University of Houston Athletics
University of Houston
10-8
Oklahoma
11-7
Sooners Slug Past Cougars
3/20/2021 5:06:00 PM | Baseball
The Sooners (11-7) scored in four consecutive frames including sending 10 batters to the plate and scoring six runs in the fifth. All nine Oklahoma starters recorded at least one hit and three Sooners produced four RBIs, sending Houston to the series loss.
Houston (10-8) looks to salvage the series finale at noon Sunday. Houston will send right-hander Ben Sears (1-0, 4.58 ERA) to the mound. Oklahoma has not announced a starter. The game can be seen on FOX Sports Oklahoma+ and heard on Stretch Live.
Houston starting pitchers have lasted less than 5.0 innings in six consecutive games not started by Robert Gasser. Cameron Prayer (0-2) permitted seven runs on eight hits while walking a pair and striking out another in 3.1 innings.
Cougar reliever Carter Henry tossed 2.0 scoreless frames, working around a pair of hits. Luke Almendarez (2-for-3) drove in Houston's lone run on an RBI-single in the eighth inning as part of his second multi-hit game of the season.
Oklahoma starter Jake Bennett (3-1) tossed a career-high 6.0 innings, holding Houston to two hits while striking out six without allowing a run. Offensively, the Sooners totaled 20 hits and finished 11-for-22 (.500) with runners aboard.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bennett, Jake (3-1)
L: Prayer, Cameron (0-2)
Batting:
RBI: Burckel, Brad 1
SH: McMillan, Ian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Almendarez, Luke 1
Batting:
2B: Graham, Peyton 1 ; Crooks, Jimmy 2 ; Hardman, Tyler 1 ; McKenna, Conor 1 ; Tredaway, Tanner 1 ; Harlan, Brady 1 ; Zaragoza, Brandon 2
3B: Daniel, Breydon 1
HR: Graham, Peyton 1 ; Bohrofen, Jace 1
RBI: Graham, Peyton 1 ; McKenna, Conor 4 ; Tredaway, Tanner 2 ; Pettis, Kendall 1 ; Zaragoza, Brandon 4 ; Daniel, Breydon 4 ; Bohrofen, Jace 3
SH: Zaragoza, Brandon 1
SF: McKenna, Conor 1 ; Tredaway, Tanner 1 ; Daniel, Breydon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Graham, Peyton 2 ; Crooks, Jimmy 3 ; Hardman, Tyler 2 ; McKenna, Conor 1 ; Tredaway, Tanner 2 ; Pettis, Kendall 4 ; Harlan, Brady 1 ; Zaragoza, Brandon 2 ; Bohrofen, Jace 1 ; Beichler, Connor 1
SB: Pettis, Kendall 1
HBP: Graham, Peyton 1 ; Tredaway, Tanner 1 ; Pettis, Kendall 2
PO: Beichler, Connor 1
