Rice University
2-10
Houston
4-7
Houston Takes Game One Wednesday, 6-4
3/4/2020 11:56:00 PM | Baseball
Owls Next Play Weekend Set At No. 2 Ranked Texas Tech
Records/Series: Rice is now 2-10 overall. Houston improved to 4-7 on the season. The crosstown rivals were meeting for the 191st time dating back to 1948.
Silver Glove Fact: Rice may have dropped the opening game of the season-long series for the Silver Glove Trophy, but there have been three times in the last seven years where the team to lose the opening game of the series has bounced back to win the trophy.
Hit Leaders: Rice outhit Houston 10-9 in the game. Junior shortstop Trei Cruz tied a career high with four hits while Cade Edwards registered a season-high three hits. Both Owls had a double and drove two in two runs each.
A Career Night: After playing for the first time Tuesday against Louisiana, freshman catcher Cullen Hannigan made his first career start against U.H. The rookie receiver from Stratford H.S. caught four different-style pitchers Wednesday who combined for nine strikeouts, but that's not all. Hannigan notched his first collegiate hit in the bottom of the fourth and then singled and scored in the sixth for a 2-for-4 night.
Reaching Base: Austin Bulman saw his five-game hitting streak come to an end, but he patiently drew two walks to extend his streak of reaching base to eight-straight games.
Big Chances: Rice was a steady 4-for-13 (.308) when batting with runners in scoring position, but an 0-for-3 night in at bats with the bases loaded which could have made a difference in a close game against a longtime rival.
Mound Men: Sophomore left-hander Brandon Deskins made his second career start. He allowed one run in 3.0 innings of work and finished with a career-high five strikeouts. Freshman Garrett Zaskoda tallied a career-high three strikeouts in a career-long 3.0 innings. Andrew Kane had a strikeout in 1.2 innings of relief. Freshman Mathew Santos pitched 1.1 innings for his second-straight scoreless outing.
On Deck: Rice returns to the road for a three-game weekend series this weekend to face No. 2 Texas Tech (13-1). Game times in Lubbock are set for 6:30 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: GREEN, Tanner (1-0)
L: Zaskoda, Garret (0-1)
S: CHERRY, Derrick (1)
Batting:
2B: BIELAMOWICZ, Tyler 1 ; CHERRY, Derrick 1
RBI: BIELAMOWICZ, Tyler 3 ; BURCKEL, Brad 1 ; McMILLAN, Ian 1
SH: MENDOZA, Rey 1 ; LOVELACE, Kyle 1
Base Running:
RUNS: RIVAS, Steven 1 ; CHERRY, Derrick 1 ; McMILLAN, Ian 1 ; MENDOZA, Rey 1 ; ALMENDAREZ, Luke 1 ; LOVELACE, Kyle 1
SB: BIELAMOWICZ, Tyler 2
CS: BIELAMOWICZ, Tyler 1
HBP: RIVAS, Steven 1
PO: BIELAMOWICZ, Tyler 1
Batting:
2B: Edwards, Cade 1 ; Cruz, Trei 2
RBI: Edwards, Cade 2 ; Cruz, Trei 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Edwards, Cade 1 ; Beaulaurier, Aaron 2 ; Hannigan, Cullen 1
SB: Beaulaurier, Aaron 1
