Despite strong pitching efforts from the staff and bullpen, Cincinnati lost its second-straight weekend series against Houston.
That other shoe is dropping a lot harder than Cincinnati would have hoped. Just two weeks ago the Bearcats were sitting high atop the American Athletic Conference standings thanks to consistent series wins against league opponents. Fast forward to today and they are looking at back-to-back series losses, which have sent them spiraling down to a tie for third place in the standings with UConn. The most recent run of bad luck came against the Houston Cougars, a team with 31 wins on the campaign that is somehow still chasing the Bearcats.