Rice University
9-23, 3-8
Louisiana Tech
22-10, 8-3
Bulldogs Rally Past Owls
4/9/2022 7:10:00 PM | Baseball
Riedel homers for second straight game
The Details: Riedel staked the Owls to a 2-0 lead in the third when he jumped on the first pitch from the Bulldogs' Ryan Jennings after Justin Long reached on an infield single. It was his second homer in of the series and the third of the season. Rice starter Alex DeLeon matched Jennings through the first four innings, blanking LA Tech thanks to a pair of double plays. His second twin killing in the fourth inning kept the Bulldogs off the scoreboard after they loaded the bases with none out. Rice extended its lead to 3-0 in the top of the fifth when Riedel reached on an infield single with two out and scored on a bloop double to right by Austin Bulman. But the Owls would not cross home plate again while LA Tech scored nine times over the last four innings.
Notable:
- The win was the Bulldogs' eighth straight over Rice in Ruston.
- DeLeon lowered his ERA to 4.60, allowing one earned run in 4.1 innings.
- Riedel was 3x4, his fourth straight multi-hit game (10x17, .588). He has hit in each of his seventh starts this year at third and also in his last seven games overall. While the totals for each streak are identical (13x24, .542) his current hitting streak includes two starts at first and one pinch-hitting appearance.
- Bulman's double in the fifth extended his hitting streak to a career-high and team-best 11 games.
- Nathan Becker's second-inning single extended his on-base streak to 26 games, the longest by an Owl since 2017.
- Pierce Gallo's eighth-inning single extended his on-base streak to 17 games
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jennings, Ryan (2-1)
L: Zaskoda, Garret (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Bulman, Austin 1
HR: Riedel, Jack 1
RBI: Riedel, Jack 2 ; Bulman, Austin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Riedel, Jack 2 ; Long, Justin 1
Batting:
2B: Young, Taylor 1 ; Burchfield, Walker 1
3B: Young, Taylor 1
HR: Netterville, Steele 1 ; Myers, Adarius 1
RBI: Young, Taylor 1 ; McLeod, Logan 1 ; Netterville, Steele 2 ; McConnell, Cole 1 ; Burchfield, Walker 2 ; Corona, Jorge 1 ; Myers, Adarius 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Young, Taylor 2 ; McLeod, Logan 2 ; Netterville, Steele 1 ; McConnell, Cole 1 ; Burchfield, Walker 1 ; Myers, Adarius 1 ; Elliott, Wade 1
HBP: Young, Taylor 1 ; McLeod, Logan 1 ; Elliott, Wade 1
