HUNTSVILLE – The Sam Houston Bearkats will look to put an end to a four-game skid on Tuesday night when they head to Austin to battle the Texas Longhorns at Disch-Falk Field.

Midweek Preview: at Texas Sam Houston (24-20, 7-11 CUSA) at Texas (27-18, 13-8 Big 12) Disch-Falk Field (Austin) Tuesday, April 30 | 6:30 PM | Longhorn Network

Projected Starters

SHSU: LHP Gavi Coldiron (3-4, 5.52 ERA, 45.2 IP, 30 K, 11 BB)

TEXAS: RHP Charlie Hurley (3-0, 6.67 ERA, 29.2 IP, 25 K, 19 BB)

Tuesday’s game on the Longhorn Network with Keith Moreland and Greg Swindell on the call.

SERIES NOTES vs TEXAS – The Kats have dropped 10 games in a row to the Longhorns dating back through the 2016 season and are just 4-30 in Sam Houston’s Division I era (since 1987)

– The last time Sam Houston got a win over Texas was on April 14, 2015 when Alex Bisacca and Jordan Church combined to shut out Texas by a 5-0 count. That season was the first year after David Pierce’s departure from Huntsville for Tulane, with current SHSU head coach Jay Sirianni in the Bearkat dugout in his first year as pitching coach.

– Of the 34 games played in the SHSU Division I era between the schools, 30 have been played at Disch-Falk Field. Two have also been played at Minute Maid Park, and two in Huntsville.

BEARKAT QUICK HITTERS – The Kats are coming off a tough week with a loss at Baylor and a sweep at the hands of Louisiana Tech, all on the road.

– In Sam Houston’s series at LA Tech, the Kats lost the 3 games by only a combined 6 runs. Half of that total came in Sunday’s series finale on a walk-off, 3-run homer by LA Tech’s Adarius Myers in the 10th inning.

– Jeffrey David enters Tuesday with a team-best, 15-game hitting streak and has reached in 19 games overall. It is the second-longest hit streak by a Kat this year, only behind the 23-gamer put together by Walker Janek to open the season.

– Tuesday will mark the final true road midweek game of the year for Sam Houston, with only a neutral-site clash with Houston at Constellation Field in Sugar Land on May 14 remaining.

– Sam Houston will be searching for its first road midweek win of the year on Tuesday at Texas. Currently the Kats are 0-6 in road midweeks, while being 6-0 in midweek games played at Don Sanders Stadium in Huntsville.

A LOOK AT THE LONGHORNS – The Longhorns have won five of their last six games, including each of their last two weekend series over TCU and most recently Oklahoma. – Texas swept both ends of a Sunday doubleheader to capture its series against the Sooners, pulling to within two games of OU in the Big 12 standings. – Texas had dropped consecutive midweek games at Disch-Falk Field to Texas State and UTRGV before shutting out UT Arlington a week ago.

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Comedian Chelsea Handler has once again expanded her Little Big Bitch Tour, which started in 2023, to multiple cities across the U.S. in 2024, including an ACL Live date at the Moody Theater in Austin on Sunday, November 17.

The expansion will see Handler add 18 more cities to the ongoing tour, with dates starting in July and running through the end of the year. In addition to Austin, Handler will also perform in Sugar Land on November 15 and Dallas on November 16.

The tour gives fans a retrospective look at what made her the person and comedian she is today. It is a follow-up to the saucily-named Vaccinated & Horny Tour in 2021 and 2022, her return to standup after a six-year hiatus.

That tour was taped for Handler’s latest special, Revolution, which was released on Netflix in December 2022.

Handler has had the bulk of her success in the 21st century, hosting The Chelsea Handler Show in 2006 and 2007, and then Chelsea Lately from 2007 to 2014.

She has also written six New York Times best-selling books, most recently Life Will Be the Death of Me in 2019, and currently hosts the advice podcast, Dear Chelsea. Additionally, she has hosted the Critics’ Choice Awards in 2023 and 2024.

Ticket presales for the new dates go on sale starting on Wednesday, May 1 ahead of the general on-sale on Friday, May 3 at 10 am. Fans will be able to purchase tickets to the new and previously announced dates at LiveNation.com.

CHELSEA HANDLER 2024 LITTLE BIG BITCH TOUR DATES

• Fri May 24 | Prior Lake, MN | Mystic Lake Casino Hotel
• Fri Jul 19 | Kahului, HI | Castle Theater
• Sat Jul 20 | Honolulu, HI | Hawaii Theater
• Sun Jul 28 | Hollywood, FL | Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
• Fri Aug 02 | Santa Rosa, CA | Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
• Sat Aug 10 | Atlantic City, NJ | Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena (w/ Matteo Lane)
• Fri Sep 13 | North Charleston, SC | North Charleston Performing Arts Center
• Sat Sep 14 | Charlotte, NC | Ovens Auditorium
• Thu Oct 24 | Peoria, IL | Peoria Civic Theater
• Fri Oct 25 | Indianapolis, IN | Murat Theatre @ Old National Centre
• Sat Oct 26 | St. Louis, MO | Stifel Theatre
• Fri Nov 08 | Brooklyn, NY | Kings Theatre
• Sat Nov 09 | Bethlehem, PA | Wind Creek Event Center
• Sun Nov 10 | Philadelphia, PA | The Met Philadelphia Presented by Highmark
• Fri Nov 15 | Houston, TX | Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land
• Sat Nov 16 | Dallas, TX | Music Hall at Fair Park
• Sun Nov 17 | Austin, TX | ACL Live – Moody Theater
• Sat Nov 23 | Montclair, NJ | The Wellmont Theater
• Thu Dec 05 | Des Moines, IA | Des Moines Civic Center
• Fri Dec 06 | Omaha, NE | Holland Performing Arts Center
• Sat Dec 28 | New Orleans, LA | Mahalia Jackson Theatre of Performing Arts
• Sun Dec 29 | Atlanta, GA | Cobb Energy PAC

Police in Texas are investigating a series of opioid overdoses in Austin which has claimed the lives of at least four people, local officials say, warning drug users not to take unknown substances. Dozens were saved by paramedics.

The incident began at around 9 a.m. on Monday when Austin experienced a “sudden surge” in opiod-related overdose calls, with most of them coming from the downtown area. Calls later spread to all parts of the city, including at homes, businesses and areas accessible to the general public.

“Upon our arrival, our team swiftly distributed Narcan rescue kits throughout the area to counteract the effects of the opioid overdoses and provide life-saving intervention to those affected,” Chief A. Carr, of Austin-Travis County EMS, said at a briefing on Monday night.

Heidi Abraham, the agency’s Deputy Medical Director, said the number of overdose calls had reached the “mid-to-high 30s” on Monday night, including four people who were pronounced dead. Others were saved with Narcan rescue kits.

“It’s thanks to a lot of first responders – like the Austin Police Department – that some of these people are alive today,” Abraham said. “Austin Police Department was first on scene for some of these incidents and administered Narcan. It definitely helped save these folks’ lives.”

Authorities are still investigating the cause of the surge in overdoses, which were continuing on Monday night.

“The initial couple of calls started about 9 o’clock this morning and it’s progressing as we speak,” a spokeswoman said at the briefing. “The calls are still happening, we’re still finding patients. And like I said, the situation continues to evolve.”

“When we see outbreaks like this, the suspicion is that essentially there’s a ‘new batch in town.’ I can’t speak to any investigative pieces but it’s fairly likely that it’s all from the same source or same couple of sources because of the similar signatures that we’re seeing in the symptoms,” she said.