PREVIEW: Cougars Seek Silver Glove Series Sweep

HOUSTON – Houston Baseball looks to extend its winning streak over Rice on Tuesday at Reckling Park when the Cougars seek their sixth-straight win over the Owls in the Silver Glove Series finale at 6:30 p.m. The six games would be the second-longest winning streak by Houston against Rice since the Cougars won nine straight from 1981-84.

HOUSTON (19-17) at Rice (9-29)
Date \| Time	Tuesday, April 15 at 6:30 p.m.
Opponent	Rice (9-29)
Location	Reckling Park \| Houston, Texas
Watch	ESPN+ \| Tuesday
Listen	The Varsity Network \| Jeremy Branham
Live Stats	UHStats.com
Game Notes	Houston \| Rice
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THE MATCHUP

Houston has won each of the last four Silver Glove Series' against Rice and is seeking its sixth-straight win over the Owls.
Sophomore Diego Luzardo carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning in his first collegiate start in the last meeting on April 8.
Sophomore Tre Broussard sprayed a career-high four hits and stole three bases in the last matchup.
Houston scored three of its 10 runs on April 8 via RBI hits, with the other seven coming on free passes, sacrifice bunts or wild pitches.

QUICK HITTERS

Senior Antoine Jean has struck out 21 hitters in his last eight innings pitched after striking out all six batters faced on Saturday against West Virginia, a pair against McNeese on Wednesday and 13 in 5.0 innings across two games of relief work against Baylor allowing just three base runners. The left-handed pitcher ranks second nationally in strikeouts per nine innings (15.85) and eighth nationally in hits allowed per nine (4.95) and 16th in total strikeouts (64).
Junior Chris Scinta leads the team in wins with four and is tied for the team lead in appearances (14) and leads all Cougar pitchers with a 2.66 ERA in 20.1 innings pitched.
Houston has won two Big 12 Conference series in 2025, all on the road and has won every road series this season.
Sophomore Xavier Perez recorded his second four-hit game of the season, both in midweek games, driving in three on two doubles and a home run against A&M Corpus Christi. Perez drove in the most RBI in a game since Bobby Hollas' nine RBI in 1979 when he drove in eight Cougars at Rice on March 5.
Jean pitched to a Big 12 best 2.21 ERA in the month of March with 34 strikeouts across 20.1 innings over six appearances. The southpaw pitcher held opponents to a .182 average against while striking out 15.05 per nine innings.
Sophomore Tre Broussard's wheels are turning, successfully stealing 21 bases in a row this season before being caught against Rice on April 8. The Houston native is tied for second all-time in school history for consecutive stolen bases. Broussard's 27 stolen bases ranks ninth in program history. Broussard is chasing the school record of 36 stolen bases in a single season set by Trey Williams in 1969.
Houston scored 10+ runs in five consecutive games scoring 10+ for the first time since 1999 scoring 10+ in games at Rice (3/5), vs Grambling (3/7-9) and at Sam Houston (3/12).
Houston did not lose back-to-back games in the first 15 games of the season – the first time since 2013 when Houston did not lose back-to-back games until its 30th game of the year. During that span Houston scored 10+ runs six times and in four consecutive games for the first time since 2002.
Houston won its first four series to open the season marking the first time since 2019 the Cougars have opened the season with three series wins against non-conference teams. Houston has won the first three series of the season in back-to-back seasons after opening 2024 with series wins against Binghamton, St. John's and Baylor.

LAST TIME OUT

The Cougars scored eight runs on Saturday in their loss, tied for the most runs scored by Houston in a Big 12 Conference game in 2025.
Houston scored four late runs to avoid being shutout on Sunday.

SERIES HISTORY
Houston record vs Rice                  92-110
Last meeting                                          W, 10-7, 4/8/25, Home
Streak                                                         Houston, W5

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