Cactus Jack HBCU Classic at Minute Maid Park this weekend

HOUSTON. Baseball fans don’t have to wait until March to see a game at Minute Maid Park.

The Astros Foundation is hosting the first annual Cactus Jack HBCU Classic this weekend. It is a round robin baseball tournament featuring six historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), including Texas Southern University Houston and Prairie View A&M.

The highlight of the 9-game tournament will be HBCU’s traditional in-state rivalries between TSU and Prairie View A&M, as well as Louisiana Southern University and A&M College and Grambling State University, and Jackson State University in Mississippi and Mississippi Valley State University.

11:05 Prairie View vs. Grambling St.

15:05 Texas Southern vs. Mississippi Valley St.

19:05 Southern University vs. Jackson Street.

11:05 Mississippi Valley Street vs. Jackson Street.

3:05 pm Southern University vs. Grambling Street.

19:05 Prairie View vs South Texas

11:05 am: Grambling Street vs. Mississippi Valley Street.

15:05 Jackson Street vs Prairie View

19:05 South Texas vs. Southern University

*Game times are subject to change

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All three Saturday games will be broadcast on AT&T SportsNet SW. and is available on the channel in the entire five-state Astros viewing area. Games will also be streamed on Astros.com and on the Astros Twitter and Facebook pages.

Butch Alsandor and Gerald Sanchez will announce the first game on Saturday with Todd Calas. and Michael Bourne called those last two games of the day.

Outside of the Astros viewing area, the MLB network will broadcast Saturday’s game live at 11:00 a.m. CT between Mississippi Valley and Jackson Streets. The MLB network also airs two other games on tape delay later.

The Astros Foundation, the official 501(c)(3) charity of the Houston Astros, “commits to harnessing the passion of baseball fans to support youth baseball and softball programs, recognize and honor our national military, childhood cancer awareness, domestic violence awareness, and efforts to reduce homelessness.”

Their cornerstone initiatives include the Community Leaders Program, the Astros Youth Academy, and the Astros RBI (Inner Cities Baseball Revival) program. For more information about the Astros Foundation, visit www.astros.com/foundation.

The Cactus Jack Foundation was founded by Houston rapper Travis Scott in 2020. Its mission is to “empower and enrich the lives of young people by providing access to education and creative resources to ensure long-term success. The Foundation believes that youth should not be hindered. from achieving their life goal and strives to expand educational opportunities for everyone, regardless of their circumstances, to achieve their dreams.”

The partnership with the Cactus Jack Foundation for the tournament supports their longstanding commitment to raising money and providing scholarships to students to attend HBCU.

“This case is important for Travis Scott. given his family’s long legacy supporting the HBCU,” the Astros said.

To celebrate the Cactus Jack Foundation’s participation in the tournament, the Astros Foundation will be giving away exclusive Travis Scott bobbleheads each day of the tournament to 2,500 ticketed fans.

They did receive some criticism on Twitter from fans who cited Scott’s tragedy at the Astroworld Festival where 10 fans were killed when the crowd surged during his performance.

Other commentators were delighted with Bobblehead.

We have reached out to the Astros for their response, but have yet to receive a response.