{"id":245546,"date":"2026-04-11T22:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T22:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/245546\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T22:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T22:16:07","slug":"houston-drops-finale-to-byu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/245546\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Drops Finale to BYU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON \u2013 The Houston Baseball team dropped the series finale to BYU on Saturday afternoon from Schroeder Park, 6-1. \u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHouston (16-18, 3-12 Big 12) tied the game in the third inning on a solo home run from third baseman and nine-hole hitter <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jackson-lalima\/9598\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9598\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson LaLima<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nRight-handed senior pitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/uhcougars.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/paul-schmitz\/9604\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9604\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Schmitz<\/a> (2-4) pitched 5.0 strong innings with seven strikeouts before stumbling into trouble in the sixth where he gave up three runs. The German finished the day with 5.1 innings pitched and seven strikeouts while allowing five hits and zero free passes.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBYU (18-16, 8-7 Big 12) scored multiple runs in the final third of the game for the second consecutive game in the series when the visitors scored three in the sixth, one in the seventh and one more in the ninth.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nUP NEXT<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nHouston heads to College Station, Texas, to face #18 Texas A&amp;M on Tuesday at 6 p.m. The matchup is the first since 2024 and will be streamed on SECN+.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSUPPORT THE COUGARS <br \/>\nFans can make a direct impact on the success of Houston Baseball by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/app.uhcougars.com\/UH25PartnerWSA__;!!LkSTlj0I!DBWiQuEJ-qN_jADcO-68ycq_91t5ri3Vc5tlfVaPJcunDKZSEyZGrlsfECh62_xG_j31LA3UrGv5_i5qAChPsguff2-UQfO3maU$\" title=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/app.uhcougars.com\/UH25PartnerWSA__;!!LkSTlj0I!DBWiQuEJ-qN_jADcO-68ycq_91t5ri3Vc5tlfVaPJcunDKZSEyZGrlsfECh62_xG_j31LA3UrGv5_i5qAChPsguff2-UQfO3maU$\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">providing NIL opportunities<\/a>\u00a0and by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/uhcougarpride.com\/membership-center\/giving-opportunities\/sport-specific-clubs\/dugout-club\/index.html__;!!LkSTlj0I!DBWiQuEJ-qN_jADcO-68ycq_91t5ri3Vc5tlfVaPJcunDKZSEyZGrlsfECh62_xG_j31LA3UrGv5_i5qAChPsguff2-UjppBwCU$\" title=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/uhcougarpride.com\/membership-center\/giving-opportunities\/sport-specific-clubs\/dugout-club\/index.html__;!!LkSTlj0I!DBWiQuEJ-qN_jADcO-68ycq_91t5ri3Vc5tlfVaPJcunDKZSEyZGrlsfECh62_xG_j31LA3UrGv5_i5qAChPsguff2-UjppBwCU$\" 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<br \/>\nSTAY CONNECTED\u00a0 <br \/>\nFans can receive updates by following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UHCougarBB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@UHCougarBB<\/a> on 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 <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 <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>\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<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 The Houston Baseball team dropped the series finale to BYU on Saturday afternoon from Schroeder Park,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":{"0":"post-245546","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\/245546","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=245546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}