Sam Houston (24-20, 7-11 CUSA) at Texas (27-18, 13-8 Big 12)
Disch-Falk Field (Austin)
Tuesday, April 30 | 6:30 PM | Longhorn Network
Projected Starters
SHSU: LHP Gavi Coldiron (3-4, 5.52 ERA, 45.2 IP, 30 K, 11 BB)
TEXAS: RHP Charlie Hurley (3-0, 6.67 ERA, 29.2 IP, 25 K, 19 BB)
HUNTSVILLE – The Sam Houston Bearkats will look to put an end to a four-game skid on Tuesday night when they head to Austin to battle the Texas Longhorns at Disch-Falk Field.
Tuesday's game on the Longhorn Network with Keith Moreland and Greg Swindell on the call.
SERIES NOTES vs TEXAS
- The Kats have dropped 10 games in a row to the Longhorns dating back through the 2016 season and are just 4-30 in Sam Houston's Division I era (since 1987)
- The last time Sam Houston got a win over Texas was on April 14, 2015 when Alex Bisacca and Jordan Church combined to shut out Texas by a 5-0 count. That season was the first year after David Pierce's departure from Huntsville for Tulane, with current SHSU head coach Jay Sirianni in the Bearkat dugout in his first year as pitching coach.
- Of the 34 games played in the SHSU Division I era between the schools, 30 have been played at Disch-Falk Field. Two have also been played at Minute Maid Park, and two in Huntsville.
BEARKAT QUICK HITTERS
- The Kats are coming off a tough week with a loss at Baylor and a sweep at the hands of Louisiana Tech, all on the road.
- In Sam Houston's series at LA Tech, the Kats lost the 3 games by only a combined 6 runs. Half of that total came in Sunday's series finale on a walk-off, 3-run homer by LA Tech's Adarius Myers in the 10th inning.
- Jeffrey David enters Tuesday with a team-best, 15-game hitting streak and has reached in 19 games overall. It is the second-longest hit streak by a Kat this year, only behind the 23-gamer put together by Walker Janek to open the season.
- Tuesday will mark the final true road midweek game of the year for Sam Houston, with only a neutral-site clash with Houston at Constellation Field in Sugar Land on May 14 remaining.
- Sam Houston will be searching for its first road midweek win of the year on Tuesday at Texas. Currently the Kats are 0-6 in road midweeks, while being 6-0 in midweek games played at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville.
A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS
- The Longhorns have won five of their last six games, including each of their last two weekend series over TCU and most recently Oklahoma.
- Texas swept both ends of a Sunday doubleheader to capture its series against the Sooners, pulling to within two games of OU in the Big 12 standings.
- Texas had dropped consecutive midweek games at Disch-Falk Field to Texas State and UTRGV before shutting out UT Arlington a week ago.
