University of Houston
32-16, 11-10
UCF
29-19, 14-7
Houston Earns 6-3 Win over UCF
5/6/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
HOUSTON -- Behind dominant relief pitching and early run support, Houston Baseball was able to wrap up its final home American Athletic Conference series with a 6-3 win over UCF at Schroeder Park.
With the victory, the Cougars improved to 29-19 on the year and 14-7 in American play, while UCF fell to 32-16 and 11-10 in league action.
HOUSTON HITS
- Jared Triolo walked in the first inning to extend his on-base streak to 14 games.
- Houston improved to 22-6 at home this season.
- Ryan Randel tossed a Houston career-long 5.2 innings in relief, surpassing his previous bullpen performance of 3.0 innings vs. USF on April 8.
- Tyler Bielamowicz recorded a career-high three hits.
- Connor Hollis played in his 200th career game.
TOP OFFENSIVE PLAYERS
Tyler Bielamowicz | 3x4, R, RBI
Cooper Coldiron | 1x4, R, 2 RBI
Nick Slaughter | 1x4, RBI
Lael Lockhart Jr. | 1x2, 2 R, 2 BB
Connor Hollis | 1x4, R
Grayson Padgett | 1x5
Houston out hit UCF, 8-7, led by sophomore Tyler Bielamowicz's three-hit day. He added a run and RBI.
Cooper Coldiron came up big with a two-out, two-RBI hit and scored a run, while Nick Slaughter added a hit and RBI.
Lael Lockhart Jr. scored twice and had a double, while Connor Hollis had a hit and scored his team-leading 41st run.
PITCHING BREAKDOWN
Brayson Hurdsman | 3.0 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
[W] Ryan Randel | 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
[S] Joey Pulido | 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Houston sophomore starter Brayson Hurdsman made his fourth start of 2018 and tossed 3.0 innings, allowing two earned runs on three hits with a pair of strikeouts.
He handed the ball over to junior Ryan Randel in the fourth inning and he went on to throw a career-long 5.2 shutout innings in relief, surrendering just four hits with a walk and two strikeouts for the win, moving to 4-4 on the year.
Senior Joey Pulido appeared out of the bullpen for the final out to earn his third save of 2018.
KEY INNINGS
1st | UCF scored a run in the top of the first after the lead off hitter reached via and error and later scored on a steal home.
Houston responded in strong fashion with four runs in the latter half of the frame on two hits and an error, highlighted by two, two-out RBI hits from Tyler Bielamowicz and Cooper Coldiron to make it 4-1.
2nd | UCF scored two runs on two sacrifice fly balls following a single and a sun-aided double to trim the Cougars' lead to 4-3 in the second.
3rd | Houston extended its lead with a pair of runs in the third on an RBI-single by Nick Slaughter and a double steal by Slaughter and Cooper Coldiron to make it 6-3 Cougars.
ON DECK
Houston will play its final home game this Tuesday when it welcomes Stephen F. Austin to campus. First pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: RANDEL, Ryan (4-4)
L: Triolo, Jared (3-2)
S: PULIDO, Joey (3)
Batting:
2B: Fuentes III, Rey 1
RBI: Bartlett, Charlie 1 ; Torres, Adams 1
SF: Bartlett, Charlie 1 ; Torres, Adams 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Alejo, Ray 1 ; Henry, Carter 1 ; Fuentes III, Rey 1
SB: Alejo, Ray 4
CS: Brown, Ron 1
HBP: Redden, Tucker 1
Batting:
2B: LOCKHART, Lael 1
RBI: BIELAMOWICZ, Tyler 1 ; COLDIRON, Cooper 2 ; SLAUGHTER, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: HOLLIS, Connor 1 ; TRIOLO, Jared 1 ; BIELAMOWICZ, Tyler 1 ; LOCKHART, Lael 2 ; COLDIRON, Cooper 1
SB: BIELAMOWICZ, Tyler 1 ; COLDIRON, Cooper 1 ; SLAUGHTER, Nick 1
