PREVIEW: Cougars Celebrate Seniors

HOUSTON – The Houston Baseball team will host #19 Oklahoma State Thursday-Saturday in its final regular season games of the season in the first meeting between the two schools since 2012.

HOUSTON (26-26, 7-19 Big 12) vs #19 Oklahoma State (34-16, 19-7 Big 12)
Date \| Time	Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18 at 1 p.m.
Opponents	#18 Oklahoma State (34-16, 19-7 Big 12)
Location	Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park \| Houston, Texas
Watch	Big 12 Now on ESPN+ \| Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Listen	The Varsity Network \| Jeremy Branham
Live Stats	UHStats.com
Game Notes	Houston \| Oklahoma State
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THE MATCHUP

Houston won the 2012 series in Stillwater, Okla., by winning the second and third games of the series.
The 2012 series win marked the Cougars' second series win of the season in head coach Todd Whitting's second season at the helm.
Two John Olerud Semifinalists face off on Thursday as Houston's Justin Murray and Oklahoma State's Carson Benge were both named to the Two Way Player of the Year Award Semifinalist list on Tuesday.
Oklahoma State currently sits in second in the Big 12 Conference with a half-game lead on Texas for the #2 seed in the Big 12 Tournament in Arlington May 21-25.
This is the ninth-most played match-up in Houston history.

QUICK HITTERS

Senior Cary Arbolida has hit multiple home runs in four different games this season (vs Texas, 4/12; 2x vs UT Arlington, 4/26 & 4/28, 5/11) and has hit a home run in three consecutive games.
Arbolida is on an 11-game hitting streak where he is hitting .463 with 19 hits, nine home runs and 18 RBI.
First baseman Justin Murray was named a John Olerud Award Semifinalist on Tuesday – awarded each year to the best two-way player in the nation. Murray is hitting .328 with seven home runs and 38 RBI while pitching to a 2.25 ERA with a team-high five saves.
With a save on Tuesday night against Sam Houston, Murray moved into a tie for third all-time in Cougar history with 15 saves.
The Cougars scored five or more runs in 13 games in April and hit multiple home runs in 12 games during April.
Arbolida and second baseman Harold Coll have combined for 30 home runs this season, second-most by a Cougar duo in school history.
Three different Cougars have hit 10+ home runs in 2024, marking the third-straight year a trio of Cougars have hit 10+ homers in the same season.
Coll's 3.36 WAR (wins above replacement) ranks seventh in the Big 12 and eighth among second basemen nationally. Coll's 3.36 WAR is second among Big 12 second basemen.
Houston is on pace to hit more home runs then its opponents for the first time in a full season since 2019.
The Cougars pitching staff is on pace for 551 strikeouts this season, the second-most strikeouts in a single season thanks to their 10.3 strikeouts per nine innings pace. The school record 605 was set in 2003 over 598.1 innings (9.1 strikeouts per nine) in which Houston played a school record 67 games.
Houston is on pace to hit 81 home runs this season, the second most in school history (83 in 1986) – the Cougars have already hit the most in the BBCOR bat era (2012-present).

LAST TIME OUT

Arbolida homered for the third consecutive game as Houston took the Don Sanders Cup series for the third straight year the series has been played in full.

SERIES HISTORY
Houston record vs Oklahoma State         41-45-1
Last meeting                                                            W, 4-3, 3/18/12, Away
Streak                                                                           Houston, W2

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