Wednesday, May 4
Houston, TX
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Silver Glove Game Two Opens Week for Owls
5/3/2022 8:22:00 PM | Baseball
First pitch at 6:30
Rice Baseball returns to midweek action when the Silver Glove Series resumes with the first of two games at Houston's Schroeder Park. First pitch is set for 6:30.
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Pitching Matchup
RHP Parker Smith(1-2, 4.50) vs. LHP Logan Clayton (2-3, 6.89)
Owl on the Hill
#26 Parker Smith
6-4, 230, Fr. Houston, Texas
Returns to the mound for his first start since 3/26 at Marshall.. Has made six starts (three in the weekend rotation) and a pair of relief appearances... Started Game One of the Silver Glove on 3/8, but was not involved in the decision (3.1,4,5,3,1,2)... Made his collegiate debut in relief against Texas on 2/20 (2,2,1,1,0,0) and followed that with a midweek start at HBU on 2/23 in the first meeting between former Rice road roommates/Astros teammates José Cruz Jr. and Lance Berkman. Smith worked six shutout innings, allowed a pair of hits and struck out four while throwing just 56 pitches. Joined his head coach in earning his first career collegiate win in a 6-2 win... Smith prepped at Houston's Bellaire HS, the same school that sent Cruz to Rice in 1992.
In Pursuit of the Silver Glove
Rice and Houston began competing for the Silver Glove in 1998 and Rice has won the series in 17 of the previous 21 seasons while posting 60-30 record. The series has seen 59 of the 90 games decided by one run, with Rice holding a 30-29 advantage. After Houston left Conference USA prior to 2014, the three-game series had been played with home games on each campus and the final game at Constellation Field through 2019. The series returned to campus-only in 2022 when the Houston Astros purchased the Sugarland Skeeters franchise to use as the home base for their Triple-A team. An All-Silver Glove Series team is named at the conclusion of each year's event. Current Owls' Associate Head Coach Paul Janish was named to the team for his efforts in 2003. Janish hit .304 in 15 career games in the Silver Glove and the Owls were 12-3 in his starts.
Rice-Houston Did You Know?
The schools first met on the baseball field in 1948. The Cougars opened Reckling Park on 2/8/00 by defeating Rice 6-2, but Rice leads the overall series at Reckling 32-10. The schools have met 53 times on the Houston campus since the Cougars home field was reconstructed in 1995 (45 regular season, 5 postseason) with Rice holding a 32-18 advantage overall and 29-16 in the regular season. Rice head coach José Cruz Jr. was 7-3 in 10 career games vs. Houston from 1993-95 and hit .306 in his career 11x36). In his debut in the rivalry on 3/13/93 at Cameron Field, he was 4x5 with a homer and four RBI as the Owls won 17-4. Two years later, he was part of the Owls largest run production in the series, as Rice won 26-7 at Cougar Field on 3/19/94. Cruz was was 4x4 and also walked three times while scoring four runs.
Midweek Work
The Owls return to midweek action on Wednesday for the first time since a 5-1 win at Sam Houston on 4/12. Rice is 5-4 this year in midweek games with the wins over HBU and Sam Houston (twice) and SFA. The Owls were 5-1 last year in the non-conference midweek action.
Last Weekend: Two of Three from WKU
After a 5-3 loss on Friday night, Rice bounced back with 13-8 and 8-2 wins on Saturday and Sunder over WKU for the Owls' second conference series win and the first at home since taking two of three vs. Southern Miss in 2019. Freshman David Shaw picked up the win on Saturday in his starting debut while Austin Bulman slammed a pair of homers and freshman Manny Garza added his first career home run. Pierce Gallo tied his career highs with four hits and four RBI on Saturday and doubled his stolen base total with four over the weekend. Guy Garibay Jr. doubled in each game to take over the team lead with 13. Alex DeLeon picked up the win on Sunday and combined with Shaw to give the Owls their first back-to-back wins by starting pitchers this season.
