH attack with one of the nation's top pitching staffs who have combined to hold the No. 6 ERA in the country at 1.39.
All three of the Baylor hurlers posses sub-2.00 ERAs with Heather Stearns' 1.05 mark ranking best on the staff. Whitney Canion holds a 1.51 mark and a 15-5 record throwing 144 strikeouts in 111.1 innings. Stearns has 86 over 73.0 innings of work to support her 10-1 record.
Kaitlyn Thumann holds a 4.27 batting average and has scored 30 times to lead the program in both statisitcs. As a team, Baylor is hitting .321 and slugging .491 with Clare Hosack providing the most home runs (9) and RBI (34) on the squad.
SERIES HISTORY
Houston trails 14-9 in the all-time series with the two teams splitting the series in Waco, Texas, last year. Baylor won the opening game 4-1 before the Cougars rallied for a 5-3 win behind starting pitcher Diedre Outon to claim the win.
UP NEXT
Houston travels to Memphis this weekend and continue American Athletic Conference action with a three-game series against the Tigers this weekend. The two teams play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 1 and 3 p.m. before wrapping up the series on Sunday at noon
