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Photo by: Maria Lysaker | Rice Athletics
Rice Drops Series Finale with No. 22 Southern Miss
5/2/2021 4:36:00 PM | Baseball
HOUSTON, Texas — The Rice baseball team dropped the series finale to No. 22 Southern Miss, 8-1, Sunday afternoon at Reckling Park.
After a scoreless first inning, Southern Miss grabbed an early lead in the second, scoring four times on four hits and an error. The Owls got a run back in the bottom of the inning when Austin Bulman led off with his fifth home run of the year, sending it over the left field wall.
In the third, USM led off with three straight singles to load the bases. They then scored on a wild pitch, and a sacrifice fly knocked starter Guy Garibay out of the game. Blake Brogdon came on to strand the runner at second. Southern Miss added another run in the fourth.
Rice threatened in the fifth inning. With one out, Hal Hughes and Justin Long both singled up middle, putting runners on first and second. But Cade Edwards fouled out to the catcher and Johnny Hoyle hit into a fielder's choice to end the inning.
Southern Miss added a run in the sixth to complete the scoring.
For the record
Rice falls to 18-25-1 overall and 6-16-1 in Conference USA. Southern Miss improves to 28-14 overall and 15-7 in C-USA.
Notes and Stats
• Guy Garibay made his first career start, going 2.1 innings.
• Austin Bulman connected on his fifth home run to lead off the second inning.
• Bulman was 2-for-4 on the day, his seventh multi-hit game of the year.
• Bulman now has a season-high five-game hitting streak.
After a scoreless first inning, Southern Miss grabbed an early lead in the second, scoring four times on four hits and an error. The Owls got a run back in the bottom of the inning when Austin Bulman led off with his fifth home run of the year, sending it over the left field wall.
In the third, USM led off with three straight singles to load the bases. They then scored on a wild pitch, and a sacrifice fly knocked starter Guy Garibay out of the game. Blake Brogdon came on to strand the runner at second. Southern Miss added another run in the fourth.
Rice threatened in the fifth inning. With one out, Hal Hughes and Justin Long both singled up middle, putting runners on first and second. But Cade Edwards fouled out to the catcher and Johnny Hoyle hit into a fielder's choice to end the inning.
Southern Miss added a run in the sixth to complete the scoring.
For the record
Rice falls to 18-25-1 overall and 6-16-1 in Conference USA. Southern Miss improves to 28-14 overall and 15-7 in C-USA.
Notes and Stats
• Guy Garibay made his first career start, going 2.1 innings.
• Austin Bulman connected on his fifth home run to lead off the second inning.
• Bulman was 2-for-4 on the day, his seventh multi-hit game of the year.
• Bulman now has a season-high five-game hitting streak.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Boyd, Drew (3-2)
L: Garibay Jr., Guy (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Fischer, Charlie 2 ; Dickerson, Dustin 2
RBI: Fischer, Charlie 2 ; Lynch, Danny 1 ; Johnson, Blake 1 ; Dickerson, Dustin 1
SH: McGillis, Will 1
SF: Lynch, Danny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Trimble, Reed 1 ; Fischer, Charlie 1 ; Sargent, Christopher 1 ; Ewing, Reece 1 ; Lynch, Danny 1 ; Johnson, Blake 1 ; Dickerson, Dustin 2
SB: Trimble, Reed 2
HBP: Trimble, Reed 1
Batting:
HR: Bulman, Austin 1
RBI: Bulman, Austin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bulman, Austin 1
HBP: Long, Justin 1
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