Solid Up the Middle
As a team, Rice leads C-USA with 33 double plays this season, thanks in large part to the combined work of Hal Hughes and Pierce Gallo. In 18 games since Hughes returned to the starting lineup at short (after missing 25 games with a preseason injury) and Gallo moved from shot to second, the duo has handled 165 chances with only one error while turning 10 double plays. The Owls had 11 combined errors at the two positions in the first 25 games. Gallo has committed one error in 86 chances at second while Hughes has not committed one in his last 129 chances (30 games) dating back to last year.
Lights Out Linskey
Matthew Linskey is ninth in C-USA with four saves, which is two shy of the Owls' team total from 2021... He did not allow a run in his first 14 appearances and has struck out 40 in 19.2 innings (18.3 per nine innings)... Worked a career- best three innings at LA Tech on 4/10 and struck out eight (also a career-high and one less than the season-high for any Owl in 2021). On the season, he is holding opposing hitters to a .145 batting average (10x69). Opposing hitters are hitting .143 (4x28) with runners on base.
Doubling Up
Owls hitters have 79 doubles in 43 games, 12 more than they totaled in 53 games last year.
Getting it Done in a Pinch
Rice pinch hitters are hitting .353 (12x34) the Owls' most pinch hits since they collected 19 in 2007 (19x57). Nathan Becker (4x6) leads the team. The last Owl to have four pinch hits in a season was Grayson Lewis (4x15). The last to have more than four was Keenan Cook, who was 5x9 in 2012. On the other side of the diamond, Rice pitchers have held opposing pinch hitters to a .176 average so far (6x34).
Coming in Bunches
Rice has scored at least three runs in an inning 23 times in the last 27 games after doing it only six times in the first 16 games.
Quick Hits
• Nathan Becker 4x8 with an RBI and three runs vs. WKU... Leads the Owls with a .344 average and a .442 on-base percentage and is third with a career-high 43 hits... Opened the season by reaching base in 26 games (the longest streak by an Owl since 2017) and has reached in 30 of his 32 starts while also going 4x6 as a pinch hitter, the most pinch-hits by an Owl since 2015.
• Jack Ben-Shoshan 0x4 in one start vs. WKU and also appeared twice as a late-inning defensive replacement... Moved into the starting role in center vs. UTSA and singled in his first at-bat, breaking an 0-22 streak after singling in his first career at-`bat on 2/19. Hit safely in all three games vs. UTSA (4x12) along with his first two RBI and his fourth stolen base (tied for the team lead)... Has started five of the last six in center.
• Austin Bulman 4x12 with two homers and four RBI vs. WKU... Leads the Owls in homers (9), RBI (34) extra base hits (21), slugging percentage (.509) and total bases (86) and second with 11 doubles... Has hit in 19 of 21 conference games,,, Slammed a pair of homers at Marshall in his return to his home state. Owls' active career leader with 16 homers... Has three of the Owls' six homers on the road...12-game hitting streak this year was the longest by an Owl since 2018.
• Antonio Cruz 2x5 with two doubles (career-best) and three RBI (tied career-best) after entering the game vs. Texas A&M CC... Has scored five runs in his last seven games.
• Justin Dunlap Made his first start since 3/12 at Southern Miss on 4/24 and was 1x3 with a walk.
• Pierce Gallo 5x13 with five RBI and four steals vs. WKU... Leads the Owls with a .313 average in C-USA games (26x83)... Became the second Owl this season with a pair of four hit games when he was 4x5 vs. WKU on 4/30... Collected for RBI in the same game and leads the team with three games with four RBI... Has driven in 26 runs in his last 28 games after driving in just one in the first 14… Has started the last 18 at second base after opening the year with 24 starts at short… Leads C-USA with 125 assists overall (2nd in conference games with 51)... Tied for fourth with 22 double plays in all games.
• Guy Garibay Jr. 3x10 (all doubles) and drove in three vs. WKU... Leads the team in hits (48), multi-hit games (14), doubles (13), walks (26) ,and runs (35), third with 30 RBI... All totals are career highs... Collected a career-best four hits vs. SFA and matched it the next night vs. Sam Houston... After hitting his first career homer at Louisiana on 2/28/21 he has hit his last nine homers at Reckling Park.
