Rice University
14-13, 0
FAU
17-11, 0
Late Surge Sparks FAU
4/2/2023 12:33:00 AM | Baseball
Series finale at 11 a,.m. Sunday
The Details: After starters Josey Jacob and J.D. McCracken worked a pair of scoreless innings to open the game, Royo broke the ice with one out in the third by slamming his sixth homer of the year—all in the last nine games. FAU struck for four in the bottom of the fourth, but Rice answered with two in the fifth on RBI singles by Drew Holderbach and Guy Garibay Jr. FAU matched those two runs with a pair in the bottom of the fifth before Rice re-took the lead with four in the sixth. Pierce Gallo opened the inning with a walk and Garza followed with his first homer of the year and his first in106 at-bats dating back to last season. A Holderbach double later in the inning drove in two to put Rice up 7-6.
Notes:
- Rice fell to 3-5 on Saturdays and 3-3 in the middle game of series.
- The loss was Rice's first in a C-USA road game since they dropped the final game of the series at Charlotte last year.
- The home runs by Royo and Garza were the fourth time in the last five games Rice has hit multiple homers in a game (18 in the last 10 games).
- Royo's homer was his fourth in his last six C-USA games and moved him back into a tie for the lead in conference action. He his hitting .297 in his last nine games (11x37) and is slugging .784 (29 bases in 37 at bats).
- Holderbach drove in a season-high three runs while his two this moved him into the team lead with 32.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: WATERBOR, Evan (2-1)
L: Long, Justin (2-3)
S: DEL PRADO, Nicholas (1)
Batting:
2B: Holderbach, Drew 1 ; Gallo, Pierce 1
HR: Garza, Manny 1 ; Royo, Ben 1
RBI: Holderbach, Drew 3 ; Garibay Jr., Guy 1 ; Garza, Manny 2 ; Royo, Ben 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Smigelski, Aaron 1 ; Gallo, Pierce 1 ; Garza, Manny 1 ; Smith , Paul 1 ; Royo, Ben 2 ; Riedel, Jack 1
Batting:
2B: SCHANUEL, Nolan 1 ; ROSS, Jackson 1
RBI: HARTIGAN, Mitchell 3 ; SCHANUEL, Nolan 1 ; ROSS, Jackson 2 ; GOLDSTEIN, Dylan 2 ; HERNANDEZ, Andrew 1
SH: ALBERT, Armando 1
Base Running:
RUNS: ALBERT, Armando 1 ; HARTIGAN, Mitchell 2 ; SCHANUEL, Nolan 2 ; ROSS, Jackson 1 ; PHELPS, Lucas 2 ; DEBOSE, Jalen 2
SB: SCHROEDER, John 1
HBP: ALBERT, Armando 1 ; SCHANUEL, Nolan 1 ; PHELPS, Lucas 2
