Tag: Jake Scheiner

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 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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Cougars Notebook – August 21, 2023

Two Cougars appeared in the same game although for opposing teams on August 15 . . . Austin Pruitt threw 2/3 of a scoreless inning for the Athletics against the St. Louis Cardinals . . . John King matched Pruitt with his own scoreless 2/3 of an inning for the Cardinals.

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John King then tossed a scoreless 1 1/3 innings on Sunday in a Cardinals victory over the New York Mets . . . King struck out two of his four recorded outs and allowed no hits or walks.

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Connor Wong delivered a two-run home run at Yankee Stadium and scored twice for the Red Sox in a Boston 8-1 victory over the Yankees on Saturday . . . For Wong it was his seventh home run of the season and came off of Yankees ace Gerrit Cole.

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Triolo went 1-for-3 on August 15 at Citi Field against the Mets . . . Triolo picked up an RBI on a bases loaded hit by pitch and he also reached base on a fielding error by Francisco Lindor in the Pirates 7-4 road win.

Triolo was optioned back to AAA Indianapolis on Friday with the Pirates team in Minneapolis.

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Corey Julks was called back up by the Astros from AAA Sugar Land on Saturday and delivered a pinch hit in his only at-bat in a 10-3 Houston loss to Seattle.

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Zach Arnold went 3-for-4 with an RBI on August 15 for the Clearwater Threshers . . . The RBI came when Arnold hit his first home run as a professional.

Through his first eleven games for Clearwater, Arnold has hit in nine of them and has multiple hits in four games . . . He is batting .382.

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Robert Gasser struck out ten batters and allowed no walks on Friday night for the AAA Nashville Sounds . . . Gasser threw six innings allowing just one run on seven hits.

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Jake Scheiner is tied for the home run lead in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and leads the league with 92 RBI.

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Cougars Notebook – July 31, 2023

Former Cougars catcher Connor Wong has had hit streaks of three games and five games in the second half of July . . . Between July 15 and July 28 hit safely in eight of nine games with multiple hits in three of those games.

Wong has caught 626 1/3 innings this season and has a .988 fielding percentage with the Boston Red Sox.

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Former Cougars LHP John King was part of a five player trade on Sunday ahead of the MLB trade deadline . . . King, drafted by the Texas Rangers in 2017, was sent to the St. Louis Cardinals with two other Rangers prospects in exchange for two players.

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Jake Scheiner is tied with three other players for the AAA home run lead with 25 . . . Scheiner leads AAA in RBI with 85 RBI, six more than the next closest hitter.

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Former Cougars slugger Ryan Hernandez was released from his contract with the Los Angeles Angels organization on July 26 . . . Hernandez was quickly picked up by the Cleburne Railroaders, an independent league team where he opened the season before the Angels signed him to a free agent contract.

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On July 27 Malachi Lott who had entered the transfer portal early, announced he is transferring to Sam Houston.

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Cougars Notebook – July 24, 2023

Jared Triolo pushed his hit streak to 13 games, a streak which began before the All-Star break . . . On July 21, Triolo picked up his base hit with a 4th inning single to right field off of Shohei Ohtani in Anaheim.

The hit streak ended at 13 games on Saturday night.

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Connor Wong was 3-for-4 with three RBI for Boston on Monday night at Oakland in a Red Sox 7-0 victory . . . At that point Wong had hit safely in three straight games.

Wong closed out the week with another 3-for-4 performance, this time against the New York Mets in a 6-1 win at Fenway Park.

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Jake Scheiner hit his 24th home run of the season for Tacoma on Tuesday night . . . Scheiner led all of AAA in home runs at that point and closed the week tied for lead.

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Cougars Notebook – July 3, 2023

As the clock changed from 11:59pm to 12:00am late on Friday, June 30 to early on Saturday, July 1, the University of Houston became a member of the Big 12.

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Former Cougars third baseman Jared Triolo was promoted to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night . . . On Wednesday night, June 28, Triolo made his MLB debut at third base against the San Diego Padres . . . Triolo picked up his first base hit in the eighth inning as part of a 1-for-3 effort, including a hit-by-pitch to reach base as part of a five-run seventh inning.

Triolo then picked up his first RBI in the big leagues on Saturday, July 1 when he doubled off the wall in right field in PNC Park against the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Last week it was announced that the Cougars would participate in the 2024 Astros Foundation College Classic, which was formerly called the Shriners College Classic . . . The Astros Classic will take place at Minute Maid Park March 1-3, 2024 . . . The Cougars will play Texas, Vanderbilt, and Louisiana  . . . Texas, LSU will also be in town for the Classic, but they will not face Houston.

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Jake Scheiner hit his 20th home run of the season on Friday night for AAA Tacoma . . . Scheiner also had 76 total hits, 66 RBI, and 47 walks to close out June.

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Former Cougars RHP Fred Villarreal was released by the Seattle Mariners organization on June 28 . . . On June 30, Villarreal signed with the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican Baseball League.

Cougars Notebook – May 29, 2023

Houston’s 2023 season came to an end Saturday night in Clearwater as they bowed out of the conference Championship having gone 3-2.

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After the completion of the Championship, the All-Tournament team was named and Justin Murray and Brandon Uhse were both named to the team . . . The list featured players by position, but there were no names listed for third base for some reason . . . It is reasonable to think that Zach Arnold could have been named to the All-Tournament team as well.

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The end of the college baseball regular and tournament season saw Houston finish at the 100 spot in the RPI+ ranking created by College Baseball Nation . . . The RPI+ is not new this season, but it correctly chose 62 of the 64 teams that made the NCAA tournament field this year.

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Pitching Coach Kyle Bunn will not be returning to Houston next season

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Jake Scheiner hit his 15th home run of the season for AAA Tacoma on May 27.

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Former Houston slugger Ryan Hernandez finally has a shot with a big league organization . . . Hernandez signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim this week.

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Former Cougars pitcher Logan Clayton was promoted to the Hillsboro Hops, the High-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks on May 23 . . . Clayton opened the season with the Single-A Visalia Rawhide.

Clayton made six appearances out of the bullpen for Visalia and allowed just one run over 10 1/3 innings pitched while he struck out eleven batters.

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