Rice University
1-0
Stanford
0-1
Rice Defeats Stanford 10-3 Friday In Season-Opener
2/14/2014 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Feb. 14, 2014
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- The Rice baseball team posted double-digit runs on 11 hits to claim a 10-3 victory over Stanford in the season-opener for both teams Friday evening in Palo Alto, Calif.
Rice jumped on the scoreboard for a run in the top of the first inning with Skyler Ewing driving-in Keenan Cook for a 1-0 Owl lead. The Cardinal battled back with three runs in the bottom of the second on a three-run homer to left by Zach Hoffpauir.
The Owls exploded for a total of eight runs in the fifth, six and seventh innings. Ewing went on to finish the game with four RBI on three hits. Cook had a double and a triple and scored twice in the victory.
Junior right-hander Jordan Stephens started on the mound and picked up the win with five steady innings, scattering five hits and striking out five. Matt Ditman stole the show and earned a save by firing four scoreless frames against the No. 25 Cardinal and posting an eye-opening 10 strikeouts.
Note the first pitch for Saturday's second game of the weekend series has been moved up to a new start time of 3 pm (Central Time).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stephens, Jordan (1-0)
L: Quantrill, Cal (0-1)
S: Ditman, Matt (1)
Batting:
2B: Cook, Keenan 1 ; Reeves, John 1 ; Hoelscher, Shane 1
3B: Cook, Keenan 1 ; Williamson, John 1
RBI: Stainback, Ford 1 ; Cook, Keenan 2 ; Ewing, Skyler 4 ; Hoelscher, Shane 1 ; Williamson, John 1
SH: Byrd, Leon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stainback, Ford 2 ; Cook, Keenan 2 ; Reeves, John 2 ; Hoelscher, Shane 1 ; Williamson, John 2 ; Warren, Charlie 1
HBP: Reeves, John 1
Batting:
2B: Edman, Tommy 1
HR: Hoffpauir, Zach 1
RBI: Hoffpauir, Zach 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Blandino, Alex 1 ; Barr, Austin 1 ; Hoffpauir, Zach 1
HBP: Diekroeger, Danny 1 ; Blandino, Alex 1 ; Jose, Dominic 1
