University of Louisville
<i>@Houston *</i>
Cards Lose to Houston 5-1 Friday
April 08, 2005 | Baseball
April 8, 2005
HOUSTON, TX - Houston's Matt Farrington retired the first 19 University of Louisville batters he faced, and gave up two hits in 7.1 innings, as the Cougars defeated the Cardinals 5-1 in the series opener Friday.
Houston (14-16, 6-3 C-USA) shortstop Dustin Kingsbury tripled home Brad Lincoln and scored on a throwing error on the play for a 2-0 Houston lead in the bottom of the first.
In the third, Lincoln tripled home a run and scored on a single by Kori Williams, who scored on a double by Brett Logan to make it 5-0 Cougars.
Farrington(6-1) was perfect through 6.1 innings, before Nick Haley reached on an infield single and J.T. LaFountain followed with a single to right. Farrington allowed an unearned run while walking two and striking out three.
Derrick Alfonso and Greg Taylor drew consecutive one out walks in the eighth and Alfonso eventually scored on a throwing error as Houston attempted to turn two on a ground ball by Chris Cates for the only U of L run.
Cardinal starter Trystan Magnuson (2-3) took the loss, surrendering five runs- four of which were earned on six hits and a walk in 2.2 innings. He struck out three.
A bright spot for the Cardinals (15-11, 5-4 )was the performance of reliever Scott Jenkins, who tossed 5.1 innings of scoreless relief, scattering three hits and two walks, while striking out a career-best five. The 5.1 innings matched a career best established last season against Houston.
UH reliever Shea Hancock walked two and struck out one in the final 1.2 innings.
Alfonso had a career-night behind the dish, nailing all four runners that attempted to steal against him.
The teams will meet for game two of the series Saturday at 8:00 p.m. ET.