• Manny Garza. 3x8 in a pair of starts vs. WKU with a double and his first career home run. .. Started two of three at Southern Miss and threw out all three attempting to steal... Has hit in four of five starts (7x13) since returning to action after missing 30 games with an injury... Returned to the lineup vs. UTSA on 4/16 with a splash, collecting a career-high four hits (4x4), including his first career double... Tied for 10th in C-USA with seven caught stealing.
• Johnny Hoyle Has made 10 starts this year (four at 3B, 3 at 2B, 2 in CF, 1 at 1 at 1B). Three hits in a start vs. Sam Houston were his career high.
• Hal Hughes 6x12 with two doubles and a pair of RBI vs. WKU to raise his average from .196 to .259... Returned to action after recovering from a preseason injury and delivered an RBI single in his first at-bat (3/30 vs. A&M CC)... Has started the last 15 at short.... Committed only one error over his last 40 games dating back to last season and none in his last 27 (118 chances).
• Justin Long 3x8 with a double and an RBI in starts at third (first of his career) and catcher vs. WKU... Has hit in four straight (6x16) and six of his last eight starts to raise his average from .222 to .263... Picked up his first multi-RBI game of the year vs. Sam Houston driving in a pair on a sac fly when his bases-loaded drive to center was snagged by the diving Bearkats centerfielder who was unable to regain his footing in time to hold the runners.
• Jack Riedel 2x9 with an RBI and three runs vs. WKU... Has started 13 of the last 14 at third... Has collected three hits in a game three times (tied for third on the team).
• Aaron Smigelski 2x11 with a double and an RBI vs. WKU... Leads the team with eight multi-RBI games and is second in RBI (31) and homers (6) ...Looking to become the first freshman to lead the Owls in RBI since Trei Cruz tied for the lead with 45 in 2018... Drove in a career-high five while going 3x5 vs. HBU on 4/5… Singled twice and drove in three runs in the Owls' 11-run fifth innings… Broke an 0x13 stretch with a double vs. A&MCC on 3/30... Collected a hit in 15 of the first 17 games of his college career (19x51), the first two as a pinch hitter and the last 13 as a starter... Slugged homers in three consecutive at-bats (his last vs. SFA and his first two vs. UAB)... His first homer against the Blazers was measured by StatCast at 444 feet, the longest by an Owl at home this season.
• Connor Walsh 0x7 with three walks and two runs in a pair of starts vs. WKU, but sparkled in the field with three highlight-reel catches in the finale on Sunday.
• Drew Woodcox 1x3 in a start vs. WKU... Fifth on the team with six doubles and has eight extra-base hits in his last 17 games after collecting none in his first 13 games.
Quick Pitches
• Thomas Burbank Picked up his first career win in a start vs. HBU on 4/5 (5,1,0,0,2,5) and came back five days later to work five innings in a start vs. LA Tech (5,7,3,3,0,2) to take a tough 3-1 loss.. Made his second appearance out of the bullpen on Sunday in the finale at Marshall and took the loss... Worked three innings in relief against Texas Tech on 3/11 and struck out a season-high four (3,2,1,1,1,4)... Made three starts on the weekend to open the year and started the last two Sunday games (UTSA, @Southern Miss) vs. UTSA on 4/17... Also started three midweek games.
• Brandon Deskins Second on the team with 42 strikeouts... Broke a four-game losing streak by picking up the win in relief vs. UTSA on 4/17, matching his season-high with 3.2 innings out of the pen while giving up one hit and fanning three... Worked a scoreless eighth in the win at Sam Houston on 4/12.
• Roel Garcia Third on the team with 41 strikeouts... Tossed two scoreless innings out of the pen at Sam Houston on 4/12... Worked a team-high 4.0 innings in relief vs. FAU on 4/2 (4,5,2,2,0,4) but was tagged with the loss... Picked up his first win of the year with three shutout innings in relief at Marshall on 3/26 (3,1,0,0,2,3)... Fanned six in two innings at LA Tech on 4/9... Opened the year with a relief outing at Texas and then made four weekend starts… Walked four in 2.1 innings vs. Longhorns, but has walked only five in his last 23.1 innings while striking out 25... Struck out a career-high nine in four innings in a start vs. Texas Tech on 3/12 (4,2,2,0,1,9).
