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Copyright 2014 TexSport Publications
HOUSTON, TEXAS (February 14, 2014) Paced by a home run by first baseman Casey Grayson, the Houston Cougars held off a late game assault by Nicholls State; downing the Colonels by the score of 3-0 on opening night of college baseball at Houston’s Cougar Field on Friday, February 14, 2014.
The Cougars added runs by second baseman Josh Vidales and right
fielder Kyle Survance, in the bottom of the eight inning, to insure the shutout
of Nicholls State.
Houston
starting pitcher Aaron Garza saw seven innings of work; giving up two hits
while striking out six.
He showed pinpoint control in his first outing of the season;
throwing 61 strikes on 88 pitches.
Grayson, who was 3-for-3 with one run and one RBI, showed he
will be factor for the Cougars in 2014.
Nicholls
State mounted a comeback
in the eighth inning with singles by Phillip Lyons and Justin Holt, however,
they were unable to get any runners to score.
Chase Wellbrock, who pitched two innings of relief and gave
up three hits while striking out five, got the save received the loss.
Houston
head coach Todd Whitting was pleased with Garza’s effort on the mound and expressed
that to the press after the game.
“He was extremely aggressive in the zone. He didn’t pitch around the zone at all. He went right at their hitters.”
Whitting indicated that Garza was on a pitch count this
early in the season, but didn’t view that Garza was in trouble when Wellbrock
was sent into the game in relief.
“We got a bullpen…..No point stringing him (Garza) out. We knew we had everybody fresh and it was good for Wellbrock in that situation.”
The Cougars will face the Colonels twice more on opening weekend.
They have a 6:30 p.m. match set for Saturday, February 15 and a 1 p.m. first
pitch set for Sunday, February 16.
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