Baseball | 2/23/2015 4:53:00 PM

SAN MARCOS – Texas State hosts No. 3 Houston Tuesday night at 6 p.m., the same night the Bobcats will hold a formal ceremony to retire Paul Goldschmidt's no. 37 jersey on Goldy Night at Bobcat Ballpark. The ceremony will begin at 5:45 p.m.

Game Info: Texas State vs. No. 3 Houston
Site: Bobcat Ballpark – San Marcos, Texas
Date: Tuesday, February 24
Time: 6 p.m. (Goldschmidt Ceremony to start at 5:45 p.m.)
 
Probable Pitching Matchups
Tuesday: TBA at TBA

The Series
Houston holds the advantage in the all-time series against Texas State, 28-15, and have won three consecutive games in the series. Head Coach Ty Harrington is 11-12 in his career against Houston.
 
Last season both teams met in Houston and the Cougars prevailed, 7-1. Granger Studdard knocked in Texas State's only run with a single up the middle to score Colby Targun in the fourth inning. Houston scored four runs in the second inning and added three more in the sixth to win. Garrett Mattlage and Ben McElroy were the only other Bobcats with a hit in the game.
 
On the Cougars
The Houston Cougars come into this game ranked as high as No. 3 by Baseball America and is sixth according to Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball.com and the National College Baseball Writers' Association.
 
This season, Houston started the year with a six-game winning streak after winning the American Athletic Conference Championship in 2014. Last game, the Cougars fell to No. 20 Alabama by a score of 8-3.
 
Zac Taylor leads the squad with a strong .391 batting average, scoring 11 runs on nine hits with a homer. Five Cougars are hitting .304 or higher and the team, as a whole, is hitting .290 and slugging .429. Offensively, Houston is also a threat to steal. Once the Cougars are on the bases, they are 12 for 13 this season on stolen bases.
 
As a team, Houston has put together a 3.00 ERA from the mound, led by Andrew Lantrip and his 0.75 ERA. Kyle Dowdy, Taylor Cobb and Bubba Maxwell have achieved a 0.00 ERA over a combined 12.1 innings.
 
On the Bobcats
Texas State picked up the team's first victory of the season Sunday with a 7-5 win over Wichita State on the road. Freshman Braden Pearson got the first win of his young career while Cory Geisler earned a save.
 
Ben McElroy led Texas State from the plate with a .545 average and a .643 on-base percentage over three games against Wichita State, going 6-for-11. David Paiz was .462 and slugged .615 with two RBI while Cody Lovejoy finished the weekend hitting .400. Cedric Vallieres and Tanner Hill both finished the weekend hitting .300 or better.
 
For the year, Lovejoy leads the squad with a .364 batting average while Paiz isn't far behind at .345. Vallieres and McElroy are both hitting .300 or above along with Matt Sanchez and Geisler.
 
From the mound, Montana Parsons has done well for himself. He hasn't allowed an earned run in 5.1 innings of work while Geisler hasn't given one up in seven innings. The two have combined for nine strikeouts. Geisler, Scott Grist and Lucas Humpal lead the team in strikeouts with six apiece.
 
A Look Ahead
After Houston, the Bobcats will host Central Michigan in a four-game set over the weekend with games at 3 p.m. Friday, a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. Saturday and an 11 a.m. game on Sunday. Texas State hosts UT-Pan American in the midweek, and will welcome UL Monroe to town for the first conference games of the season.