• Mark Perkins Pitched two scoreless innings in relief vs. UTSA on 4/16 and has allowed just one run over his last 8.0 relief innings (six appearances).. Made his second start at Sam Houston on 4/12 (2.2, 2,1,1,4,0)... .Made his starting debut in his last outing (vs. A&MCC on 3/30: 2.1,1,3,3,3,2)... Picked up his first career win with a career-long three innings against SFA on 3/15. After being touched for a pair of doubles and walking a batter without recording an out in his debut at Texas, he's allowed two runs in 7.2 innings (five appearances).
• Tom Vincent Picked up his first career win in relief against Sam Houston on 3/16.
• Garret Zaskoda Worked a season-high 3.2 innings vs. UTSA on 4/15 (3.2,5,1,1,0,2) and has three outings this year of at least three innings. Tied his career-high with four K's (in three innings) vs. Houston... Has worked at least an inning in 12 of 15 appearances.
Clearing the Bases
The Owls are hitting .333 with the bases loaded (21x63) including three grand slams. The Owls have hit their last five slams at Reckling Park:
Nathan Becker, 5th inning vs. SFA 3/15
Guy Garibay Jr. 2nd inning vs. SFA 3/15
Austin Bulman, 8th inning vs. Lamar 2/27
Hal Hughes. 1st inning vs. Charlotte 5/16/21
Connor Walsh, 8th inning vs. Southern 3/19/21
Rice's last grand slam on the road came on April 12, 2019 when Justin Collins and Andrew Dunlap each slammed one in the first inning at Charlotte.
Punchouts
Owls pitching topped double figures in strikeouts in three consecutive games vs. Marshall (3/25-27), the second time they have done so this year. The last time Rice pitchers topped double figures in more than three consecutive games was from 4/13-26/19 (Charlotte, MTSU-3, LA Tech).
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Live Stats
Pitching Matchup
RHP Parker Smith(1-2, 4.50) vs. LHP Logan Clayton (2-3, 6.89)
Owl on the Hill
#26 Parker Smith
6-4, 230, Fr. Houston, Texas
Returns to the mound for his first start since 3/26 at Marshall.. Has made six starts (three in the weekend rotation) and a pair of relief appearances... Started Game One of the Silver Glove on 3/8, but was not involved in the decision (3.1,4,5,3,1,2)... Made his collegiate debut in relief against Texas on 2/20 (2,2,1,1,0,0) and followed that with a midweek start at HBU on 2/23 in the first meeting between former Rice road roommates/Astros teammates José Cruz Jr. and Lance Berkman. Smith worked six shutout innings, allowed a pair of hits and struck out four while throwing just 56 pitches. Joined his head coach in earning his first career collegiate win in a 6-2 win... Smith prepped at Houston's Bellaire HS, the same school that sent Cruz to Rice in 1992.
In Pursuit of the Silver Glove
Rice and Houston began competing for the Silver Glove in 1998 and Rice has won the series in 17 of the previous 21 seasons while posting 60-30 record. The series has seen 59 of the 90 games decided by one run, with Rice holding a 30-29 advantage. After Houston left Conference USA prior to 2014, the three-game series had been played with home games on each campus and the final game at Constellation Field through 2019. The series returned to campus-only in 2022 when the Houston Astros purchased the Sugarland Skeeters franchise to use as the home base for their Triple-A team. An All-Silver Glove Series team is named at the conclusion of each year's event. Current Owls' Associate Head Coach Paul Janish was named to the team for his efforts in 2003. Janish hit .304 in 15 career games in the Silver Glove and the Owls were 12-3 in his starts.
Rice-Houston Did You Know?
