Service Appreciation Night vs. UH
4/12/2011 12:37:00 PM | Baseball
Tuesday is "Service Appreciation Night" at the Don as the Sam Houston athletic and ROTC departments team to honor area fire, police and military service personnel.
ROTC will have its inter-active Army 18-wheeler parked in front of the stadium along with the ROTC rock wall. The Huntsville men's choir, a group made up of a majority of military veterans, will sing the national anthem.
Tuesday's contest is the second of two meetings between the Bearkats and the Cougars. Houston defeated SHSU 9-3 at Cougar Field on March 15.
The Cougars' leading hitter, shortstop Chase Jensen, went 3-for-4 with 2 RBIs to lead Houston in the game. Jensen comes into Tuesday night with a .336 batting average.
Houston stands 17-17 overall for the year.
Sam Houston was won five of its last seven games to climb to 22-12 for the year. The Bearkats are 8-7 in Southland Conference action.
Five Bearkat starters are hitting above .300 with Chris Andres batting .371, Ryan Mooney .364, Mark Hudson .323, Greg Olson .317 and Doug Oney .303.
The Houston game is the only mid-week encounter for the baseball team.
Sam Houston will play host to Lamar in a three-game Southland Conference series beginning Friday at Don Sanders Stadium. Game times for the series with the Cardinals are 6:30 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Tickets for all Sam Houston home baseball games are available on line at www.gobearkats.com/tickets or at the SHSU athletic ticket office located in the Ron Mafrige Field House at Bowers Stadium. Ticket office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The ticket office telephone number is (936) 294-1729.
