Tuesday, March 7
Houston, Texas
6:30 PM
Rice University
5-7
14
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3
UTRGV
8-4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
UTRGV
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
3
13
0
RICE
1
9
3
0
0
0
1
0
X
14
8
0
Walsh Powers Owls Past Vaqueros
3/7/2023 10:50:00 PM | Baseball
Homers twice and drive in five
Reckling Park: Connor Walsh blasted a pair of home runs and drove in five to lead Rice to a 14-3 win over UTRGV on Tuesday night.
The Details: After Rice took a 1-0 lead in the first without the benefit of a hit, Walsh led off the second with a homer to left, the first of nine runs for the Owls in an inning that saw 69 pitches thrown to 14 hitters as Rice scored its most runs in an inning since scoring 11 in an inning vs. Houston Baptist last season. Pierce Gallo and Max Johnson each drove in a pair during the inning while Walsh, Drew Holderbach, Manny Garza and Christian Salazar each pushed a run across with bases-loaded walks. Walsh came back in the third to smash a three-run homer to left-center that traveled 413 feet. Mauricio Rodriguez started and worked four scoreless innings, scattering six hits and striking out three. Tyler Hamilton came on in relief and worked a career-best 2.1 innings and struck out a career-high three to earn his first collegiate victory.
Notes
The Details: After Rice took a 1-0 lead in the first without the benefit of a hit, Walsh led off the second with a homer to left, the first of nine runs for the Owls in an inning that saw 69 pitches thrown to 14 hitters as Rice scored its most runs in an inning since scoring 11 in an inning vs. Houston Baptist last season. Pierce Gallo and Max Johnson each drove in a pair during the inning while Walsh, Drew Holderbach, Manny Garza and Christian Salazar each pushed a run across with bases-loaded walks. Walsh came back in the third to smash a three-run homer to left-center that traveled 413 feet. Mauricio Rodriguez started and worked four scoreless innings, scattering six hits and striking out three. Tyler Hamilton came on in relief and worked a career-best 2.1 innings and struck out a career-high three to earn his first collegiate victory.
Notes
- Rice improved to 3-0 in midweek games this season.
- The game was the first meeting with UTRGV at Rice since the Owls defeated UT-Pan AM 12-3 at Cameron Field on 3/25/91.
- Walsh's two-homer game was the second of his career. He hit two at Charlotte on 5/7/22 and his five RBI matched his career-high set in that same game. He's the first Owl to hit a pair of homers in a game since Aaron Smigelski hit two at FIU on 5/20/22. Smigelski is also the last Owl to hit two homers in a game at Reckling (UAB 3/20/22).
- After going hitless in his first 13 career at-bats, Salazar has five hits in his last eight at-bats (three games).
- Jack Riedel's single in the second inning extended his on-base streak to the first 12 games of the season.
- Pierce Gallo collected three hits to extend his on-base streak to 11 games.
- Jack Ben-Shoshan made his debut on the mound with a scoreless eighth inning (1,0,0,0,0,0).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hamilton, Tyler (1-0)
L: Ariza, JC (0-1)
Batting:
HR: Pimentel, Brandon 1
RBI: Lopez, Isaac 1 ; Cain, Montclair 1 ; Pimentel, Brandon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pimentel, Brandon 1 ; Torres, Adrian 2
CS: Ochoa, RJ 1
Batting:
HR: Walsh, Connor 2
RBI: Gallo, Pierce 3 ; Holderbach, Drew 1 ; Garza, Manny 1 ; Walsh, Connor 5 ; Salazar, Christian 1 ; Johnson , Max 2
SF: Gallo, Pierce 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Riedel, Jack 1 ; Gallo, Pierce 3 ; Becker, Nathan 1 ; Holderbach, Drew 2 ; Garza, Manny 1 ; Walsh, Connor 3 ; Smigelski, Aaron 1 ; Salazar, Christian 2
SB: Gallo, Pierce 1 ; Becker, Nathan 1
HBP: Holderbach, Drew 1 ; Smigelski, Aaron 1 ; Johnson , Max 1
Game Leaders
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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2
RBI
5
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4
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1
H
1
RBI
0
lf/cf
AB
2
R
2
H
1
RBI
1
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