UH baseball sweeps Minnesota on the road

UH baseball got back in the win column, sweeping Minnesota over the weekend. | Xavier Rosales/The CougarAfter a slow start to the season, Houston baseball found its groove over the weekend, sweeping Minnesota in a three-game series in Minneapolis.

Here’s a closer look at how each game went:

Friday

The Cougars won a close one Friday night, taking the series opener 3-2 over the Gophers.

UH senior shortstop Ian McMillan got the UH on the board in the fifth on a groundout, scoring junior Justin Murray. Graduate student Drew Bianco tacked on another run with a sacrifice bunt to score sophomore Brandon Burckel.

In the seventh, Murray ripped an RBI single up the middle to add an insurance run to score…