University of Houston
8-7
UTSA
7-10
Houston Two-Hits UTSA in 4-2 Win
3/12/2019 11:10:00 PM | Baseball
Eight pitchers carry no-hit bit through four innings, combine for two-hitter
HOUSTON -- The University of Houston Baseball team defeated UTSA, 4-2, on Tuesday night at Don Sanders Field at Darryl & Lori Schroeder Park.
With the decision, the Cougars pick up their fourth straight victory and improve to 8-7 on the season, while the Roadrunners fall to 7-10.
KEY INNINGS
1st | With two outs in the bottom of the first inning, junior third baseman Jared Triolo drew a walk before trotting home on a no-doubter over the left-field wall from senior first baseman Joe Davis in the next at-bat.
2nd | After UTSA got on the board with an unearned run via two errors in the top of the second, Houston added another run in the bottom frame. Cougars Brett Esau, Kobe Hyland and Lael Lockhart Jr. all singled to load the bases with no outs before a double play allowed Esau to score for a 3-0 lead.
5th | The Roadrunners ended the no-hit bid with a leadoff home run to left field to open the fifth.
6th | With one out in the bottom of the sixth, Davis and junior left fielder Blake Way each walked. Following a strikeout, Hyland singled home Davis with a drop-in in shallow left field for the 4-2 final.
HOUSTON NOTES
Offense:
• Davis, who homered in his second straight game and third of Houston's last four games, finished 1-for-2 with two walks, two RBI and two runs scored.
• Hyland finished 2-for-4 with one RBI.
• Esau, Lockhart Jr. and Triolo all singled, respectively.
Pitching:
• Sophomore southpaw Clay Aguilar (1-1) picked up his first career win. The native of Deer Park, Texas, faced the minimum across three innings, surrendering no hits and no walks while recording four strikeouts.
• Sophomore Spencer Hynes was tagged for one unearned run across one and one-third innings in the start.
• Sophomore Ron Brown retired the lone batter he faced across two-thirds of an inning, as a caught stealing ended the second.
• Junior Sean Bretz worked around a leadoff error and struck out two in a scoreless third inning.
• Sophomore Jared Pettitte made his debut with a scoreless fourth inning. Pettitte faced the minimum, closing the inning with a pickoff.
• Freshman Tanner Green yielded a leadoff home run and got getting the first two outs of the fifth inning before turning the ball over to junior Tristen Bayless for the final out.
• In the ninth, junior Fred Villarreal skirted a leadoff single to record his second save of the season with both coming in Houston's last three games.
The Cougars play their first true road games of the season with a three-game series at Dallas Baptist starting Friday.
PARKING IN 2019
Gameday parking is offered in a different capacity than in prior years. Anyone entering Lot 16B (across the street from right field) will be subjected to paying a third party company employed by campus. This lot will no longer be an option for free parking on gamedays. All other lots surrounding the stadium will be free of charge two hours prior to first pitch.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Aguilar, Clay (1-1)
L: CARVER, Cameron (0-1)
S: Villarreal, Fred (2)
Batting:
HR: THORNQUIST, Nick 1
RBI: THORNQUIST, Nick 2
SH: SIRDASHNEY, Shane 1
Base Running:
RUNS: PAXTON, Griffin 1 ; THORNQUIST, Nick 1
SB: SIRDASHNEY, Shane 1
CS: THORNQUIST, Nick 1
HBP: TAPIA, Jonathan 1 ; STACY, Ryan 1 ; STURGES, Bryan 1 ; BARBER, Taylor 1
PO: STURGES, Bryan 1
Batting:
HR: Davis, Joe 1
RBI: Davis, Joe 2 ; Hyland, Kobe 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Triolo, Jared 1 ; Davis, Joe 2 ; Esau, Brett 1
