Cougars Surge to Take Series Finale

Sunday, March 15

Houston, Texas

1 p.m.

University of Houston

12-7, 1-2

Kansas State

15-5, 2-1

Kansas State

Houston

Tyler Cox salutes the bullpen while rounding the bases.

3/15/2026 6:18:00 PM | Baseball

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Houston posts 11 runs in eighth inning to claim run-rule win

HOUSTON – Behind 11 runs in the eighth inning and a walk-off home run from junior Tre Broussard, Houston Baseball downed Kansas State, 16-6, in eight innings at Don Sanders Field at Darryl and Lori Schroeder Park on Sunday afternoon.

Senior Tyler Bryan (1-1) picked up his first win of the season for Houston (12-7, 1-2 Big 12) after throwing 1.0 inning where he allowed one run on one hit. Tazwell Butler (0-1) took the loss, giving up five runs on three hits and a pair of walks in 1.0 innings.

PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS

Tyler Bryan: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Tre Broussard: 2-4, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 R, 2 BB
Dylan Maxcey: 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R
Jackson LaLima: 1-4, HR, 4 RBI, R
Tyler Cox: 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R

NOTABLES

Senior Tyler Cox hit his first homer since March 15, 2023, exactly three years ago.
Houston's 11 runs in the eighth inning are its most since posting 13 in the seventh inning against Wichita State on April 8, 2023.
Houston tallied seven hits in the eighth inning, its most in a single frame since notching seven in the second inning against Grambling on March 9, 2025.
The Cougars' 16 runs are its most in a game since scoring 16 against Grambling on March 8, 2025.
Six different Houston players posted multi-RBI games – redshirt sophomore Xavier Perez, Broussard, senior Dylan Maxcey, senior Antonelli Savattere, sophomore Jackson LaLima and Cox.
The Cougars scored 10+ runs in a game for the fifth time this season.
Senior Ryne Rodriguez threw a career-high 6.0 innings, topping his previous best of 3.2 innings against Murray State in the NCAA Tournament for Ole Miss in 2025. He also tied his career high with five strikeouts.
The team's 16 runs are a new program record for runs in a Big 12 Conference game.

GAME SUMMARY
After Kansas State grabbed the lead with a grand slam in the first inning, Houston answered with a three-run homer off the bat of LaLima to keep it a one-run game in the second.

The Wildcats pushed its edge back to two as Ty Smolinski scored on an error off a pickoff attempt to put the score at 5-3 in the fourth, but Houston quickly cut its deficit back to one in the fifth. With a pair of runners in scoring position, freshman Blake Fields used a sacrifice fly to drive home Broussard.

Houston tied the game in the sixth with a solo homer from Cox, his first home run as a Cougar.

Following a scoreless seventh, the Wildcats briefly reclaimed the lead with an RBI single off the bat of Carlos Vasquez, but Houston took the game in the bottom of the inning. Sophomore McClane Helton led off the inning with a single to second then stole second to put a runner in scoring position. Cox tied the game for a second time as he laced a single into left-center, evening the score at 6-6.

Perez advanced Cox to second with a sacrifice bunt but the Wildcats opted to intentionally walk Broussard to put a second runner on base. After junior Riley Jackson was hit by a pitch to load the bases, Maxcey hit his second double of the season to plate Cox and Broussard with pinch-runner freshman Will Van Wie moving up to third, giving Houston its first lead of the game at 8-6.

Savattere singled in the next at-bat to drive home both Van Wie and Maxcey, extending the lead to four. Fields was hit by a pitch to put a pair of Cougars on base and both advanced into scoring position on a wild pitch to continue the threat. LaLima picked up his fourth RBI of the game as he drove home Savattere with a sacrifice fly to center field, narrowly missing his second homer of the game.

Helton, batting for the second time in the frame, kept the rally going with a two-out single that plated Fields, and after Cox was hit by a pitch to put another runner on base, Perez ripped a double that one-hopped the wall to score both Helton and Cox.

Broussard capped the crooked frame and handed Houston the win as he hit his second homer of the season off the batter's eye in center field, activating the run rule and giving the Cougars a 16-6 victory.

UP NEXT
Houston hosts Louisiana for a midweek tilt on Wednesday. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. on ESPN+.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Bryan, Tyler (1-1)

L: Butler, Tazwell (0-1)

Kansas State

Batting:

2B: Kendrick, Micah 1 ; Smolinski, Ty 1

HR: Vasquez, Carlos 1

RBI: Vasquez, Carlos 5

SH: Kendrick, Micah 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Kennedy, Dee 2 ; Vasquez, Carlos 1 ; Gallagher, Grant 1 ; Kendrick, Micah 1 ; Smolinski, Ty 1

SB: Kennedy, Dee 1 ; Lewis, Donte 1

CS: Gallagher, Grant 1

HBP: Karl, Cadyn 1 ; Smolinski, Ty 1

Houston

Batting:

2B: Broussard, Tre 1 ; Perez, Xavier 1 ; Maxcey, Dylan 1

HR: LaLima, Jackson 1 ; Broussard, Tre 1 ; Cox, Tyler 1

RBI: LaLima, Jackson 4 ; Broussard, Tre 2 ; Cox, Tyler 2 ; Perez, Xavier 2 ; Savattere, Antonelli 2 ; Helton, McClane 1 ; Maxcey, Dylan 2 ; Fields, Blake 1

SH: Cox, Tyler 1 ; Perez, Xavier 1 ; Maxcey, Dylan 1

SF: LaLima, Jackson 1 ; Fields, Blake 1

Base Running:

RUNS: LaLima, Jackson 1 ; Broussard, Tre 3 ; Cox, Tyler 3 ; Perez, Xavier 1 ; Savattere, Antonelli 2 ; Helton, McClane 2 ; Maxcey, Dylan 1 ; Van Wie, Will 1 ; Fields, Blake 2