UH baseball wins third straight conference series

The Cougars took the first two games of their series against USF to grab their 19th and 20th wins of the season. | Oscar Herrera/The CougarHouston baseball played the South Florida Bulls at Schroeder Park and won their third consecutive series, taking two out of three to improve to 20-16 on the season.

Game 1

In the 1st game of the series on Friday night, the Cougars held on and beat the Bulls 6-5.

Down 3-0 early, Houston responded by tying up the game in the second inning, thanks to an RBI triple by junior utility man Justin Murray, and RBI singles from sophomore second baseman Brandon Burkel and senior shortstop Ian McMillan.

The Cougars quickly took the lead in the next inning by scoring two…