Gneiting’s Home Run Leads Rice to 10-5 Victory in Series Finale at UAB

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Rice scored five runs in the fifth inning, led by Bradley Gneiting's three run home run, to break open the game as Rice defeated UAB, 10-5, Sunday afternoon to earn the series victory.

Rice scored first for the fourth time this series. With one out in the third inning, Braden Comeaux singled and moved to second on a wild pitch. After he moved to third on a ground out, Austin Bulman was hit by a pitch. Will Karp followed with a single to left field to score Comeaux and give the Owls the lead.

UAB tied the game in the bottom half of the inning, stringing a pair of hits around a walk. But the Owls busted it open in the fifth inning. Cade Edwards reached on an error and advanced to second to lead off the inning. Comeaux singled to put runners on the corners. Bradley Gneiting then hit his eighth home run of the year over the right field wall. Two batters later, Karp doubled, and then moved to third on a ground out. Antonio Cruz and Hal Hughes followed with a pair of doubles of their own to score two more runs as the Rice took a 6-1 lead.

A pair of leadoff hits led to a run for the Blazers in the bottom of the fifth. But in the sixth, Rice got its run back as it loaded the bases before Karp brought in Edwards on a sacrifice fly.

UAB cut it to four with a run in the sixth, but the Owls answered right back in the seventh. Antonio Cruz was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning and Hughes singled. After Justin Dunlap pinch ran for Cruz, Justin Long sacrificed them over. Edwards then singled to left center to score Dunlap and Hughes. Comeaux walked and the runners moved up on a wild pitch, allowing Edwards to come home on Gneiting's sacrifice fly to give Rice its largest lead of the game, 10-3.

UAB added two runs in the seventh, but could get no closer.

For the record
Rice improved to 21-27-1 overall and 9-18-1 in Conference USA. UAB dropped to 16-33 overall and 9-19 in C-USA.

Notes and Stats
• Guy Garibay went 3.1 innings to earn the victory, striking out two.
• Bradley Gneiting hit his eighth home run of the year in the fifth inning.
• Gneiting tied a career-high with four runs batted in.
• Braden Comeaux was 2-for-4, his team-leading 21^st-multi-hit game of the year.
• Cade Edwards scored a career-high three runs.

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