{"id":217359,"date":"2026-03-24T00:47:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217359\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T00:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T00:47:41","slug":"preview-baseball-hosts-2-longhorns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/217359\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW: Baseball Hosts #2 Longhorns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON \u2013\u00a0Houston Baseball returns to Schroeder Park to host #2 Texas on Tuesday in the Cougars&#8217; first Houston Blue game of the season.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe first 400 fans wearing Houston Blue to the ballpark will receive a Houston Cowboy Hat, presented by game sponsor Ford.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nProbable Starters<br \/>\nTuesday<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tHouston:\u00a0RHP <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/caleb-kimble\/9695\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9695\" target=\"_blank\">Caleb Kimble<\/a> (7.71 ERA, 0-0, 2.1 IP, 2 K)&#13;<br \/>\n\tTexas:\u00a0RHP Jason Flores (9.00 ERA, 0-0, 5.0 IP, 4 K)&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nQuick Hitters<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Cougars play 11 different conferences including all of the Power 4 leagues. Houston has secured a win against an opponent from every Power 4 conference.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tHouston started the season with a 4-0 showing at the Puerto Rico Challenge, defeating No. 21 Wake Forest in the first NCAA Division I Baseball game of the season. The showing propelled the Cougars into the national spotlight, with the team receiving votes in the NCBWA Poll for the next four weeks.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tJunior <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tre-broussard\/9591\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9591\" target=\"_blank\">Tre Broussard<\/a> has been highly ranked on MLB Draft prospects lists.\u00a0MLB.com\u00a0put him at No. 46 on their first 2026 Top 100 Draft prospects list while\u00a0FloBaseball\u00a0tabbed him at 79th, and\u00a0D1Baseball\u00a0placed him at No. 65.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/richie-roman\/9602\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9602\" target=\"_blank\">Richie Roman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/paul-schmitz\/9604\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9604\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Schmitz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/alex-solis\/9606\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9606\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Solis<\/a> were named to the 2026 Pitcher of the Year watchlist.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Cougars face a loaded schedule in 2026, battling five teams that finished 2025 in the Top 25 of RPI. The team will play 29 of its 55 games against teams that finished in the Top 50 of the NCAA&#8217;s RPI and 25 games against teams that made the 2025 NCAA Tournament.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nTHE SERIES<br \/>\nHouston vs. Texas<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tOverall:\u00a0Texas leads 99-34-2&#13;<br \/>\n\tAt Houston:\u00a0Texas leads 37-20-1&#13;<br \/>\n\tStreak:\u00a0Texas, 2 games&#13;<br \/>\n\tLast UH Win:\u00a0April 12, 2024 | Houston | 9-1&#13;<br \/>\n\tLast UT Win:\u00a0April 14, 2024 | Houston | 13-8&#13;<br \/>\n\tUnder Whitting:\u00a04-9&#13;<br \/>\n\tLast 5:\u00a0LLWLW (2-3)&#13;<br \/>\n\tLast 10:\u00a0LLWLWLLWLL (3-7)&#13;<br \/>\n\tLongest UH Win Streak:\u00a02&#13;<br \/>\n\tLongest UT Win Streak:\u00a011&#13;<br \/>\n\tFirst Meeting:\u00a01958&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nSUPPORT THE COUGARS\u00a0<br \/>\nFans can make a direct impact on the success of Houston Baseball by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/app.uhcougars.com\/UH25PartnerWSA\" title=\"https:\/\/app.uhcougars.com\/UH25PartnerWSA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">providing NIL opportunities<\/a>\u00a0and by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougarpride.com\/membership-center\/giving-opportunities\/sport-specific-clubs\/dugout-club\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">joining the Dugout Club<\/a>\u00a0which provides financial support directly to Houston Baseball for needs beyond its operating budget.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nSTAY CONNECTED\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nFans can receive updates by following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UHCougarBB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@UHCougarBB<\/a>\u00a0on X, formerly known as Twitter, and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team&#8217;s Facebook page at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UHCougarBB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Cougar Baseball<\/a>. Fans can also follow the team on Instagram at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uhcougarbb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@uhcougarbb<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 UHCougars.com \u2013<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013\u00a0Houston Baseball returns to Schroeder Park to host #2 Texas on Tuesday in the Cougars&#8217; first Houston&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-217359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-houston-headlines","10":"tag-houston-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}