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Photo by: Maria Lysaker - Rice Athletics
Combined Two-hitter Sparks Rice over Prairie View
3/5/2024 10:33:00 PM | Baseball
Fernandez, Mayo and Rodriguez hold Panthers in check
Reckling Park: Robert Fernandez, Jackson Mayo, and Mauricio Rodriguez combined on a two-hitter while Manny Garza led an 11-hit attack with three hits as Rice downed Prairie View A&M 6-1 at Reckling Park on Tuesday night.
The Details: The Panthers struck first on a leadoff homer off Fernandez to open the second inning, but the junior from Miami only allowed two walks over his remaining three innings of work while his Owls teammates swiftly erased that early deficit with two runs in the bottom of the second. Trenton Rank doubled with one out and Landon West followed with a walk. Ben Royo singled home Rank to tie the game and West and Royo moved up to second and third on the throw. Max Johnson lifted a fly ball to right allowing West to score and put Rice ahead to stay. After Jackson May took over for Fernandez in the fifth and retired the side on a pair of strikeouts, Rice extended the lead to 4-1 on a two-run double by Nathan Becker. Mayo breezed through three hitless frames and the Owls added two more runs in the sixth thanks to a sac fly by Pierce Gallo and a wild pitch allowing Kyte McDonald to score. Mauricio Rodriguez worked the final two innings to close out the win.
Up Next: The Owls will return to Reckling Park early on Wednesday morning to embark on a trip to Honolulu for a four-game series against Hawaii that begins on Friday.
Notes:
The Details: The Panthers struck first on a leadoff homer off Fernandez to open the second inning, but the junior from Miami only allowed two walks over his remaining three innings of work while his Owls teammates swiftly erased that early deficit with two runs in the bottom of the second. Trenton Rank doubled with one out and Landon West followed with a walk. Ben Royo singled home Rank to tie the game and West and Royo moved up to second and third on the throw. Max Johnson lifted a fly ball to right allowing West to score and put Rice ahead to stay. After Jackson May took over for Fernandez in the fifth and retired the side on a pair of strikeouts, Rice extended the lead to 4-1 on a two-run double by Nathan Becker. Mayo breezed through three hitless frames and the Owls added two more runs in the sixth thanks to a sac fly by Pierce Gallo and a wild pitch allowing Kyte McDonald to score. Mauricio Rodriguez worked the final two innings to close out the win.
Up Next: The Owls will return to Reckling Park early on Wednesday morning to embark on a trip to Honolulu for a four-game series against Hawaii that begins on Friday.
Notes:
- Rice improved to 4-8 on the season, 2-1 in midweek games, and 15-0 all-time against Prairie View.
- The two hits were the fewest the Owls allowed by the Owls since they held FIU to one hit in nine innings on May 19, 2023.
- The Owls turned a double play in their 10th consecutive game and for the 11th time in 12 games this year. Their 14 double plays coming into Tuesday were tied for fourth in the nation.
- Fernandez worked a career-long four innings in his second career start and matched his career high with two strikeouts.
- Mayo worked a career-long three innings and struck out a career-high four.
- Garza's three hits snapped an 0x9 stretch.
- Rank's double in the second was his second in as many games and extended his hitting streak to three games (.444, 4x9).
- Jack Riedel extended his hitting streak to five games with a pair of hits and has now hit in 10 of the first 12 games.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mayo, Jackson (1-0)
L: Corey Battey (0-1)
Batting:
HR: Tyran Norris 1
RBI: Tyran Norris 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tyran Norris 1
CS: Michael Smith 1
Batting:
2B: Rank, Treyton 1 ; Becker, Nathan 1
RBI: Gallo, Pierce 1 ; Becker, Nathan 2 ; Royo, Ben 1 ; Johnson , Max 1
SH: Rank, Treyton 1
SF: Gallo, Pierce 1 ; Johnson , Max 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Riedel, Jack 1 ; McDonald, Kyte 1 ; Garza, Manny 1 ; Gallo, Pierce 1 ; Rank, Treyton 1 ; West, Landon 1
SB: Duffield, Trey 1
CS: Becker, Nathan 1 ; Johnson , Max 1
HBP: Johnson , Max 1
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