The schools first met on the baseball field in 1948. The Cougars opened Reckling Park on 2/8/00 by defeating Rice 6-2, but Rice leads the overall series at Reckling 32-10. The schools have met 53 times on the Houston campus since the Cougars home field was reconstructed in 1995 (45 regular season, 5 postseason) with Rice holding a 32-18 advantage overall and 29-16 in the regular season. Rice head coach José Cruz Jr. was 7-3 in 10 career games vs. Houston from 1993-95 and hit .306 in his career 11x36). In his debut in the rivalry on 3/13/93 at Cameron Field, he was 4x5 with a homer and four RBI as the Owls won 17-4. Two years later, he was part of the Owls largest run production in the series, as Rice won 26-7 at Cougar Field on 3/19/94. Cruz was was 4x4 and also walked three times while scoring four runs.
Midweek Work
The Owls return to midweek action on Wednesday for the first time since a 5-1 win at Sam Houston on 4/12. Rice is 5-4 this year in midweek games with the wins over HBU and Sam Houston (twice) and SFA. The Owls were 5-1 last year in the non-conference midweek action.
Last Weekend: Two of Three from WKU
After a 5-3 loss on Friday night, Rice bounced back with 13-8 and 8-2 wins on Saturday and Sunder over WKU for the Owls' second conference series win and the first at home since taking two of three vs. Southern Miss in 2019. Freshman David Shaw picked up the win on Saturday in his starting debut while Austin Bulman slammed a pair of homers and freshman Manny Garza added his first career home run. Pierce Gallo tied his career highs with four hits and four RBI on Saturday and doubled his stolen base total with four over the weekend. Guy Garibay Jr. doubled in each game to take over the team lead with 13. Alex DeLeon picked up the win on Sunday and combined with Shaw to give the Owls their first back-to-back wins by starting pitchers this season.
Solid Up the Middle
As a team, Rice leads C-USA with 33 double plays this season, thanks in large part to the combined work of Hal Hughes and Pierce Gallo. In 18 games since Hughes returned to the starting lineup at short (after missing 25 games with a preseason injury) and Gallo moved from shot to second, the duo has handled 165 chances with only one error while turning 10 double plays. The Owls had 11 combined errors at the two positions in the first 25 games. Gallo has committed one error in 86 chances at second while Hughes has not committed one in his last 129 chances (30 games) dating back to last year.
Lights Out Linskey
Matthew Linskey is ninth in C-USA with four saves, which is two shy of the Owls' team total from 2021... He did not allow a run in his first 14 appearances and has struck out 40 in 19.2 innings (18.3 per nine innings)... Worked a career- best three innings at LA Tech on 4/10 and struck out eight (also a career-high and one less than the season-high for any Owl in 2021). On the season, he is holding opposing hitters to a .145 batting average (10x69). Opposing hitters are hitting .143 (4x28) with runners on base.
Doubling Up
Owls hitters have 79 doubles in 43 games, 12 more than they totaled in 53 games last year.
Getting it Done in a Pinch
Rice pinch hitters are hitting .353 (12x34) the Owls' most pinch hits since they collected 19 in 2007 (19x57). Nathan Becker (4x6) leads the team. The last Owl to have four pinch hits in a season was Grayson Lewis (4x15). The last to have more than four was Keenan Cook, who was 5x9 in 2012. On the other side of the diamond, Rice pitchers have held opposing pinch hitters to a .176 average so far (6x34).
Coming in Bunches
Rice has scored at least three runs in an inning 23 times in the last 27 games after doing it only six times in the first 16 games.
Quick Hits
• Nathan Becker 4x8 with an RBI and three runs vs. WKU... Leads the Owls with a .344 average and a .442 on-base percentage and is third with a career-high 43 hits... Opened the season by reaching base in 26 games (the longest streak by an Owl since 2017) and has reached in 30 of his 32 starts while also going 4x6 as a pinch hitter, the most pinch-hits by an Owl since 2015.
