University of Houston
10-6
No. 25 Texas A&M
15-4
Homers, Walks Hinder Houston
3/16/2021 10:16:00 PM | Baseball
Texas A&M outlasts Houston, 9-4
The No. 25 Aggies capitalized on a hit by pitch, single and walk as nine-hole batter Kalae Harrison belted a grand slam over the left field wall to put the Aggies ahead 4-1 in the second. Texas A&M moved its win streak to 11 games and improved to 15-4 overall.
Houston (10-6) pushed three across in the fifth inning as Ian McMillan took his first pitch into left field, plating Luke Almendarez (single), and Will Pendergrass drove a two-out, two-run single into right field, trimming Houston's deficit to 6-4.
Almendarez (2-for-5) matched a career high with two hits. Pendergrass (2-for-4) notched his fifth multi-hit game and second multi-RBI performance. Brandon Uhse extended his hit streak to five games in a 1-for-4 performance.
The Cougars open a three-game series Friday at Oklahoma. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. Saturday's middle game is at 2:30 p.m. and Sunday's finale begins at noon. The series can be seen on FOX Sports Oklahoma (Game 1) and FOX Sports Oklahoma+ (Games 2 and 3) and heard on Stretch Live.
The Aggies used two-out hitting to stretch their lead back to four in the sixth. Right fielder Logan Britt shot a triple down the right field line, scoring Austin Bost (hit by pitch) and came home to score one batter later on a wild pitch.
Houston starter Blake Schultz (2-1) lasted just 1.0 innings, allowing four runs on three hits while walking four. Eight Cougar pitchers saw action. Weekend starter Ben Sears did not permit a run in 1.0 inning, striking out a pair.
Texas A&M starter Nathan Dettmer worked around three walks and four hits, permitting one run in 3.0 innings. Houston threatened in the first, loading the bases with no outs before Dettmer induced a run-scoring double play and inning-ending groundout.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: ORNELAS, Mason (1-0)
L: Schultz, Blake (2-1)
Batting:
2B: FRIZZELL, Will 1 ; BRITT, Logan 1 ; TARGAC, Ryan 1
3B: BRITT, Logan 1
HR: BOST, Austin 1 ; HARRISON, Kalae 1
RBI: BOST, Austin 2 ; BRITT, Logan 1 ; HARRISON, Kalae 4
Base Running:
RUNS: FRIZZELL, Will 1 ; BOST, Austin 2 ; BRITT, Logan 2 ; COLEMAN, Ty 1 ; TARGAC, Ryan 1 ; SMITH, Taylor 1 ; HARRISON, Kalae 1
SB: BRITT, Logan 1
CS: ALEJO, Ray 1 ; COLEMAN, Ty 1
HBP: BOST, Austin 1 ; COLEMAN, Ty 2
Batting:
RBI: McMillan, Ian 1 ; Pendergrass, Will 2
SH: Burckel, Brad 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Uhse, Brandon 1 ; Almendarez, Luke 1 ; Bielamowicz, Tyler 1 ; McMillan, Ian 1
SB: Papantonis, Andrew 1
HBP: Papantonis, Andrew 1 ; Burckel, Brad 1
