CUSA notes
Copying these comments from Aaron Fitt's blog:
• The hottest team in Conference USA—heck, just about the only hot team in Conference USA—is Houston, which improved to 17-4 with a 4-3 win against inconsistent Texas. The Cougars got strong mound work from Aaron Garza (5.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K) and Chase Wellbrock (3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R), and Kyle Survance hit a two-run single to highlight Houston's three-run second inning. The Longhorns, coming off a home series loss to Texas Tech, are 12-8.
• On the other end of the C-USA spectrum, Tulane took a bad loss to New Orleans, 5-4. The Privateers entered the game with a 3-18 record, but UNO relievers Blake Prest (3 IP, 0 H, 0 R) and Stone Speer (5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER) stifled the Tulane offense after the first inning, and the Privateers took the lead for good with five runs in the second against Emerson Gibbs. Tulane falls to 12-11.
• In the first meeting between cross-state rivals Marshall and West Virginia in more than five years, Thundering Herd ace Aaron Blair struck out 11 over six innings of no-hit ball, leading Marshall to an 8-0 win.
• John Simms (5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K) was strong, but No. 18 Rice needed 10 innings to beat Stephen F. Austin State, 3-2, on MIchael Aquino's walk-off RBI single. The Owls have won six straight.
(This post was last modified: 03-20-2013 12:35 PM by grol.)
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