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TCU Blanks Rice to Close Shriners Children's College Classic
3/5/2023 5:59:00 PM | Baseball
Rice hosts UTRGV on Tuesday to open five-game homestand.
Minute Maid Park: Christian Salazar collected a pair of hits for the second straight game, but Rice was shut out for the first time in 2023, dropping a 7-0 decision to TCU in the final game for both teams in the Shriners Children's College Classic on Sunday.
The Details: Tom Vincent opened the game for the Owls and worked his way out of a first-inning threat. He allowed a leadoff double, but stranded the runner at third after getting cleanup hitter Karson Bowen to fly out to center on the 12th pitch of his at-bat. He was tagged for a three-run homer in the second and exited with one out in the third to take the loss. Rice collected a pair of hits in the first but a double play kept the Owls off the board. They were held hitless until the fifth when Salazar lined a pitch into the leftfield corner for his first career double. Max Johnson followed with a grounder to first that was mishandled but Salazar was thrown out at the plate attempting to score. Salazar added a second double, leading off the seventh, but could not score.
Notes
The Details: Tom Vincent opened the game for the Owls and worked his way out of a first-inning threat. He allowed a leadoff double, but stranded the runner at third after getting cleanup hitter Karson Bowen to fly out to center on the 12th pitch of his at-bat. He was tagged for a three-run homer in the second and exited with one out in the third to take the loss. Rice collected a pair of hits in the first but a double play kept the Owls off the board. They were held hitless until the fifth when Salazar lined a pitch into the leftfield corner for his first career double. Max Johnson followed with a grounder to first that was mishandled but Salazar was thrown out at the plate attempting to score. Salazar added a second double, leading off the seventh, but could not score.
Notes
- Rice fell to 33-21 all-time at the College Classic, including an 4-2 mark against TCU in games at Minute Maid Park.
- It was Rice's first loss to TCU since 2017.
- After going hitless in his first 13 career at bats, Salazar had back-to-back, two-hit games, going 4x6 in the final two games of the weekend.
- Jack Riedel's first-inning single extended his on-base streak to the first 11 games of the season.
- Pierce Gallo saw his career-best, nine-game hitting streak end, but his sixth-inning walk extended his on-base streak to 10 games.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Brown, Cam (1-0)
L: Vincent, Tom (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Salazar, Christian 2
Base Running:
CS: Walsh, Connor 1
Batting:
2B: Davis, Austin 1 ; Fontenelle, Cole 1 ; Green, Brody 1
HR: Richardson, Tre 1 ; Boyers, Luke 1
RBI: Bowen, Karson 1 ; Richardson, Tre 1 ; Green, Brody 2 ; Boyers, Luke 3
SF: Bowen, Karson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nunez, Elijah 1 ; Bowen, Karson 1 ; Richardson, Tre 1 ; Fontenelle, Cole 2 ; Green, Brody 1 ; Boyers, Luke 1
SB: Davis, Austin 1
CS: Boyers, Luke 1
HBP: Nunez, Elijah 1
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