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Photo by: Maria Lysaker
Marshall Rallies Past Rice In 11 Innings
5/16/2019 6:53:00 PM | Baseball
Game Two Of Series Set For Friday At 1 PM Central Time
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Rice baseball team jumped out to an early 4-0 lead, but Marshall chipped away for runs before tying the game in the bottom of the ninth and then claiming an eventual 5-4 win over the Owls in 11 innings Thursday afternoon at Kennedy Center YMCA Field in Huntington, W.Va.
Records: The Owls are now 24-29 on the season and 14-14 in C-USA play. Marshall improved to 26-26 overall and 12-15 in the league.
Standings Watch: With a host of league games remaining this weekend Rice is still in the hunt for making next week's C-USA Championship in Biloxi, Miss. The Owls and Thundering Herd were the first game played Thursday and both teams will continue to keep an eye on the upcoming C-USA scores.
Home Run Tracker: Senior Andrew Dunlap hit a home run Thursday to give Rice its 45th round-tripper of the year. The Owls already zoomed past their 2018 total of 35 home runs in just two-thirds of the at bats. The 45 homers are the third best mark in the last decade. The squad has been mashing the tater at a rate of one every 41.09 at bats as well as just under one per game (0.849), both percentages are the best the program has done in the last two years.
Power Numbers: Overall the squad's slugging percentage is higher this season (.411) than a year ago (.386). Rice also already has 16 triples which is the second best mark in the last 10 years. The squad has 97 doubles which is second best in the last five years.
No. 27 For Dunlap: The Dunlap homer was his team-leading 13th of the season and the 27th of his collegiate career. That's the most home runs for an active Rice player, and the most by an Owl since Michael Ratterree reached 31 in 2013. So far Dunlap has belted nine home runs at Reckling Park and 18 other four-baggers at 13 different ballparks. The non-Reckling round-trippers includes: Kennedy Center YMCA Field in Huntington, UTSA, U.H., LSU, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, FAU, Texas A&M, Minute Maid Park, Charlotte (twice), UAB (twice) and Old Dominion (three times).
Can Do Canterino: Junior Matt Canterino started on the mound and registered 7.0 innings of work. The right-hander allowed two earned runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out nine. In his collegiate career Canterino now has 339 strikeouts, the seventh highest total in school history.
Extras: Rice is now 2-4 in extra-inning games this season. Thursday's contest was the team's second longest of the season by innings. Rice played 13 innings against Rhode Island on Opening Day.
On Deck: The series continues Friday in Huntington, W.Va. Start time in game two is set for 1 pm Central Time.
Records: The Owls are now 24-29 on the season and 14-14 in C-USA play. Marshall improved to 26-26 overall and 12-15 in the league.
Standings Watch: With a host of league games remaining this weekend Rice is still in the hunt for making next week's C-USA Championship in Biloxi, Miss. The Owls and Thundering Herd were the first game played Thursday and both teams will continue to keep an eye on the upcoming C-USA scores.
Home Run Tracker: Senior Andrew Dunlap hit a home run Thursday to give Rice its 45th round-tripper of the year. The Owls already zoomed past their 2018 total of 35 home runs in just two-thirds of the at bats. The 45 homers are the third best mark in the last decade. The squad has been mashing the tater at a rate of one every 41.09 at bats as well as just under one per game (0.849), both percentages are the best the program has done in the last two years.
Power Numbers: Overall the squad's slugging percentage is higher this season (.411) than a year ago (.386). Rice also already has 16 triples which is the second best mark in the last 10 years. The squad has 97 doubles which is second best in the last five years.
No. 27 For Dunlap: The Dunlap homer was his team-leading 13th of the season and the 27th of his collegiate career. That's the most home runs for an active Rice player, and the most by an Owl since Michael Ratterree reached 31 in 2013. So far Dunlap has belted nine home runs at Reckling Park and 18 other four-baggers at 13 different ballparks. The non-Reckling round-trippers includes: Kennedy Center YMCA Field in Huntington, UTSA, U.H., LSU, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, FAU, Texas A&M, Minute Maid Park, Charlotte (twice), UAB (twice) and Old Dominion (three times).
Can Do Canterino: Junior Matt Canterino started on the mound and registered 7.0 innings of work. The right-hander allowed two earned runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out nine. In his collegiate career Canterino now has 339 strikeouts, the seventh highest total in school history.
Extras: Rice is now 2-4 in extra-inning games this season. Thursday's contest was the team's second longest of the season by innings. Rice played 13 innings against Rhode Island on Opening Day.
On Deck: The series continues Friday in Huntington, W.Va. Start time in game two is set for 1 pm Central Time.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Michael Guerrero (3-1)
L: Gayle, Garrett (0-3)
Batting:
HR: Dunlap, Andrew 1
RBI: Cruz, Trei 1 ; Dunlap, Andrew 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Comeaux, Braden 1 ; Cruz, Trei 1 ; Dunlap, Andrew 1 ; Beaulaurier, Aaron 1
SB: Edwards, Cade 1
CS: Cox, Dominic 1
HBP: Dunlap, Andrew 1
Batting:
2B: Erik Rodriguez 1 ; Tucker Linder 1 ; Geordon Blanton 1
3B: Elvis Peralta 1
RBI: Erik Rodriguez 1 ; Elvis Peralta 1 ; Tucker Linder 2
SH: Erik Rodriguez 2 ; Raul Cabrera 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Erik Rodriguez 1 ; Elvis Peralta 1 ; Geordon Blanton 3
HBP: Geordon Blanton 1
Game Leaders
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AB
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H
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RBI
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AB
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R
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H
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RBI
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AB
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H
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RBI
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Players Mentioned
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