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MEMORABLE GAMES OMAHA BOUND CELEBRATING IN OMAHA NCAA-RECORD STREAK SNAPPED Houston 4, Texas 3 Houston 7, Ohio State 6 Houston 4, #1 Texas 3 NCAA District 6 Playoffs NCAA College World Series March 26, 1982 • Houston, Texas May 19, 1967 • Austin, Texas June 13, 1967 • Omaha, Neb. The Texas Longhorns rolled into Cougar Field look- The Cougars and Longhorns squared off in a best- After losing their first game in the 1967 College ing to extend their NCAA-record 33-game winning streak of-three series for the District 6 Championship and a berth World Series, the Cougars found themselves trailing Ohio as they faced off with Houston at Cougar Field. Righthand- into the College World Series. The teams split the first two State 6-4 entering the ninth inning and just three outs from er Doug Drabek and the Cougar baseball team had other games of the series at Clark Field in Austin, forcing a third elimination. With their backs to the wall, Houston rallied to ideas, as they handed UT its first loss of the season by and deciding game. score three runs in their final at-bat to beat the Buckeyes beating Roger Clemens and the No. 1-ranked Longhorns Through eight innings of play, everything was going and secure the school’s first ever CWS victory. 4-3. the Longhorns’ way as they took a 3-0 lead. Before the UH tallied 13 hits in the 7-6 comeback win over Ohio Un-intimidated from the start, the UH offense jumped on Clemens to score four runs on six hits in his 3.1 innings. HISTORY & RECORDS start of the top of the ninth, though, play was halted while State. Texas fans paid tribute to the career of their legendary Cougar great Tom Paciorek helped power Houston Wes Gregersen led the Houston attack against the future coach, Bibb Falk. The “Grey Eagle”, as Coach Falk was to victory with his bat, going 2-for-5 with a home run, a seven-time Cy Young winner. Gregersen recorded three known, planned to retire at the end of the season after 25 double, two RBIs and two runs scored. Shortstop Art hits in four at-bats, as the only Cougar to post a multi-hit years of coaching at UT. Toombs homered and doubled in four at-bats, while cen- game. Jeff Jacobson went 1-for-2 and drove in a pair of Cougar players and coaches were made to sit and ter fielder Ike Lucas added three hits and a stolen base RBIs. Future UH baseball coach Rayner Noble drove in wait for the ceremony and standing ovation to be finished for the Cougars. an RBI and scored a run in the contest. before the game resumed. UH relievers Bubba Hill and Van Smith stymied the The Cougar pitching staff held the vaunted Texas Things did not appear to go the Cougars’ way as the Ohio State offense. Hill tossed 3.2 innings of one run ball lineup to just three runs, stranding 11 Longhorns on base. first two batters of the inning were quickly retired. But All- to pick up the win, while Smith pitched a hitless ninth to Starter Broc Higgins allowed one earned run in four in- American Tom Paciorek started the two-out rally by beat- close out the game and finish off the Buckeyes. nings and left the game holding a 4-2 lead. Reliever Kyle ing out a swinging bunt. Bo Burris followed with a solid Ohio State jumped out to an early 1-0 lead after one Channing entered the game in the fifth and pitched 2.2 single to left, barely clearing the shortstop’s outstretched inning of play, but Houston responded by scoring once in hitless innings to pick up the win. glove. the fourth and once in the fifth to take a 2-1 advantage. In The Cougars then turned the game over to their own Ron Baker then stepped in and ripped a double the bottom of the fifth, the Buckeyes erupted for five runs future Cy Young winner to close it out. Drabek pitched 2.1 down the left field line to score both Paciorek and Burris, to retake the lead at 