Rice University
5-7
TCU
6-4
Rice Slugs Its Way To Victory Over TCU
3/3/2019 11:50:00 PM | Baseball
Owls Defeat Horned Frogs 12-2 Sunday Night
With a solid 6.0 innings of work on the mound from junior starter Jackson Parthasarathy already in the books, Rice broke a 6-2 game wide-open in the bottom of the sixth. The Owls scored runs on wild pitch and sacrifice fly to make the score 8-2, but then rallied for four more with two outs in the inning. Two dashed home on a Horned Frog fielding error in the outfield that would have ended the frame. Junior Cade Edwards then followed with his first collegiate home run to drive in two more for a 12-2 lead. As per the tournament's rules the game ended after the top of the seventh with a team (Rice) up by double digits.
Rice's Dominic DiCaprio led all players with three hits, and the senior also had a double, RBI and run scored. Five different Owls finished the night with two hits. Timely hits were also one of the keys, as the Blue & Gray finished the night going 8-for-17 (.471) when batting with runners on base.
Parthasarathy (2-1) meanwhile continued the trend of quality starts on the mound. He scattered five hits and a walk while striking out seven and his 6.0 innings matched his career-long outing from the opening weekend against Rhode Island. In the three weekend games at Minute Maid Park a total of six Rice pitchers walked only three batters in 25.0 innings.
The Owls are now 5-7 on the season with three wins in the last four games. Rice is not back at home for its next game, but also not leaving town just yet. The Blue & Gray next play at the University of Houston on Tuesday (March 5). First pitch at UH is scheduled for 6:30 pm.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Parthasarathy, Jackson (2-1)
L: Janczak, Jared (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Isola, Alex 1
3B: Wolfe, Hunter 1
RBI: Brown, Porter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown, Porter 1 ; Wolfe, Hunter 1
SB: Brown, Porter 2
HBP: Henry, Austin 1
Batting:
2B: Comeaux, Braden 1 ; Collins, Justin 1 ; DiCaprio, Dominic 1
3B: Dunlap, Andrew 1
HR: Edwards, Cade 1
RBI: Cruz, Trei 1 ; Comeaux, Braden 1 ; Collins, Justin 1 ; Dunlap, Andrew 2 ; DiCaprio, Dominic 1 ; Edwards, Cade 3 ; Beaulaurier, Aaron 1
SF: Cruz, Trei 1 ; Collins, Justin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gneiting, Bradley 1 ; Comeaux, Braden 2 ; Collins, Justin 2 ; Dunlap, Andrew 3 ; DiCaprio, Dominic 1 ; Duluc, Rodrigo 2 ; Edwards, Cade 1
HBP: Dunlap, Andrew 1 ; Edwards, Cade 1