• Jack Ben-Shoshan 0x4 in one start vs. WKU and also appeared twice as a late-inning defensive replacement... Moved into the starting role in center vs. UTSA and singled in his first at-bat, breaking an 0-22 streak after singling in his first career at-`bat on 2/19. Hit safely in all three games vs. UTSA (4x12) along with his first two RBI and his fourth stolen base (tied for the team lead)... Has started five of the last six in center.
• Austin Bulman 4x12 with two homers and four RBI vs. WKU... Leads the Owls in homers (9), RBI (34) extra base hits (21), slugging percentage (.509) and total bases (86) and second with 11 doubles... Has hit in 19 of 21 conference games,,, Slammed a pair of homers at Marshall in his return to his home state. Owls' active career leader with 16 homers... Has three of the Owls' six homers on the road...12-game hitting streak this year was the longest by an Owl since 2018.
• Antonio Cruz 2x5 with two doubles (career-best) and three RBI (tied career-best) after entering the game vs. Texas A&M CC... Has scored five runs in his last seven games.
• Justin Dunlap Made his first start since 3/12 at Southern Miss on 4/24 and was 1x3 with a walk.
• Pierce Gallo 5x13 with five RBI and four steals vs. WKU... Leads the Owls with a .313 average in C-USA games (26x83)... Became the second Owl this season with a pair of four hit games when he was 4x5 vs. WKU on 4/30... Collected for RBI in the same game and leads the team with three games with four RBI... Has driven in 26 runs in his last 28 games after driving in just one in the first 14… Has started the last 18 at second base after opening the year with 24 starts at short… Leads C-USA with 125 assists overall (2nd in conference games with 51)... Tied for fourth with 22 double plays in all games.
• Guy Garibay Jr. 3x10 (all doubles) and drove in three vs. WKU... Leads the team in hits (48), multi-hit games (14), doubles (13), walks (26) ,and runs (35), third with 30 RBI... All totals are career highs... Collected a career-best four hits vs. SFA and matched it the next night vs. Sam Houston... After hitting his first career homer at Louisiana on 2/28/21 he has hit his last nine homers at Reckling Park.
• Manny Garza. 3x8 in a pair of starts vs. WKU with a double and his first career home run. .. Started two of three at Southern Miss and threw out all three attempting to steal... Has hit in four of five starts (7x13) since returning to action after missing 30 games with an injury... Returned to the lineup vs. UTSA on 4/16 with a splash, collecting a career-high four hits (4x4), including his first career double... Tied for 10th in C-USA with seven caught stealing.
• Johnny Hoyle Has made 10 starts this year (four at 3B, 3 at 2B, 2 in CF, 1 at 1 at 1B). Three hits in a start vs. Sam Houston were his career high.
• Hal Hughes 6x12 with two doubles and a pair of RBI vs. WKU to raise his average from .196 to .259... Returned to action after recovering from a preseason injury and delivered an RBI single in his first at-bat (3/30 vs. A&M CC)... Has started the last 15 at short.... Committed only one error over his last 40 games dating back to last season and none in his last 27 (118 chances).
• Justin Long 3x8 with a double and an RBI in starts at third (first of his career) and catcher vs. WKU... Has hit in four straight (6x16) and six of his last eight starts to raise his average from .222 to .263... Picked up his first multi-RBI game of the year vs. Sam Houston driving in a pair on a sac fly when his bases-loaded drive to center was snagged by the diving Bearkats centerfielder who was unable to regain his footing in time to hold the runners.
• Jack Riedel 2x9 with an RBI and three runs vs. WKU... Has started 13 of the last 14 at third... Has collected three hits in a game three times (tied for third on the team).
• Aaron Smigelski 2x11 with a double and an RBI vs. WKU... Leads the team with eight multi-RBI games and is second in RBI (31) and homers (6) ...Looking to become the first freshman to lead the Owls in RBI since Trei Cruz tied for the lead with 45 in 2018... Drove in a career-high five while going 3x5 vs. HBU on 4/5… Singled twice and drove in three runs in the Owls' 11-run fifth innings… Broke an 0x13 stretch with a double vs. A&MCC on 3/30... Collected a hit in 15 of the first 17 games of his college career (19x51), the first two as a pinch hitter and the last 13 as a starter... Slugged homers in three consecutive at-bats (his last vs. SFA and his first two vs. UAB)... His first homer against the Blazers was measured by StatCast at 444 feet, the longest by an Owl at home this season.
