No. 2 Texas Tech Rallies Past Rice In 11 Innings

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Oct 26

Noon

Reckling Park

LUBBOCK – For the second time in as many days the No. 2 ranked Texas Tech baseball team rallied to overcome a Rice lead and claim a win over the visiting Owls at Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock. In Sunday's series finale the Red Raiders scored a combined four runs in the eighth and ninth innings before posting a 7-6 walk-off win in 11 innings.

Records/Series: Rice is now 2-13 on the season. Texas Tech improved to 16-1 overall with its 12th consecutive win. The former conference rivals were meeting for the 116th time dating back to 1958.

Early Lead: Rice batted around to score four runs in the top of the first inning. Four of the first six batters drew walks before senior Rodrigo Duluc lined a one out double to left field to drive in two for a 4-0 advantage.

Late Lead: Texas Tech was able to cut the margin to 4-2 after the fifth. The Owls drew a bases loaded walk for a run in the seventh before scoring on a wild pitch in the eighth to make it 6-2 and needing just six more outs for a win.

Home Rally: The Red Raiders rallied for two runs in the bottom of the eighth and two more in the ninth to force Rice into extra innings for the first time this season. Texas Tech avoided danger after an Austin Bulman single in the top of the eleventh. The Red Raiders drew a leadoff walk to start the bottom of the inning and pushed across the winning run home before the Owls could record an out.

Rice & Shine: Sunday's first pitch was 11:05 a.m. Central Time. The contest was moved to avoid rain that was expected to hit the Lubbock area.

Walk This Way: The Owls drew ten walks in the game, the most for the team after having six walks three different times prior to Sunday. The Red Raiders used a total of eight different pitchers, who were a little more careful around the plate Sunday after Rice tallied a season high 19 base hits in game two.

Good Greenwood: Junior Drake Greenwood worked 5.0 innings for the longest outing of his collegiate career. The former prep star from The Kinkaid School allowed just two hits and three walks while striking out three. Although he did not have a 1-2-3 inning, he was solid in that he faced just four batters three times and five batters two other times.

In The Series: For the weekend senior Bradley Gneiting was combined 6-for-15 (.400) with three RBI and two runs scored. Junior Trei Cruz was 4-for-10 with two doubles, three runs scored and a pair of RBI. Cruz patiently drew six walks over the weekend for a .625 on-base percentage.

On Deck: With the road trip completed Rice now plays each of the next six games at home. The Owls welcome longtime rival Texas A&M to Reckling Park on Tuesday (March 10). First pitch is set for 7 pm.

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