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Patriots Rally Late to Down Owls
4/30/2023 4:51:00 PM | Baseball
Owls Host Houston on Wednesday at 6:30
Houston: Dallas Baptist rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth to down Rice 4-3 on Sunday at Reckling Park and give the 19th-ranked Patriots a sweep of the weekend series.
The Details: DBU opened the scoring with a solo homer in the top of the first but the Owls immediately responded with a pair of two-out runs in the bottom half of the frame. After the first two hitters were retired, Aaron Smigelski slapped a single to center and Jack Riedel continued his torrid recent pace at the plate with a double down the left-field line to move Smigelski to third. Manny Garza followed with a single to right to score both and give the Owls a 2-1 lead and a sac fly by Riedel in the third gave the Owls a two-run cushion that would hold up until the ninth. Cristian Cienfuegos opened the game and worked the first two innings. Ryland Urbanczyk followed Cienfuegos and worked a pair of clean innings before exiting with the bases loaded and one away in the fifth. Justin Long, who had tossed two shutout innings against DBU on Friday night before the game was suspended in the bottom of the eighth, preserved the lead by striking out leadoff hitter Jace Grady and then coaxing a ground out by Ethan Mann to end the inning. Long held the Patriots in check until the ninth, striking out a career-high five. He was relieved after allowing a solo homer to open the ninth and DBU added two more on a second homer to erase the Owls' second two-run lead in the ninth inning during the series. Rice attempted to close the game as it began, with some two-out offensive production. Jacob Devenny singled to center with two away off Patriots closer Kyle Amendt and Ben Royo followed with a walk. Christian Salazar worked the count to 3-2, but Royo was picked off first to end the game.
Notes
Up Next: Rice wraps up the current four-game homestand by hosting Houston in game two of the 2023 Silver Glove Series on Wednesday at 6:30. They will be on the road for the next two weekends of C-USA play, traveling to UTSA next weekend and WKY on May12-14 before wrapping up the conference regular season schedule by hosting FIU May 18-20.
The Details: DBU opened the scoring with a solo homer in the top of the first but the Owls immediately responded with a pair of two-out runs in the bottom half of the frame. After the first two hitters were retired, Aaron Smigelski slapped a single to center and Jack Riedel continued his torrid recent pace at the plate with a double down the left-field line to move Smigelski to third. Manny Garza followed with a single to right to score both and give the Owls a 2-1 lead and a sac fly by Riedel in the third gave the Owls a two-run cushion that would hold up until the ninth. Cristian Cienfuegos opened the game and worked the first two innings. Ryland Urbanczyk followed Cienfuegos and worked a pair of clean innings before exiting with the bases loaded and one away in the fifth. Justin Long, who had tossed two shutout innings against DBU on Friday night before the game was suspended in the bottom of the eighth, preserved the lead by striking out leadoff hitter Jace Grady and then coaxing a ground out by Ethan Mann to end the inning. Long held the Patriots in check until the ninth, striking out a career-high five. He was relieved after allowing a solo homer to open the ninth and DBU added two more on a second homer to erase the Owls' second two-run lead in the ninth inning during the series. Rice attempted to close the game as it began, with some two-out offensive production. Jacob Devenny singled to center with two away off Patriots closer Kyle Amendt and Ben Royo followed with a walk. Christian Salazar worked the count to 3-2, but Royo was picked off first to end the game.
Notes
- Facing the 19th-ranked team in the country (D1 Baseball), the Owls either led or were tied for 26 of the 30 innings on the weekend.
- Rice pitchers held DBU, which came into the weekend with the third-best batting average in C-USA games (.295) to a .229 average over the weekend and struck out 35 Patriots in the three games, their highest total since they fanned 37 in three games vs. Southern in 2021.
- Rice fell to 4-10 in one-run games and to 15-3 in games when leading after the eighth inning after coming into the weekend 15-1.
- Riedel was 6x12 over the weekend and his single on Sunday extended his hitting streak to eight games (.452, 14x31) during which he has raised his average from .202 to .259.
- Manny Garza was 5x11 in the three games in his return to action after missing the series at Middle Tennessee.
- Long allowed one run in 5.2 innings in two appearances against DBU. He has posted a 1.35 ERA over his last six appearances (13.1, 5, 2,2,4,11).
Up Next: Rice wraps up the current four-game homestand by hosting Houston in game two of the 2023 Silver Glove Series on Wednesday at 6:30. They will be on the road for the next two weekends of C-USA play, traveling to UTSA next weekend and WKY on May12-14 before wrapping up the conference regular season schedule by hosting FIU May 18-20.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jaron DeBerry (3-0)
L: Ben-Shoshan, Jack (2-3)
S: Kyle Amendt (11)
Batting:
HR: Ethan Mann 1 ; Miguel Santos 1 ; Grant Jay 1
RBI: Ethan Mann 1 ; Miguel Santos 1 ; Grant Jay 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Ethan Mann 1 ; Miguel Santos 1 ; Kodie Kolden 1 ; Grant Jay 1
CS: Miguel Santos 1
HBP: Tom Poole 1 ; Alex Pendergast 1
Batting:
2B: Riedel, Jack 1
RBI: Riedel, Jack 1 ; Garza, Manny 2
SF: Riedel, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Garibay Jr., Guy 1 ; Smigelski, Aaron 1 ; Riedel, Jack 1
HBP: Smigelski, Aaron 1
PO: Royo, Ben 1
Game Leaders
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