6-2. The Cougars would then cut the innings and allowed only one unearned run, as he notched drawing UH to within a run. Following a walk to shortstop lead in half after plating a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, the save. Art Toombs, backup catcher James “Chico” Silman making the score 6-4. The three Houston pitchers combined to hold the launched a 400-foot triple to center field to plate the tying After the win, Houston would continue to roll, beating UT’s one through five batters to a paltry 2-for-21 in the and go-ahead runs. both Boston College and Arizona State to force a champi- contest. As play entered the bottom of the ninth, the Cougars onship game against the Sun Devils. Houston, however, were holding a slim 4-3 lead over Texas. With one out and would lose in its rematch with ASU, finishing the season as Texas AB R H BI Houston AB R H BI a runner on second, leadoff hitter Don Johnson worked a the No. 2-ranked team in the country. Owen, ss 2 1 0 0 Lavespere, cf 4 1 1 0 Brumley, cf 5 0 1 0 Swindell, 2b 4 0 0 0 walk before Cougar reliever Bubba Hill induced a pop up Paciorek, Lucas and infielder Ron Baker were all Dophied, rf 2 0 0 0 Gregersen, lf 4 1 3 1 to shortstop for the second out. named to the All-Tournament Team. Sutton, rf 2 0 0 1 Achilles, 1b 4 1 1 0 Texas’ Pat Brown laced a ground ball up the middle, Killingsworth, dh 5 0 0 0 Oliver, dh 2 0 0 0 but Ron Baker made a diving stop behind the bag to keep Houston AB R H BI Ohio State AB R H BI Day, 1b 5 0 1 0 Breslin, ph 1 0 0 0 the ball from entering center field. Hopping up just in time Lucas, cf 5 0 3 0 Morehead, rf 5 0 0 0 Denny, 3b 4 2 1 1 Noble, rf 3 1 1 1 to see the UT base runner rounding third and heading Hebert, 1b 4 1 1 1 Jacobs, 3b 5 1 1 1 Richards, lf 4 0 1 0 Jacobson, c 2 0 1 2 home, Baker threw a B.B. to the catcher to gun down the Cantu, 3b 5 0 1 1 Copp, ss 2 2 0 0 Hearron, c 4 0 2 1 Rizzo, 3b 2 0 0 0 Paciorek, lf 5 2 2 2 Shoup, cf 5 1 3 3 Livermore, 2b 2 0 1 0 Baker, ss 3 0 0 0 potential tying run and end the game. Burris, rf 2 0 0 0 Heine, 2b 4 1 1 1 Trent, ph 1 0 0 0 Higgins, p 0 0 0 0 With the win, the Cougars advanced to the NCAA Baker, 2b 4 0 2 0 Krull, 1b 2 0 0 0 Burrows, 2b 0 0 0 0 Channing, p 0 0 0 0 College World Series for only the second time in school Toombs, ss 4 1 2 1 Carlson, c 2 0 0 0 Clemens, p 0 0 0 0 Drabek, p 0 0 0 0 history. Strelau, c 2 1 0 0 Budding, lf 3 0 1 1 T. Reynolds, p 0 0 0 0 Silhan, ph/c 2 0 1 1 Swain, p 3 1 1 0 Totals 36 3 7 3 Totals 29 4 7 4 Satcher, p 2 0 0 0 Stilwell, p 1 0 0 0 B. Hill, p 0 0 0 0 Sadelfeld, p 0 0 0 0 Texas 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 0 Westphal, ph 1 0 0 0 Houston 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 X - 4 7 4 Williams, pr 0 1 0 0 Smith, p 0 0 0 0 E – Rizzo 2, Channing, Drabek. DP – Texas 1. LOB – Texas 11, Rose 1 1 1 0 Houston 3. 2B – Gregerson, Jacobson. HR – Denny. SH – Rizzo. Totals 37 7 13 6 Totals 32 6 7 6 Texas IP H R ER BB K Houston 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 - 7 13 1 Clemens (L, 7-1) 3.1 6 4 4 0 3 Ohio State 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 - 6 7 3 T. Reynolds 4.2 1 0 0 1 3 E – Strelau, Krull, Carlson, Jacobs. DP – none. LOB – UH 6, OSU Houston IP H R ER BB K 7. 2B – Paciorek, Toombs, Swain, Jacobs. 3B – Shoup 2. HR Higgins 4 4 2 1 1 3 – Toombs, Paciorek. HBP – Hebert. SF – Budding. SB – Burris, Lucas, Rose, Copp 3, Shoup, Krull, Heine. Channing (W, 3-0) 2.2 0 0 0 3 0 Drabek (S, 1) 2.1 3 1 0 1 3 Houston IP H R ER BB K Satcher 4.1 4 5 5 5 5 WP – Higgins 2. T – 2:48. A – 2,700. Hill (W, 6-0) 3.2 3 1 1 2 3 Smith 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Ohio State IP H R ER BB K Swain 6.1 7 4 3 2 6 Stilwell 1.2 2 2 2 0 2 Sadelfeld (L,7-5) 1.0 4 1 1 0 0 HB – Swain.

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