University of Houston
11-5
Sam Houston
5-15
Don Sanders Cup Goes to Sam Houston
3/18/2025 10:51:00 PM | Baseball
Houston ties game four times, falls in 12 innings
Picking up in the bottom of the fifth inning of the March 12 resumed game, Sam Houston (6-15) scored five runs to take an 11-9 lead. The Bearkats slapped five hits, including two doubles, and executed two sacrifice bunts to score their five runs.
Houston (11-9) tied the game in the top of the eighth inning with a two-run blast off the bat of sophomore Xavier Perez, even with the wind howling in from the outfield.
A double in the bottom of the ninth set Sam Houston up to win on a walk-off single.
Houston and Sam Houston needed extra innings in the series finale – for the first time since 1992 – to determine the winner of the Cup with the Bearkats winning Game 3, 5-4, in 12 innings.
Junior David Stich pitched superbly in relief, spinning 3.1 scoreless innings with five strikeouts.
Sophomore Tre Broussard stole four bases on the day, pushing his consecutive stolen base streak this season to 15 bases. It is the sixth-longest consecutive stolen base streak since 1987 and the longest since 2014 when Kyle Survance stole 16 bases in a row.
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Houston will travel east to Orlando, Fla., for a three-game Big 12 Conference series Friday-Sunday at UCF. All three games will stream on ESPN+.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Danny Valadez (1-1)
L: Fuller, Brady (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Climie, Cade 1
HR: Perez, Xavier 1 ; Lugo, Aaron 1 ; Climie, Cade 1 ; Jackson, Riley 1
RBI: DeJesus, Coby 1 ; Perez, Xavier 2 ; Lugo, Aaron 2 ; Lott, Malachi 1 ; Climie, Cade 3 ; Jackson, Riley 1 ; Cox, Tyler 1
SH: Lott, Malachi 1
SF: DeJesus, Coby 1 ; Lott, Malachi 1 ; Cox, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sabathia III, Carsten 1 ; Perez, Xavier 3 ; Lugo, Aaron 3 ; Lott, Malachi 1 ; Climie, Cade 2 ; Jackson, Riley 1
SB: Broussard, Tre 2 ; Lugo, Aaron 1
HBP: Lugo, Aaron 1
Batting:
2B: Hunter Autrey 1 ; Ryan Franden 1 ; Grant Nottleman 1 ; Ty Marthiljohni 1
RBI: Parker Blackman 2 ; Hunter Autrey 3 ; Jace Martinez 1 ; Sam Lee 1 ; Grant Nottleman 1 ; Ty Marthiljohni 3
SH: Parker Blackman 1 ; Sam Lee 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Parker Blackman 2 ; Hunter Autrey 1 ; Ryan Franden 2 ; Grant Nottleman 2 ; Addison Smith 2 ; Ty Marthiljohni 3
SB: Jace Martinez 1
