Offense Shines to Start Weekend at Kansas

Friday, March 20

Lawrence, Kan.

6 p.m.

University of Houston

12-9

Kansas

13-8

Houston

Kansas

Photo by: Erik Williams

3/20/2026 10:48:00 PM | Baseball

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Houston out-hits Kansas in series opener

LAWRENCE, Kansas – Despite rallying for its sixth double-digit run total of the year, Houston Baseball fell to Kansas, 12-10, in game one of the weekend series on Friday night at Hoglund Ballpark.

Freshman Connor Udland (1-1) received the loss for the Cougars (12-9, 1-3 Big 12) after tossing 4.1 innings in relief while striking out six. Throwing the last 3.1 innings for Kansas (13-8, 2-2 Big 12), Boede Rahe (4-0) claimed the win, allowing one run on four hits and walking three.

PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS

Tre Broussard: 2-5, 2B, RBI, 2 R, BB
Xavier Perez: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB, HBP
Antonelli Savattere: 2-4, 3 RBI, BB, SB
Tyler Cox: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB, SH

NOTABLES

Houston drew 10 walks in the game, its most since picking up 11 against Lamar on April 22, 2025.
Udland recorded a career-high six strikeouts.
Junior Tre Broussard earned his 40^th career multi-hit game.
The three hour, 49 minute game was Houston's longest of the season.

GAME SUMMARY
The Cougars started the game with a bang, plating four runs in the top of the first and forcing the Jayhawk starter from the game. Sophomore McClane Helton led off with a walk and scored as Broussard doubled to left center. Broussard would come home on a single from junior Easton Winfield while redshirt sophomore Xavier Perez and Winfield scored as senior Antonelli Savattere singled to right field.

Kansas used a solo homer to get on the board in the bottom of the first, but the Cougars piled more runs on in the third. Savattere picked up his third RBI of the game as he drove home Winfield and freshman Blake Fields pushed the lead to five as he scored on a sacrifice squeeze from senior Tyler Cox.

The Jayhawks turned the tables with a six-spot in the bottom of the third to take a 7-6 lead and added three more runs in the fourth to push its edge to four.

Houston answered in the sixth. Perez hit his fifth homer of the season, a two-run shot to right field that also drove home Broussard to cut the deficit to 10-8. Fields doubled home junior Riley Jackson later in the inning to further shrink the gap, setting up the Cougars to tie the game in the eighth as Cox slipped a double down the left-field line to plate Fields.

Kansas ultimately claimed the 12-10 win as Tyson LeBlanc hit a two-run homer to right field to reestablish the Jayhawk lead.

UP NEXT
Houston continues its three-game series at Kansas with a 2 p.m. Saturday rematch.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Rahe, Boede (4-0)

L: Udland, Connor (1-1)

Houston

Batting:

2B: Broussard, Tre 1 ; Cox, Tyler 1 ; Helton, McClane 1 ; Fields, Blake 1

HR: Perez, Xavier 1

RBI: Broussard, Tre 1 ; Cox, Tyler 2 ; Perez, Xavier 2 ; Savattere, Antonelli 3 ; Fields, Blake 1 ; Winfield, Easton 1

SH: Cox, Tyler 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Broussard, Tre 2 ; Jackson, Riley 1 ; Perez, Xavier 2 ; Helton, McClane 1 ; Fields, Blake 2 ; Winfield, Easton 2

SB: Savattere, Antonelli 1 ; Fields, Blake 1

HBP: Perez, Xavier 1

Kansas

Batting:

3B: Ballinger, Brady 1

HR: Ballinger, Brady 1 ; LeBlanc, Tyson 1

RBI: Ballinger, Brady 1 ; Osoria, Dariel 1 ; LeBlanc, Tyson 3 ; Schlotterback, Dylan 2 ; Baldridge, Cade 2 ; Dykhoff, Josh 3

SF: LeBlanc, Tyson 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Ballinger, Brady 4 ; Osoria, Dariel 2 ; LeBlanc, Tyson 1 ; Owens, Tyson 1 ; Schlotterback, Dylan 1 ; Baldridge, Cade 1 ; Mungarrieta, Augusto 1 ; Bach, Jordan 1