Houston baseball: UH Red vs. White series

Houston first baseman Ryan Hernandez takes a swing at a pitch during the first game of the red-white series at Schroeder Park on Friday evening. | Andy Yanez/The CougarThe Houston baseball program culminated its fall practices with a three-game intrasquad series over the weekend that stretched from Friday to Sunday.

The Cougars broke off into two teams, red and white, for the series.

Here is how the series went down:

Game one

On a breezy, cool Friday night, the red and white teams took the field for the first game of the series, and it was the white squad that made the first statement.

After being scoreless for the first few innings, junior infielder Steven Rivas hit a solo home run that put…