• Connor Walsh 0x7 with three walks and two runs in a pair of starts vs. WKU, but sparkled in the field with three highlight-reel catches in the finale on Sunday.
• Drew Woodcox 1x3 in a start vs. WKU... Fifth on the team with six doubles and has eight extra-base hits in his last 17 games after collecting none in his first 13 games.
Quick Pitches
• Thomas Burbank Picked up his first career win in a start vs. HBU on 4/5 (5,1,0,0,2,5) and came back five days later to work five innings in a start vs. LA Tech (5,7,3,3,0,2) to take a tough 3-1 loss.. Made his second appearance out of the bullpen on Sunday in the finale at Marshall and took the loss... Worked three innings in relief against Texas Tech on 3/11 and struck out a season-high four (3,2,1,1,1,4)... Made three starts on the weekend to open the year and started the last two Sunday games (UTSA, @Southern Miss) vs. UTSA on 4/17... Also started three midweek games.
• Brandon Deskins Second on the team with 42 strikeouts... Broke a four-game losing streak by picking up the win in relief vs. UTSA on 4/17, matching his season-high with 3.2 innings out of the pen while giving up one hit and fanning three... Worked a scoreless eighth in the win at Sam Houston on 4/12.
• Roel Garcia Third on the team with 41 strikeouts... Tossed two scoreless innings out of the pen at Sam Houston on 4/12... Worked a team-high 4.0 innings in relief vs. FAU on 4/2 (4,5,2,2,0,4) but was tagged with the loss... Picked up his first win of the year with three shutout innings in relief at Marshall on 3/26 (3,1,0,0,2,3)... Fanned six in two innings at LA Tech on 4/9... Opened the year with a relief outing at Texas and then made four weekend starts… Walked four in 2.1 innings vs. Longhorns, but has walked only five in his last 23.1 innings while striking out 25... Struck out a career-high nine in four innings in a start vs. Texas Tech on 3/12 (4,2,2,0,1,9).
• Mark Perkins Pitched two scoreless innings in relief vs. UTSA on 4/16 and has allowed just one run over his last 8.0 relief innings (six appearances).. Made his second start at Sam Houston on 4/12 (2.2, 2,1,1,4,0)... .Made his starting debut in his last outing (vs. A&MCC on 3/30: 2.1,1,3,3,3,2)... Picked up his first career win with a career-long three innings against SFA on 3/15. After being touched for a pair of doubles and walking a batter without recording an out in his debut at Texas, he's allowed two runs in 7.2 innings (five appearances).
• Tom Vincent Picked up his first career win in relief against Sam Houston on 3/16.
• Garret Zaskoda Worked a season-high 3.2 innings vs. UTSA on 4/15 (3.2,5,1,1,0,2) and has three outings this year of at least three innings. Tied his career-high with four K's (in three innings) vs. Houston... Has worked at least an inning in 12 of 15 appearances.
Clearing the Bases
The Owls are hitting .333 with the bases loaded (21x63) including three grand slams. The Owls have hit their last five slams at Reckling Park:
Nathan Becker, 5th inning vs. SFA 3/15
Guy Garibay Jr. 2nd inning vs. SFA 3/15
Austin Bulman, 8th inning vs. Lamar 2/27
Hal Hughes. 1st inning vs. Charlotte 5/16/21
Connor Walsh, 8th inning vs. Southern 3/19/21
Rice's last grand slam on the road came on April 12, 2019 when Justin Collins and Andrew Dunlap each slammed one in the first inning at Charlotte.
Punchouts
Owls pitching topped double figures in strikeouts in three consecutive games vs. Marshall (3/25-27), the second time they have done so this year. The last time Rice pitchers topped double figures in more than three consecutive games was from 4/13-26/19 (Charlotte, MTSU-3, LA Tech).
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