University of Houston
11-11
UT Arlington
10-12
Comeback Falls Short
3/27/2021 9:23:00 PM | Baseball
Freshman Luke Almendarez opened up scoring for the Cougars (11-11) in the first inning, scoring on a Steven Rivas RBI-double down the right field line. Will Pendergrass followed, clubbing a two-run home run, his second homer in three games, to put Houston up 3-0.
Houston second baseman Brad Burckel erased a one-run deficit with a home run in the fourth. The two-run long ball was his fourth of the season. The sophomore extended his on-game base streak to eight games in the loss.
UTA (10-12) scored four runs between the sixth and eighth, highlighted by two runs in the seventh. The Mavericks were led by senior Connor Aube (2-for-5, one home run and three RBIs) and junior Boone Montgomery (3-for-4, three runs, and one RBI).
The Cougars scored twice in the ninth to make things interesting. Burckel led off with a single into center and scored on a wild pitch. Brandon Uhse drove in Dylan Post on an RBI-groundout before a strikeout eventually stranded Samuel Tormos at third.
Houston will finish out the series on Sunday at 1 p.m. The contest can be seen on ESPN+ and heard on Stretch Live. Right-hander Ben Sears (1-1, 7.03 ERA) will make the start for Houston against UTA righty David Moffat (2-1, 1.90 ERA).
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Norris, Zach (2-2)
L: Prayer, Cameron (0-3)
S: Wong, Michael (3)
Batting:
2B: Montgomery, Boone 1 ; Miller, Andrew 2 ; Rice, Tyler 1
HR: Aube, Connor 1 ; Montgomery, Boone 1
RBI: Childs, Phillip 1 ; Aube, Connor 3 ; Paul, Dylan 1 ; Montgomery, Boone 1 ; Minjarez, Josh 1 ; Miller, Andrew 1
SH: Dominguez, Anthony 1
SF: Childs, Phillip 1 ; Paul, Dylan 1 ; Minjarez, Josh 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wadleigh, JD 1 ; Childs, Phillip 1 ; Aube, Connor 1 ; Montgomery, Boone 3 ; Miller, Andrew 1 ; Rice, Tyler 1
CS: Aube, Connor 1
HBP: Montgomery, Boone 1 ; Rice, Tyler 1
Batting:
2B: Uhse, Brandon 1 ; Rivas, Steven 1
HR: Pendergrass, Will 1 ; Burckel, Brad 1
RBI: Uhse, Brandon 1 ; Rivas, Steven 1 ; Pendergrass, Will 2 ; Burckel, Brad 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Almendarez, Luke 1 ; Rivas, Steven 1 ; Pendergrass, Will 2 ; Burckel, Brad 2 ; Post, Dylan 1
CS: McMillan, Ian 1
HBP: Benjamin, Samuel 1 ; Tormos, Samuel 1
