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Shutout Gives Owls a Split on Saturday
4/8/2023 9:16:00 PM | Baseball
Next Up: Lamar on Tuesday at 6:30
Houston: Jacob Devenny reached base three times and gave Rice a lead it never relinquished as the Owls blanked LA Tech 4-0 on Saturday night to gain a split in the doubleheader against the Bulldogs.
The Details: Game Two: After slapping a pinch-hit single as part of a ninth-inning rally in the first game of the day against the Bulldogs, Devenny earned his first career start in the field in the nightcap and led off with a single. Aaron Smigelski drove him home with a one-out double to give the Owls a 1-0 lead. Tom Vincent started and matched his career high with three innings before turning the game over to the bullpen. Cristian Cienfuegos, Tyler Hamilton, Krishna Raj and Jack Ben-Shoshan combined to strikeout out 10 in the final four innings while limiting the Bulldogs to a pair of hits. LA Tech was held hitless until the sixth when Ethan Bates tripled with one out, but Raj struck out Philip Matula and coaxed a fly ball to second by Dalton Davis to preserve the 1-0 lead. Rice extended the lead to 4-0 with three runs in the bottom of the sixth. The Owls loaded the bases with one out and Manny Garza and Pierce Gallo each drove in a run with infield singles and Devenny picked up an RBI in his second consecutive game with a bases-loaded walk.
Game One: Guy Garibay slugged a solo homer in the bottom of the second, but the Owls fell just short of overcoming a four-run fifth by LA Tech, rallying for three runs in the bottom of the seventh to fall 5-4. Manny Garza doubled home Ben Royo who reached on a one-out error. Jack Riedel drove in pinch runner Christian Salazar with a single and advanced into scoring position on an error and scored on Devenny's pinch-hit single to bring the winning run to the plate only to see the rally fall short.
Notes
The Details: Game Two: After slapping a pinch-hit single as part of a ninth-inning rally in the first game of the day against the Bulldogs, Devenny earned his first career start in the field in the nightcap and led off with a single. Aaron Smigelski drove him home with a one-out double to give the Owls a 1-0 lead. Tom Vincent started and matched his career high with three innings before turning the game over to the bullpen. Cristian Cienfuegos, Tyler Hamilton, Krishna Raj and Jack Ben-Shoshan combined to strikeout out 10 in the final four innings while limiting the Bulldogs to a pair of hits. LA Tech was held hitless until the sixth when Ethan Bates tripled with one out, but Raj struck out Philip Matula and coaxed a fly ball to second by Dalton Davis to preserve the 1-0 lead. Rice extended the lead to 4-0 with three runs in the bottom of the sixth. The Owls loaded the bases with one out and Manny Garza and Pierce Gallo each drove in a run with infield singles and Devenny picked up an RBI in his second consecutive game with a bases-loaded walk.
Game One: Guy Garibay slugged a solo homer in the bottom of the second, but the Owls fell just short of overcoming a four-run fifth by LA Tech, rallying for three runs in the bottom of the seventh to fall 5-4. Manny Garza doubled home Ben Royo who reached on a one-out error. Jack Riedel drove in pinch runner Christian Salazar with a single and advanced into scoring position on an error and scored on Devenny's pinch-hit single to bring the winning run to the plate only to see the rally fall short.
Notes
- Rice is now 0-1-1 in doubleheaders, 4-6 on Saturdays, and 2-5 in weekend series.
- The Owls' win in the nightcap broke an overall nine-game losing streak to LA Tech and a six-game streak at Reckling Park as well as a five-game streak this season.
- The win was the Owls' 15th this season, coming in their 32nd game. They did not win their 15th last year until the 54th game of last season.
- The shutout was the Owls' second this season, both in conference games. They are tied with Charlotte for the C-USA lead in conference games.
- The two hits were the fewest allowed by Rice pitchers since they held HBU to two hits in a 13-1 win on 4/5/22.
- Cienfuegos has not allowed a run in his last four appearances scattering two hits, walking one, and striking out eight.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: SPARKS, Alec (3-1)
L: McCracken, J.D. (1-2)
S: BATES, Ethan (7)
Batting:
2B: CORONA, Jorge 1
HR: DROST, Brody 1
RBI: DAVIS, Dalton 1 ; CORONA, Jorge 2 ; DROST, Brody 2
SH: SAFFORD, Will 1
SF: DROST, Brody 1
Base Running:
RUNS: BATES, Ethan 1 ; MATULIA, Philip 1 ; DAVIS, Dalton 1 ; DROST, Brody 1 ; MCLEOD, Logan 1
HBP: BATES, Ethan 1 ; MATULIA, Philip 1 ; MCLEOD, Logan 1
Batting:
2B: Garza, Manny 1
HR: Garibay Jr., Guy 1
RBI: Devenny, Jacob 1 ; Garibay Jr., Guy 1 ; Garza, Manny 1 ; Riedel, Jack 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Garibay Jr., Guy 1 ; Royo, Ben 1 ; Salazar, Christian 1 ; Riedel, Jack 1
SB: Walsh, Connor 1
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