Houston’s win over UT Arlington on Sunday at Schroeder Park might sound like a familiar one, that’s because it is:
The Houston offense got going in the bottom of the first inning after the first two Cougars batters had been retired . . . Anthony Tulimero (2-for-3) was hit by a pitch and took second base on a wild pitch . . . Harold Coll (3-for-4) walked after falling behind in the count 0-2 . . . Ace Reese drove in Tulimero with an opposite field single into left field . . . Cary Arbolida (3-for-5) hit the next pitch into left field to score Coll and Houston had a 2-0 lead going to the second inning.
The Mavericks got one of the runs right back in the top of the second inning when a balk brought across a runner from this base . . . One inning later, UTA tied the game on an inside-the-park home run to right field.
Tulimero sent the first pitch in the bottom of the third inning into left field for a leadoff single . . . With one out, Reese singled to right field allowing Tulimero to get to third base . . . Arbolida hammered a 1-2 pitch 431 feet over the left field wall for a three-run home run.
Tre Jones (2-for-4) followed with a triple to the right field wall and the Mavericks went to the bullpen . . . Kenneth Jimenez hit the first pitch from the new pitcher high into center field to score Jones on a sacrifice fly to push the Houston lead to four, 6-2.
Arbolida led off the bottom of the fifth inning with his second home run of the game, this one traveling 435 feet over the left field fence . . . The blast was Arbolida’s fourth of the weekend and his third milti-home run game of the season . . . It was also Arbolida’s 12th home run of the season.
A two-run home run for the Mavericks in the top of the sixth inning cut the Houston lead to 7-4.
In the bottom of the sixth, Justin Murray singled to left field with one out and then stole second base with two outs . . . Coll doubled to the left field wall to score Murray and get the Cougars lead back to four.
Murray once again reached base with one out in the bottom of eighth inning, this time via a walk . . . Tulimero doubled to the wall in left-center field on the first pitch of his at-bat to score Murray from first base . . . Coll singled to center field to plate Tulimero and Houston led 10-4 going to the ninth inning . . . The RBI was Coll’s 47th, which leads the team.
Left-hander Jose Torrealba took the mound in relief of Jean in the top of the sixth inning with a runner on first base . . . The first batter to face Torrealba lined a ball toward third base where Tulimero was able to get a glove on the ball to knock it to the ground for a single and avoid extra bases and possible a run scoring . . . Torrealba induced a double play ball to end the inning without allowing any runs.
Torrealba proceeded to get the next nine batters out in order to close out the ballgame, retiring all 11 batters he faced . . . Torrealba threw 32 pitches over his 3 2/3 innings pitched and only threw four pitches in the ninth inning to end the ballgame . . . Torrealba earned the save for his work, his third of the season.
Antoine Jean earned the win to improve to 3-2 this season, he threw 5 1/3 innings and struck out six batters . . . Five Cougars had multiple hits in the ballgame.
Houston is off for the next couple of days before facing McNeese on Wednesday in this week’s only midweek game for the Cougars . . . First pitch at Schroeder Park is scheduled for 6:30pm.
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