Houston 4, at Rice 3

HOUSTON (Interstat) — Alex Solis delivered four dominant innings of relief, and Riley Jackson provided a critical insurance run with a ninth-inning home run as the Houston Cougars held off the Rice Owls 4-3 in a tightly contested non-conference game Tuesday night at M.O. Campbell Center. The most important part of the game was Solis’s mid-game shutdown performance, which stabilized the contest for Houston after Rice had clawed back from an early deficit. Entering with two outs in the third inning and two runners on base, Solis escaped the jam and then proceeded to stifle the Owls’ offense. Over his… Read more...