Houston vs Sam Houston (Feb 24, 2026)

 
Box Score
 

2026 Sam Houston Baseball
Houston at Sam Houston
Feb 24, 2026 at Huntsville, Texas (Don Sanders Stadium)

Houston 5 (6-2)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
McClane Helton lf  4  0  2  0  1  2  0  0  0 
Xavier Perez rf  4  1  1  1  0  2  0  1  0 
Cade Climie dh  4  0  1  1  0  1  0  0  2 
Riley Jackson 1b  4  1  1  0  0  0  6  0  3 
Antonelli Savattere 2b  3  0  1  1  1  1  0  3  0 
Blake Fields cf  3  1  0  0  1  0  3  0  0 
Dylan Maxcey c  4  1  1  2  0  0  15  0  0 
Jackson LaLima 3b  3  1  1  0  1  1  0  1  0 
Tyler Cox ss  2  0  0  0  0  0  3  2  0 
Caden Cooper p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Alex Solis p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Connor Udland p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Tyler Bryan p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Totals  31  5  8  5  4  7  27  7  5 
  

Sam Houston 4 (4-4)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Jeric Curtis cf  4  0  0  0  0  3  5  1  0 
Nathan Fink rf  4  0  0  0  0  2  2  0  0 
Cade Corcoran 1b  3  1  1  0  1  0  7  0  0 
Hunter Alvord ss  3  2  2  2  1  1  1  3  0 
Wes Baker c  2  1  0  0  2  1  8  2  0 
Jace Martinez 3b  3  0  1  0  1  2  0  1  1 
Caleb Cotton dh  2  0  0  1  1  1  0  0  0 
Blake Brown 2b  2  0  0  1  0  2  3  0  0 
   Kirby Orth ph  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0 
Parker Blackman lf  4  0  0  0  0  2  1  0  4 
Tate Hickman p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0 
   Jakob Holzer p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Cooper Harris p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Connor Zaruba p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Gabe Winans p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Totals  28  4  4  4  6  15  27  8  5 

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Houston............. 000 122 000 -  5  8  0
Sam Houston......... 020 000 020 -  4  4  0
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LOB - Cougars 5; Bearkats 5. 2B - Helton; Climie; Jackson. HR - Maxcey; Alvord, H.(1). SH - Cox 2. SF - Cotton, C.(2); Brown, B.(1). SB - PerezX. CS - Savattere.

Houston   ip  h  r  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Caden Cooper   1.0  1  2  2  3  1  1  0  0  0  3  6  0  1  22 
Alex Solis W,2-0  5.0  0  0  0  0  6  0  0  0  0  13  15  5  4  57 
Connor Udland   1.2  3  2  2  3  4  0  0  0  0  8  11  0  1  45 
Tyler Bryan S,3  1.1  0  0  0  0  4  0  0  0  0  4  4  0  0  15 
  
Sam Houston   ip  h  r  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Tate Hickman   4.0  4  2  2  2  3  1  0  0  0  14  17  5  3  58 
Jakob Holzer L,0-1  1.1  3  3  3  1  2  0  0  0  0  6  8  0  2  29 
Cooper Harris   1.2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  6  6  4  1  21 
Connor Zaruba   0.1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  2  1  0  9 
Gabe Winans   1.2  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  4  4  2  0  17 

Win - Solis (2-0). Loss - Holzer, J. (0-1). Save - Bryan (3). WP - Cooper; Hickman, T.(1). Pitches/strikes: Cooper 22/9; Solis 57/36; Udland 45/24; Bryan 15/12; Hickman, T. 58/33; Holzer, J. 29/15; Harris, C. 21/16; Zaruba, C. 9/3; Winans, G. 17/12.

Umpires - HP: Mike Garcia 1B: Bill Larance 3B: Jett Minton
Start: 6:01 pm Time: 2:47 Attendance: 1190
Weather: 70 deg, clear & sunny, S 12mph
Cooper faced 3 batters in the 2nd.
Hickman, T. faced 1 batter in the 5th.

 
Play-by-Play
 

2026 Sam Houston Baseball
Houston at Sam Houston
Feb 24, 2026 at Huntsville, Texas (Don Sanders Stadium)

Houston starters: 18/lf Helton; 7/rf PerezX; 12/dh Climie; 4/1b Jackson; 21/2b Savattere; 24/cf Fields; 26/c Maxcey; 51/3b LaLima; 11/ss Cox; 35/p Cooper;

Sam Houston starters: 13/cf Curtis, J.; 25/rf Fink, N.; 14/1b Corcoran, C.; 9/ss Alvord, H.; 5/c Baker, W.; 8/3b Martinez, J.; 4/dh Cotton, C.; 1/2b Brown, B.; 3/lf Blackman, P.; 32/p Hickman, T.;

