Baseball Looks for Silver Glove Series Win Wednesday

HOUSTON – The Houston baseball team looks to earn the season-long series win against Rice in the Silver Glove Series on Wednesday night at Reckling Park.

RICE
Date \| Time				Wednesday, May 3 \| 6:30 p.m. CT
Location				Reckling Park \| Houston, Texas
TV				CUSA TV
Radio				The Varsity Network
Live Results				StatBroadcast \| Jeremy Branham (pxp)
Game Notes				Houston

SILVER GLOVE. Houston will play the second game of a three-game season-long series against Rice on Wednesday. Houston currently holds the advantage beating the Owls 14-13 in a walk-off thriller.

LAST TIME OUT. With a 13-9 win at UCF on Sunday, the Cougars retained their first place standing in the American Conference taking a 2-1 series win against the Knights.

TOP TEAM. The Cougars are currently the top team in the American Athletic Conference. With 10-5 conference records, both Houston and Wichita State are tied for the first place seed. The Cougars currently hold the tie breaker but the top spot will be claimed this weekend when the two teams face off.

LEADING THE CONFERENCE. The Cougars currently lead the American in batting average, slugging percentage, runs, hits, RBI, home runs, total bases, at bats and saves while Justin Murray leads all players in saves and Anthony Tulimero leads in runners caught stealing.

10+ DAYS. In 24 games this season, the Cougars have tallied 10+ hits including all three game against UCF while registering 15+ hits in nine games. As well, Houston has scored 10+ runs in 13 games this season.

SERIES WINS. The Cougars have no secured five-straight series conference wins. The last time the Cougars had won their first five-conference series was in 2006 when they won every series. Outside of the conference match ups, Houston's series wins dates back to the Minnesota contest when the Cougars swept the series from March 17-19.

STABLE STREAKS. Zach Arnold extended his reached base streak to 40 games. He has reached in every single game he has played in while notching a 13 game-hit streak that started in the final game at Wichita State.

10 FOR THE WEEKEND. In the series against UCF, Houston recorded 10 home runs. Zach Arnold and Brandon Uhse led the charge with two apiece, while Thomas Lyssy, Alex Lopez, Justin Murray, Drew Bianco, Ian McMillan and Anthony Tulimero all nabbed one.

DOUBLE PLAY. The Cougars are currently ranked second in the country in double plays turned with 44. Houston has turned multiple double plays in 14 games including four against HCU.

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