University of Houston Athletics
Preview: Houston vs. Rice, Tuesday in SL
5/8/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
| HOUSTON (30-17) vs. RICE (22-26) | |
| MIDWEEK BREAKDOWN |
| LOCATION | Constellation Field | Sugar Land, Texas |
| GAMEDAY CENTRAL | GAMEDAY CENTRAL |
| LISTEN LIVE | UHCougars.com/baseradio |
| WATCH LIVE | No Video |
| GAMETRACKER | |
| SERIES HISTORY | Houston and Rice have met 183 previous times. |
| SERIES RECORD | Rice owns the all-time series, 105-78. |
| GAME NOTES | Game Notes |
HOUSTON -- Houston Baseball will meet Rice in the third and final game of the Silver Glove Series Tuesday in Sugar Land at Constellation Field. First pitch is slated for 7 p.m.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets for Tuesday's game at Constellation Field are $11 each and on sale through www.SugarLandSkeeters.com or by calling 281-240-4487.
Houston will be the designated home team and will occupy the third base dugout.
Parking will be $5 and cash only. Gates open at 6 p.m.
For more information on tickets, parking, general game information, visit www.SugarLandSkeeters.com or call 281-240-4487.
FOLLOW ALONG FROM SUGAR LAND
Listen Live: UHCougars.com/baseradio
Watch Live: No Video
GAMEDAY Central: UHCougars.com/gameday
QUICK HITS ON HOUSTON
- Houston enters the new week with an overall record of 30-17.
- Houston is led offensively by Jake Scheiner's .360 clip, 63 hits, 13 home runs and 44 RBI.
- Connor Wong follows with a .302 clip and 10 home runs, while leading the team with 44 runs scored and Joe Davis owns a .294 clip with seven home runs and 37 RBI for second-most on the team.
- The Cougars are 58-of-74 on the base paths, led by Connor Wong -- who has a team-leading 20 stolen bases.
- Houston's pitching owns a 3.29 ERA with 337 strikeouts to just 104 walks in 412.2 innings.
- Trey Cumbie paces the starting pitching staff with a 2.41 ERA and is 7-1 in 11 starts.
- Sophomore Mitch Ullom is 6-3, while owning a 3.28 ERA in 12 starts.
- Senior John King is 5-1 and owns a 3.26 ERA with three complete games to his name.
- Junior Seth Romero has struck out 85 in 48.2 innings.
- Freshman Carter Henry made last week's midweek start vs. Sam Houston State and struck out seven in 5.2 innings of work, but finished with the no-decision.
- Sophomore reliever Aaron Fletcher has a team-high six saves in 15 appearances and owns a 1.53 ERA with 28 strikeouts in 29.1 innings out of the bullpen.
- Head coach Todd Whitting begins his seventh season. He owns a Houston record of 238-167-1 and has led the Cougars to two NCAA Regional appearances, a conference tournament title (2014) and a conference regular-season title (2015).
HOUSTON'S LAST AT-BAT
- Houston is coming off a 2-2 week, which featured a big series win over American foe, UConn at Schroeder Park.
- The Cougars won Game 1, 6-5 in 10 innings and 9-1 in Game 2 on Saturday to clinch the series.
- Houston captured Win No. 30 on the year and moved to 30-17 overall and 11-7 in league play.
- Trey Cumbie tossed his second career complete game, helping the Cougars to a series win over the Huskies on Saturday.
- Connor Wong belted his 10th home run of the year in the series and became the first Cougar since Jake Stewart in 2008 to hit 10 home runs and steal 20 bases in one season.
QUICK HITS ON RICE
- Rice enters the week winners of six straight games and is now 22-26 overall.
- The Owls are coming off a C-USA road series sweep at Charlotte this past weekend and earned a midweek win last Tuesday vs. Lamar.
- Rice is hitting .286 as a team and slugging .417 with 32 home runs and 93 doubles.
- The Owls are led offensively by Dominic DiCaprio's .368 average, 63 his and 37 RBI. Ford Proctor and Ryan Chandler share the team lead with 41 runs scored.
- Rice is fielding .968 with 55 errors and is 30-of-49 on the base paths.
- The Owls pitching staff owns a 5.11 ERA and in 415.2 innings, Rice pitchers have fanned 381 hitters and walked 240.
- Zach Esquivel is 6-4 with a 2.94 ERA in 18 appearances and 11 starts for Rice. Matt Canterino leads the team with 79 strikeouts in 68.0 innings, while owning a 3.97 ERA and a 3-4 record in 12 starts.
- Closer Glenn Otto has six saves in 19 appearances and is 3-4 with a 5.12 ERA.
SILVER GLOVE SERIES VS. RICE
- Houston and Rice have met 183 times in program history, dating back to 1948.
- The Owls own the overall series, 105-78.
- The Silver Glove Series officially began in 1998.
- Houston was 2-1 last season vs. Rice with a 10-0 and 24-6 win, while falling 7-4.
- Rice has claimed the 2017 series with wins in the first two games, 9-0 and 4-3.
- Last Meeting | April 11, 2017 | Rice 4, Houston 3
ON DECK
Following Tuesday's game vs. Rice in Sugar Land, Houston Baseball will hit travel to New Orleans, La. to take on American Athletic Conference foe Tulane in a three-game set for the final conference road series of the season. The series will begin at 6:30 p.m. Friday, continue at 2:30 p.m. Saturday (CBS Sports Network) and wrap at 1 p.m. Sunday.
SINGLE GAME TICKETS FOR FINAL SERIES VS. CINCINNATI
Single game tickets can be purchased at UHCougars.com/tickets or by calling 713-GO-COOGS
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