April 22, 2006

Memphis vs. #19 Houston boxscore in PDF Format
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HOUSTON, Texas -

Memphis (21-20; 6-8 C-USA)	         010 000 000 - 1  8 1
#19 Houston (27-15; 11-3 C-USA)	210 030 010 - 7 17 1

Houston starter Ricky Hargrove tied a career-high with eight strikeouts, and allowed just one run on seven hits in eight innings of work, to lead the 19th-ranked Cougars to a 7-1 win over Memphis Saturday night at Cougar Field. The series win was the fifth-straight Conference USA series victory for the Cougars. Memphis falls to 21-20 overall and 6-8 in C-USA action.

Houston, who blew up for 17 hits in the game, got off to a fast start in the first as Jake Stewart and Isa Garcia led off with singles. Brad Lincoln ripped a two-run double down the rightfield line in the next at-bat for a 2-0 UH lead just three batters into the contest.

Memphis cut the Cougars lead in half with a single tally in the second on an RBI-single by Ben Grisham. But Houston regained its two-run cushion in the bottom half of the inning on a solo home run by Bryan Tully.

The U of M threatened to cross runs in the third, fourth and fifth, but left a combined four runners in scoring position in the three frames. Memphis left runners stranded in all nine innings, including leaving six in scoring position in its first five trips to the plate.

Houston extended its advantage to 6-1 in a three-run fifth inning that was powered by a two-run blast by Matt Weston and a solo shot over the rightfield wall by Josh Stirneman.

The Cougars added one run in the bottom of the eighth, on an RBI-single from Lincoln, for the 7-1 final tally.

Stephen Gostkowski took the loss on the hill for Memphis after giving up five runs on 11 hits in four innings. Dusty Davis came on and struck out four in 3.2 innings of relief. Marcus Davis worked the final out of the eighth.

Adam Amar had a pair of hits for Memphis and Bill Moss added his 19th double of the year.

The Tigers look to salvage a win in the series on Sunday when the two teams matchup in the series finale at 1 p.m. Join "The Voice of Tiger Baseball", Jeff Brightwell as he calls the live play-by-play action on WUMR 91.7FM. Coverage begins at 12:45 p.m.