University of Houston
15-7
Western Carolina
10-12
Cougars Race Past Catamounts
3/25/2022 10:25:00 PM | Baseball
The Cougars (15-7) registered double-digit hits for a sixth consecutive game and pushed their win streak to four straight. Houston pounded out 15 hits including a season-high six doubles while eight different players logged at least one RBI.
The Cougars batted around in the seventh inning, taking advantage of two Western Carolina (10-12) errors while receiving four hits including a two-run double from Ian McMillan as part of the six-run frame. An inning earlier, Houston scored four runs via two wild pitches, a Brandon Burckel squeeze bunt and Zach Arnold home run.
Houston's Brandon Uhse extended his hit streak to 18 games as part of a three-hit night. Anthony Tulimero registered a career high four hits. Malachi Lott (2-for-3) and Ian McMillan (1-for-4) bolstered the bottom of the order, adding two RBIs each.
Lott connected on his first collegiate home run, giving Houston a 2-1 lead in the second inning. As a team, the Cougars batted .412 (7-for-17) with runners aboard and hit .429 (6-for-14) with two outs.
Cougar starter Jaycob Deese allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits while striking out five across 5.0 innings. Reliever Cameron Prayer (2-0) earned the win, tossing 2.0 scoreless innings while limiting the Catamounts to one hit.
Houston pitching held the Catamounts to 1-for-10 (.100) with runners in scoring position and .071 (1-for-14) with runners aboard. Western Carolina stranded runners in six different innings including multiple runners in the second and fourth innings.
UP NEXT
The teams return to action at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Houston will send right-hander Nathan Medrano (3-0, 4.34 ERA) to the mound against Western Carolina southpaw Eric Wallington (0-2, 6.23 ERA).
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Prayer, Cameron (2-0)
L: Zebby Matthews (0-4)
Batting:
2B: Will Prater 1
HR: Immanuel Wilder 1 ; Pascanel Ferreras 1
RBI: Immanuel Wilder 1 ; Pascanel Ferreras 1 ; Will Prater 1
SH: James Hinson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Immanuel Wilder 1 ; Pascanel Ferreras 2
SB: Immanuel Wilder 1 ; Bryson Parks 1
HBP: Seth Graves 1
Batting:
2B: Uhse, Brandon 2 ; Arnold, Zach 1 ; Tulimero, Anthony 1 ; Nickens, Cameron 1 ; McMillan, Ian 1
HR: Arnold, Zach 1 ; Lott, Malachi 1
RBI: Uhse, Brandon 1 ; Arnold, Zach 2 ; Lopez, Alex 1 ; Tulimero, Anthony 1 ; Nickens, Cameron 1 ; Lott, Malachi 2 ; McMillan, Ian 2 ; Burckel, Brandon 1
SH: Burckel, Brandon 1
SF: Lopez, Alex 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Uhse, Brandon 1 ; Benjamin, Samuel 1 ; Arnold, Zach 1 ; Lopez, Alex 1 ; Tulimero, Anthony 1 ; Hernandez, Ryan 1 ; Nickens, Cameron 2 ; Lott, Malachi 3 ; Burckel, Brandon 2
SB: Tulimero, Anthony 2 ; Nickens, Cameron 1 ; Lott, Malachi 1
HBP: Lopez, Alex 1 ; Hernandez, Ryan 1
PO: Uhse, Brandon 1
