TicketsCINCINNATI – For the second straight day, the University of Cincinnati baseball team used a late-inning surge to earn a come-from-behind victory over the Houston Cougars. On Saturday, it was Landyn Vidourek's RBI single in the eighth inning that capped a 5-4 win to clinch the weekend series.
Cincinnati will now play for the series sweep on Sunday at noon.
The Bearcats (23-17, 9-8 Big 12) allowed four runs in the top of the second to fall behind early, but kept the Cougars off the scoreboard for the rest of the game. UC chipped away at the deficit with runs in the second and sixth before tying the game in the seventh and taking the lead in the eighth.
Freshman Carson Marsh was the hero on the mound, earning the win with three scoreless innings to end the game. He stranded a runner on third in the top of the eighth to keep the game tied and
Vidourek, who entered the game to play right field in the sixth inning, tallied the game-winning RBI. Christian Mitchelle had a three-hit day while Josh Kross, Lauden Brooks, and Max Palmieri all registered two hits apiece. Kross drove in the tying run in the seventh on a sac fly and had a double as well.
Nathan Taylor made the start on the mound and struck out four in five innings. Griffin Hugus, making his first appearance since March 2, pitched a scoreless sixth innings with one strikeout. Following the brief lapse in the second inning. UC's pitchers stranded six Houston baserunners over the final seven shutout innings.
// HOW IT HAPPENED
Houston struck first with four runs in the second inning. The first two runs of the inning came home on a grounder that eked through the right side of the infield, and runs came in on an error and a two-out base hit as well to make it 4-0.
Cincinnati got one of those runs back in the bottom half of the inning. Max Palmieri ripped a two-out single into center field that scored Christian Mitchelle to get UC on the board.
The Bearcats pulled within a run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 4-3. Josh Hegemann drew a bases-loaded walk, then Josh Kross brought in a run on a sacrifice fly to trim the deficit to one. One inning later, Lauden Brooks singled into right field and drove in the tying run to put the score at 4-4.
In the top of the eighth, Carson Marsh stranded a Cougar runner on third with an emphatic two-out punchout to keep the game tied. Kerrington Cross then led off the bottom of the eighth with a base hit and advanced to third on Kross' single. With runners at the corners, Landyn Vidourek shot a base hit into the gap in right-center field that score Cross easily and gave UC its first lead of the day.
Marsh sent down the first two hitters he faced in the top of the ninth on strikeouts and induced a harmless groundout to end the game and seal the win.
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Cincinnati will now play for the series sweep on Sunday at noon.
The Bearcats (23-17, 9-8 Big 12) allowed four runs in the top of the second to fall behind early, but kept the Cougars off the scoreboard for the rest of the game. UC chipped away at the deficit with runs in the second and sixth before tying the game in the seventh and taking the lead in the eighth.
Freshman Carson Marsh was the hero on the mound, earning the win with three scoreless innings to end the game. He stranded a runner on third in the top of the eighth to keep the game tied and
Vidourek, who entered the game to play right field in the sixth inning, tallied the game-winning RBI. Christian Mitchelle had a three-hit day while Josh Kross, Lauden Brooks, and Max Palmieri all registered two hits apiece. Kross drove in the tying run in the seventh on a sac fly and had a double as well.
Nathan Taylor made the start on the mound and struck out four in five innings. Griffin Hugus, making his first appearance since March 2, pitched a scoreless sixth innings with one strikeout. Following the brief lapse in the second inning. UC's pitchers stranded six Houston baserunners over the final seven shutout innings.
// HOW IT HAPPENED
Houston struck first with four runs in the second inning. The first two runs of the inning came home on a grounder that eked through the right side of the infield, and runs came in on an error and a two-out base hit as well to make it 4-0.
Cincinnati got one of those runs back in the bottom half of the inning. Max Palmieri ripped a two-out single into center field that scored Christian Mitchelle to get UC on the board.
The Bearcats pulled within a run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 4-3. Josh Hegemann drew a bases-loaded walk, then Josh Kross brought in a run on a sacrifice fly to trim the deficit to one. One inning later, Lauden Brooks singled into right field and drove in the tying run to put the score at 4-4.
In the top of the eighth, Carson Marsh stranded a Cougar runner on third with an emphatic two-out punchout to keep the game tied. Kerrington Cross then led off the bottom of the eighth with a base hit and advanced to third on Kross' single. With runners at the corners, Landyn Vidourek shot a base hit into the gap in right-center field that score Cross easily and gave UC its first lead of the day.
Marsh sent down the first two hitters he faced in the top of the ninth on strikeouts and induced a harmless groundout to end the game and seal the win.
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
For up-to-the-minute updates, follow @GoBearcatsBASE on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
NOTE: All dates and times are subject to change due to weather. All schedule changes will be announced on Twitter at @GoBearcatsBASE.