Rice University
0-7
Texas State
6-3
Texas State Tops Rice 9-2
2/26/2020 10:51:00 PM | Baseball
Owls Next Open Five Game Homestand On Friday
Records/Series: Rice fell to 0-7 on the season. Texas State improved to 6-3. The teams were meeting for the 80th time in the series that began in 1984.
Mound Men: Sophomore left-hander Brandon Deskins made his first career start on the mound for Rice. The Friendswood, Texas, native worked a career-long 2.1 innings with a career-high three strikeouts. He was relieved by Kel Bordwine (1.2 IP), Ryan Rickett (1.0), Garrett Zaskoda (1.0) and Andrew Kane (1.0) and Josh Larzabal (1.0). As a staff the Owls walked eight batters and were charged with a balk for the first time.
Offense: The Owls collected five hits on the night. Newcomer Austin Bulman collected his team-leading fourth game with two base hits. He also drew a walk. Rodrigo Duluc hit safely for the second-straight game. The New York City native drove in a run and scored. As a team the Owls left 11 runners on base. Rice had it's leadoff batter reach base in four of the nine innings (.444).
Scorecard: Junior Trei Cruz batted in the leadoff position for the first time this season. Junior Dominic Cox made his first appearance of the season as a defensive sub in the outfield in the bottom of the seventh. True freshman Tyler LaRue made his collegiate debut behind the plate in the bottom of the eighth.
Next Up: With the four-game road swing concluded, Rice returns home to Reckling Park on Friday (Feb. 28). The Owls host Missouri State in a weekend series to begin a five-game homestand that lasts until March 4. Game times against the MSU Bears are set for 6:30 pm Friday, 2 pm Saturday and 1 pm Sunday.
Next Week: After hosting Missouri State the Owls welcome longtime foes Louisiana-Lafayette (March 3) and Houston (March 4).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nicholas, Matthew (1-0)
L: Deskins, Brandon (0-1)
Batting:
RBI: Duluc, Rodrigo 1 ; Beaulaurier, Aaron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gneiting, Bradley 1 ; Duluc, Rodrigo 1
SB: Bulman, Austin 1
HBP: Duluc, Rodrigo 1 ; Beaulaurier, Aaron 1
Batting:
2B: Wuthrich, John 1 ; Shuffield, Dalton 1
HR: Wuthrich, John 1
RBI: Ortega-Jones, Isaiah 1 ; Hollis, Will 2 ; Wuthrich, John 1 ; Shuffield, Dalton 3 ; Redden, Tucker 1 ; Faison, Wesley 1
SF: Redden, Tucker 1 ; Faison, Wesley 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ortega-Jones, Isaiah 1 ; Hollis, Will 1 ; Wuthrich, John 3 ; Thompson, Justin 1 ; Shuffield, Dalton 1 ; Redden, Tucker 1 ; Coffey, Cole 1
HBP: Gibbons, Cameron 1
PO: Thompson, Justin 1
