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Rosengard Slam Keys Owls' Sweep of Bearkats
2/28/2023 10:05:00 PM | Baseball
First back-to-back sweeps of season series since 1999
Huntsville: Benjamin Rosengard's fourth-inning grand slam keyed a six-run fourth and set the course for an 11-4 win for Rice of Sam Houston at Don Sanders Stadium on Tuesday night.
The Details: Rice starter Tom Vincent worked his way out of a jam in the bottom of the first, striking out Clayton Chadwick with two on, and then retired the next six in a row to keep the game scoreless after three innings. Pierce Gallo opened the fourth inning with a single and came home to score on a double by Manny Garza. Garza was thrown out trying to stretch his double to a triple, but Drew Holderbach, Nathan Becker, and Connor Walsh walked on a combined 11 pitches to load the bases. Ben Royo flew out for the second out, leaving it up to Rosengard, who was making his second start in right in place of the injured Guy Garibay Jr. He lofted a 2-1 pitch over the left field wall to clear the bases for Rice's first grand slam on the road in nearly four years and match his RBI total from last season. Sam Houston struck back with three runs in the bottom of the fourth, but Rice scored five runs over the next two innings on the way to the Owls' fourth consecutive win in the series and their sixth straight at Don Sanders Stadium. Rice has swept the series with Sam Houston in consecutive years for the first time since winning all three in 1996 and both games in 1997 & 1999. Vincent, J.D. McCracken, Matthew Linskey, Krishna Raj, and Ryland Urbanczyk combned to hold a Sam Houston offense that came into the game hitting .337 to just three hits. Linskey picked up the win by working 3.1 innings in relief.
Notes
Up Next: Rice wraps up a stretch of seven games away from Reckling Park with three games this weekend at the Shriners Children's College Classic at Minute Maid Park. They play Texas Tech at 11 a.m. on Friday, Texas A&M at 7 p.m. on Saturday and then close out the weekend facing TCU at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
The Details: Rice starter Tom Vincent worked his way out of a jam in the bottom of the first, striking out Clayton Chadwick with two on, and then retired the next six in a row to keep the game scoreless after three innings. Pierce Gallo opened the fourth inning with a single and came home to score on a double by Manny Garza. Garza was thrown out trying to stretch his double to a triple, but Drew Holderbach, Nathan Becker, and Connor Walsh walked on a combined 11 pitches to load the bases. Ben Royo flew out for the second out, leaving it up to Rosengard, who was making his second start in right in place of the injured Guy Garibay Jr. He lofted a 2-1 pitch over the left field wall to clear the bases for Rice's first grand slam on the road in nearly four years and match his RBI total from last season. Sam Houston struck back with three runs in the bottom of the fourth, but Rice scored five runs over the next two innings on the way to the Owls' fourth consecutive win in the series and their sixth straight at Don Sanders Stadium. Rice has swept the series with Sam Houston in consecutive years for the first time since winning all three in 1996 and both games in 1997 & 1999. Vincent, J.D. McCracken, Matthew Linskey, Krishna Raj, and Ryland Urbanczyk combned to hold a Sam Houston offense that came into the game hitting .337 to just three hits. Linskey picked up the win by working 3.1 innings in relief.
Notes
- The 11 runs by the Owls matched their total in the previous four games.
- Rice hit a season-high four doubles and was not charged with an error for the first time this season.
- Rosengard matched his career total for RBI with his grand slam in the fourth inning. He drove in four in 18 games with the Owls last year.
- The slam was the first for the Owls on the road since Justin Collins and Andrew Dunlap each hit one in the same inning at Charlotte on 4/12/19.
- Drew Holderbach was 2x4 to extend his hitting streak to the first eight games of his career D1 with Rice.
- Pierce Gallo was 3x4 to extend his hitting streak to seven games.
- Garza was 2x5 with a pair of doubles to extend his on-base streak to eight games
- Jack Riedel drew a walk to extend his on-base streak to eight games.
- Aaron Smigelski was twice hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to drive in runs. He has been hit five times in the first eight games, three times with the bases loaded.
- Tom Vincent's three innings was the longest outing of his career.
- Freshman reliever Ryland Urbanczyk struck out the side in the ninth for the first time in his career.
Up Next: Rice wraps up a stretch of seven games away from Reckling Park with three games this weekend at the Shriners Children's College Classic at Minute Maid Park. They play Texas Tech at 11 a.m. on Friday, Texas A&M at 7 p.m. on Saturday and then close out the weekend facing TCU at 3 p.m. on Sunday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Linskey, Matthew (1-0)
L: Hellums, Miles (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Gallo, Pierce 1 ; Garza, Manny 2 ; Holderbach, Drew 1 ; Becker, Nathan 1
HR: Rosengard, Benjamin 1
RBI: Garza, Manny 2 ; Holderbach, Drew 1 ; Becker, Nathan 1 ; Smigelski, Aaron 2 ; Rosengard, Benjamin 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Riedel, Jack 1 ; Gallo, Pierce 2 ; Garza, Manny 1 ; Holderbach, Drew 3 ; Becker, Nathan 1 ; Walsh, Connor 1 ; Smigelski, Aaron 1 ; Rosengard, Benjamin 1
SB: Riedel, Jack 1
HBP: Smigelski, Aaron 2
Batting:
HR: Brewster, Lane 1
RBI: Brewster, Lane 1 ; Loyd, Easton 1 ; Davis, Tyler 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Brewster, Lane 1 ; Contreras, Carlos 1 ; Janek, Walker 1 ; Chadwick, Clayton 1
HBP: Wishkoski, Justin 1 ; Contreras, Carlos 1 ; Chadwick, Clayton 1
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