UH baseball finds itself one win away from reaching the American Athletic Conference tournament championship after defeating Memphis 8-7 in walk-off fashion on Thursday evening in Clearwater, Florida to improve to 2-0 in the tournament.
Tied 7-7 with the bases loaded and one out, graduate utility player Santiago Garcia was the hero as he walked it off on an RBI single to left.
The Cougars will face the winner of UCF-Memphis, who play on Friday, needing to win one of two possible games on Saturday to advance to Sunday’s championship.
After UH starter Jaycob Deese opened up the game with a 1-2-3 inning, junior centerfielder Brandon Uhse wasted no time announcing his presence, launching the first pitch he saw over the left-center wall to lead off the bottom of the first.