Rice University
5-10
Hawaii
9-6
Fast Start Sparks Hawai'i
3/10/2024 11:00:00 PM | Baseball
Series wraps up at 7:05 Monday
The Details: The Rainbow Warriors sent 10 men to the plate in their opening inning and seven of them scored. Trey Duffield's opposite-field home run with two outs in the second, the first of his career, cut the lead to 7-1, but despite an additional nine hits, the Owls were held to a single tally. Hawai'i added two in the fifth and three in the eighth as the 'Bows scored their most runs and had their largest margin of victory in the 49-game series history between the schools.
Up Next: The series concludes on Monday with first pitch set for 7:05 (central),
Notes:
- Rice fell to 5-10 on the season, 3-3 on the road, and 0-4 on Sundays this season.
- Rice is 37-12 all-time against Hawai'i overall and 20-8 in games played in Honolulu.
- The Owls turned their 20th double play of the season, which ranks second in the country behind Coastal Carolina's 21. They have turned at least on twin killing in 13 of 15 games this year.
- The Owls have seven doubles in the first three games of the series. They have hit 12 doubles in the last five games after collecting just seven in the first 10 games.
- Mauricio Rodriguez matched his career highs with four innings pitched and five strikeouts.
- Trey Duffield drilled a ball over the right field wall at Les Murakami Stadium in the second inning for his first career home run.
- Aric Anderson collected his first career hit and added a walk in his second career start.
- Jack Riedel's seventh-inning single extended his hitting streak to eight games. He has gone 10x33 during his streak (.303).
- Kyte McDonald tied his career high with three hits with two singles and a double. He is hitting .462 (6x13) and slugging .923 (11 total bases) in the three games with Hawai'i.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nainoa Cardinez (1-0)
L: Urbanczyk, Ryland (0-3)
S: Isaiah Magdaleno (1)
Batting:
2B: McDonald, Kyte 1
HR: Duffield, Trey 1
RBI: Duffield, Trey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Duffield, Trey 1
Batting:
2B: Ben Zeigler-Namoa 1 ; Kyson Donahue 1 ; Jordan Donahue 2
RBI: Matthew Miura 1 ; Stone Miyao 2 ; Jake Tsukada 1 ; Dallas Duarte 1 ; Ben Zeigler-Namoa 3 ; Kyson Donahue 1 ; Jordan Donahue 1
SF: Jake Tsukada 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Elijah Ickes 2 ; Austin Machado 2 ; Matthew Miura 2 ; Stone Miyao 1 ; Jake Tsukada 2 ; Ben Zeigler-Namoa 1 ; Kyson Donahue 2
SB: Matthew Miura 1 ; Jake Tsukada 1 ; Jordan Donahue 1
CS: Jordan Donahue 1
HBP: Jake Tsukada 2 ; Jordan Donahue 1
