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Photo by: Maria Lysaker - Rice Athletics
Cardinal Edges Owls 4-3
3/3/2024 4:48:00 PM | Baseball
Prairie View closes homestand at 6:30 on Tuesday
Reckling Park: Stanford worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the eighth to close out sweep of the three-game series with Rice, 4-3 at Reckling Park on Sunday afternoon.
The Details: The Cardinal jumped out front in the first inning for the third consecutive game on a double and a ground out, but Rice answered with two runs of its own in the bottom of the second, courtesy of a two-run double by Treyton Rank. The Cardinal moved back in front with a two-run homer in the fifth and Rice answered with a run in the bottom half of the frame with an RBI single by Nathan Becker. Tom Vincent and Davion Hickson shut out Stanford on one hit over the final four innings to keep the Owls within striking distance. They put runners at second and third with two outs in the bottom of the eighth and on the 10th pitch of his at-bat, Max Johnson lofted a deep fly to left that drifted foul at the last moment. Johnson worked a walk on the next pitch, but Ben Dukes was retired a fly to left to end the threat.
Up Next: Rice will close out the current five-game homestand by hosting Prairie View (6-5) on Tuesday night at 6:30.
Notes:
The Details: The Cardinal jumped out front in the first inning for the third consecutive game on a double and a ground out, but Rice answered with two runs of its own in the bottom of the second, courtesy of a two-run double by Treyton Rank. The Cardinal moved back in front with a two-run homer in the fifth and Rice answered with a run in the bottom half of the frame with an RBI single by Nathan Becker. Tom Vincent and Davion Hickson shut out Stanford on one hit over the final four innings to keep the Owls within striking distance. They put runners at second and third with two outs in the bottom of the eighth and on the 10th pitch of his at-bat, Max Johnson lofted a deep fly to left that drifted foul at the last moment. Johnson worked a walk on the next pitch, but Ben Dukes was retired a fly to left to end the threat.
Up Next: Rice will close out the current five-game homestand by hosting Prairie View (6-5) on Tuesday night at 6:30.
Notes:
- Rice fell to 3-8 on the season and 12-27 all-time vs. Stanford, which won its 11th straight in the series.
- The Owls turned their fourth double play of the weekend and now have 14 this year. They have turned at least one in the last nine games and 10 of 11 this year. Their 10 double plays coming into the weekend ranked sixth nationally.
- Ryland Urbanczyk made his second straight Sunday start and struck out four in four innings before being lifted in the fifth.
- Hickson lowered his ERA to 0.79 ERA in 11.1 innings (4 appearances) by not allowing a hit or run in 3.1 innings and tied his career high with five strikeouts.
- Vincent worked a season-best 1.2 innings and struck out two.,
- Rank was 2x3 with a single and double and two RBI, his first multi-hit and multi-RBI game this season. He has reached in nine of 11 games this year.
- Becker had a pair of hits for his fifth multi-hit game in the first 11 contests.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Dugan, Nick (3-0)
L: Urbanczyk, Ryland (0-2)
S: O'Harran, Toran (2)
Batting:
2B: Moore, Malcolm 1
HR: Moore, Malcolm 1
RBI: Moore, Malcolm 3 ; Haskins, Trevor 1
SH: Haskins, Trevor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MacDonald, Cort 1 ; Nati, Jimmy 1 ; Moore, Malcolm 2
SB: MacDonald, Cort 1
HBP: Nati, Jimmy 1 ; Reynolds, Brady 1
Batting:
2B: McDonald, Kyte 1 ; Riedel, Jack 1 ; Rank, Treyton 1
RBI: Becker, Nathan 1 ; Rank, Treyton 2
SH: Garza, Manny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Riedel, Jack 1 ; Becker, Nathan 1 ; Gallo, Pierce 1
SB: Rank, Treyton 1
HBP: Devenny, Jacob 1
Game Leaders
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