Houston 1st - Helton singled to left center (2-2 BBKKF). PerezX struck out looking (1-2 KFBFK). Climie lined out to cf (0-0). Jackson fouled out to 1b (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Sam Houston 1st - Curtis, J. grounded out to 3b (0-1 K). Fink, N. struck out swinging (1-2 SKBS). Corcoran, C. singled to right field, out at second rf to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Houston 2nd - Savattere singled up the middle, out at second cf to 2b (2-0 BB). Fields flied out to cf (2-2 BKFB). Maxcey grounded out to ss (1-1 KB). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 2nd - Alvord, H. walked (3-1 FBBBB). Alvord, H. advanced to second on a wild pitch. Alvord advances on WP on 2-1 pitch. Baker, W. walked (3-1 BSBBB). HOU mound visit - Coach (1). HOU mound visit - catcher (1) after 3-0 pitch. Martinez, J. walked (3-1 BBBKB); Baker, W. advanced to second; Alvord, H. advanced to third. Solis to p for Cooper. Cotton, C. flied out to cf, SF, RBI (3-2 BBKFB); Martinez, J. advanced to second; Baker, W. advanced to third; Alvord, H. scored. Brown, B. flied out to cf, SF, RBI (2-2 BSKB); Martinez, J. advanced to third; Baker, W. scored. Blackman, P. grounded out to 2b (0-2 KF). 2 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Houston 3rd - LaLima singled through the left side (1-2 KBKF). Cox grounded out to p, bunt, SAC (0-0); LaLima advanced to second. Helton walked (3-1 FBBBB). PerezX struck out swinging (0-2 FSS). Climie struck out swinging (1-2 BKFS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Sam Houston 3rd - Curtis, J. struck out swinging (1-2 FBSS). Fink, N. grounded out to ss (1-1 KB). Corcoran, C. popped up to ss (1-2 KBS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Houston 4th - Jackson doubled down the lf line (1-0 B). Jackson advanced to third on a wild pitch. Jackson advances on WP on 2-0 pitch. Savattere grounded out to ss, RBI (3-1 BBBK); Jackson scored. Fields flied out to lf (2-0 BB). Maxcey flied out to cf (1-0 B). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 4th - Alvord, H. struck out looking (3-2 BBSBFK). Baker, W. grounded out to 2b (0-0). Martinez, J. struck out looking (3-2 BBKSBK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Houston 5th - LaLima walked (3-0 BBBB). Holzer, J. to p for Hickman, T.. Cox grounded out to c, bunt, SAC (1-0 B); LaLima advanced to second. Helton struck out looking (2-2 KBKBK). PerezX singled to right field, RBI (0-1 K); LaLima scored. PerezX stole second. Perez steals 2B on 0-2 pitch. Climie doubled to left field, ground-rule, RBI (2-2 FFBB); PerezX scored. Jackson grounded out to ss (2-0 BB). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Sam Houston 5th - Cotton, C. grounded out to 2b (0-0). Brown, B. struck out looking (1-2 KBSK). Blackman, P. lined out to ss (1-0 B). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Houston 6th - Savattere struck out swinging (2-2 KBFBS). Fields walked (3-1 BFBBB). Maxcey homered to left field, 2 RBI (1-0 B); Fields scored. Distance:372 ft Exit velo:98 mph. Harris, C. to p for Holzer, J.. LaLima grounded out to 3b (0-1 K). Cox popped up to 2b (1-2 BKF). 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 6th - Curtis, J. struck out swinging (1-2 FKBS). Fink, N. struck out looking (2-2 BFSBK). Corcoran, C. flied out to cf (2-0 BB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Houston 7th - Helton doubled down the lf line (1-2 KBS). PerezX flied out to rf (0-1 S); Helton advanced to third. Climie lined out to ss (1-2 KBS). Jackson flied out to cf (2-2 KBBF). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Sam Houston 7th - Udland to p for Solis. Alvord, H. singled to third base (1-1 BF). Baker, W. struck out swinging (1-2 BKFFS). Martinez, J. singled through the left side (1-0 B); Alvord, H. advanced to second. Cotton, C. walked (3-0 BBBB); Martinez, J. advanced to second; Alvord, H. advanced to third. HOU mound visit - coach (2). Brown, B. struck out looking (1-2 BFKFK). Blackman, P. struck out swinging (1-2 KSFBS). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Houston 8th - Zaruba, C. to p for Harris, C.. Savattere walked (3-2 KBSBBB). Fields flied out to cf (2-0 BB). Winans, G. to p for Zaruba, C.. Maxcey flied out to rf (0-1 K). Savattere out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 8th - Curtis, J. struck out swinging (2-2 BFBSS). Fink, N. grounded out to ss (0-1 F). Corcoran, C. walked (3-0 BBBB). HOU mound visit - catcher (2). Alvord, H. homered to left field, 2 RBI (1-2 SFB); Corcoran, C. scored. Distance:383 ft Exit velo:103 mph. Baker, W. walked (3-2 KSBBBB). Bryan to p for Udland. Martinez, J. struck out looking (1-2 KFBK). 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Houston 9th - LaLima struck out swinging (2-2 KBKBS). Cox fouled out to c (3-1 BBKB). Helton struck out swinging (0-2 KKS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 9th - Cotton, C. struck out swinging (1-2 KFBS). Orth, K. pinch hit for Brown, B.. Orth, K. struck out swinging (1-2 BSSS). Blackman, P. struck out looking (0-2 KFK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

 
Line score
 


Houston 5, Sam Houston 4 (Feb 24, 2026 at Huntsville, Texas)
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Houston............. 000 122 000  -  5  8  0      (6-2)
Sam Houston......... 020 000 020  -  4  4  0      (4-4)
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Pitchers: Houston - Caden Cooper; Alex Solis(2); Connor Udland(7); Tyler Bryan(8) and
Dylan Maxcey. Sam Houston - Tate Hickman; Jakob Holzer(5); Cooper Harris(6); Connor Zaruba(8);
Gabe Winans(8) and Wes Baker.
Win-Alex Solis(2-0)  Save-Tyler Bryan(3)  Loss-Jakob Holzer(0-1)  T-2:47  A-1190
HR HOU - Dylan Maxcey.
HR SHSU - Hunter Alvord (1).
Weather: 70 deg, clear & sunny, S 12mph

Cooper faced 3 batters in the 2nd.
Hickman, T. faced 1 batter in the 5th.