Month: September 2023

Cougars Notebook – September 25, 2023

As the season winds down, and the minor leagues have completed their regular seasons, there are fewer and fewer things to report.

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Jared Triolo played in four games for the Pirates last week . . . In the last three games of the week, Triolo was 2-for-3 with a solo home run, 4-for-5 with a double, and 2-for-3 with another double . . . Triolo enters this week with a three game hitting streak.

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John King tossed a scoreless frame in San Diego against the Padres on September 23 . . . King lowered his ERA this season to 3.82, split between his time with Rangers and Cardinals.

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Cougars Notebook – September 18, 2023

Former Cougars right-hander Nick Hernandez was promoted to the San Diego Padres on September 11 . . . Hernandez made his MLB debut on September 12 in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium where he pitched two innings in relief.

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Jared Triolo played in three games last week, and he made appearances at various positions in addition to third base . . . Triolo spent time at first base and second base defensively . . Triolo went 2-for-3 Sunday against the Yankees in a 3-2 Pirates victory.

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John King made three relief appearances last week, all of them one inning . . . The September 12 and September 13 outings were scoreless.

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Former Cougars Jake Scheiner and Austin Pruitt both remain sidelined with injuries.

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Cougars Notebook – September 11, 2023

Connor Wong played in four games over the last week and he had a hit in three of those games . . . Wong hit a triple to right field in Tampa Bay against the Rays on September 6 and homered against the Baltimore Orioles on September 8 . . . Wong has hit in each of his last three games, five hits total in that span, and he has one RBI in each of those three games, he carries both streaks into this new week.

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John King made one appearance last week for the Cardinals . . . King tossed a scoreless inning and recorded two of his three outs by strikeout against the Cincinnati Reds . . . King threw 12 total pitches, 9 of them for strikes.

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Jared Triolo was recalled from AAA back to the Pittsburgh Pirates on September 6 . . . Triolo has appeared in two games since being recalled.

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This Thursday two former Cougars baseball players will be inducted into the University if Houston Hall of Honor . . . Michael Bourn and Rick Brewer will be a part of the induction class that includes former quarterback Case Keenum.

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Cougars Notebook – September 4, 2023

John King made three appearances in the last week for the St. Louis Cardinals . . . Two of King’s outings were scoreless, with his appearance September 2 against the Pirates being his strongest . . . King threw 1 1/3 innings against Pittsburgh on just 17 pitches, 11 of them for strikes.

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Catcher Connor Wong played in four games last week, two against the Astros and two against the Royals . . . Wong had hits in three of the of the games and one RBI on two of the games.

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Jake Scheiner carried a one game hit streak into last week before Tacoma took on Sugar Land . . . Scheiner hit in the first five games of the week before his hit streak ended at six games on Sunday . . . Scheiner had eights base hits, three home runs, and 12 RBI against the Space Cowboys.

Scheiner leads the Pacific Coast League with 30 home runs and 105 RBI . . . The 105 RBI leads all of AAA baseball.

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Zach Arnold played in three games last week for Single-A Clearwater . . . Arnold had a hit and an RBI in each of the three games.

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Jared Triolo played in six games last week for AAA Indianapolis . . . Triolo hit in four straight games last week, extending his hit streak to five games . . . Three of the hits were doubles for Triolo.

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