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Photo by: Maria Lysaker - Rice Athletics
Memphis Completes Sweep
4/7/2024 4:55:00 PM | Baseball
Owls host Incarnate Word on Tuesday at 6:30
Reckling Park : Memphis made the most of its two hits, combining them to produce two runs in the second inning and then holding off Rice the rest of the day to take a 2-1 win on Sunday and sweep the weekend series against the Owls.
The Details: Rice starter Tucker Alch worked into the sixth and combined with relievers Ryland Urbanczyk and Tom Vincent to hold the Tigers hitless and scoreless over the final 7.1 innings, but the Owls could only cut that initial lead in half, scoring one on the bottom of the third. They loaded the bases with one out and Treyton Rank brought Max Johnson home with a sacrifice fly.
Up Next: Rice hosts Incarnate Word on Tuesday and Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Wednesday before wrapping up the eight-game homestand by hosting UAB next weekend.
Notes
The Details: Rice starter Tucker Alch worked into the sixth and combined with relievers Ryland Urbanczyk and Tom Vincent to hold the Tigers hitless and scoreless over the final 7.1 innings, but the Owls could only cut that initial lead in half, scoring one on the bottom of the third. They loaded the bases with one out and Treyton Rank brought Max Johnson home with a sacrifice fly.
Up Next: Rice hosts Incarnate Word on Tuesday and Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Wednesday before wrapping up the eight-game homestand by hosting UAB next weekend.
Notes
- Rice fell to 9-23 overall and 6-13 at home.
- The Owls have lost four consecutive one-run games.
- Rice held the opposition to two hits for the second time this season (vs.Prairie View on 3/5) and held Memphis to a .147 batting average and .186 slugging percentage in the three games.
- Rice's bullpen allowed just one run in 15.2 innings over the weekend (0.57 ERA).
- Alch worked a season-high 5.2 innings and struck out season-best four.
- Urbanczyk threw three hitless innings before Vincent came on to get the final out in the top of the eighth.
- Vincent stranded a pair of runners and has stranded four without allowing a run over his last three appearances.
- Jacob Devenny reached base three times in four plate appearances and was 2x3 at the plate with a double to raise his overall average to .260 his AAC average to .381, which leads the team.
- Manny Garza threw out his third baserunner of the weekend, the 50th of his career at Rice. He came into the weekend tied for the AAC lead and now has 11 this year.
- Rank has driven in a run in three straight games.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: CURTIS, JAKE (3-1)
L: Alch, Tucker (0-1)
S: SANDERS, BRAYDEN (7)
Batting:
2B: COMPTON, JACOB 1
RBI: COMPTON, JACOB 1 ; COX, SHANE 1
Base Running:
RUNS: STUART, DAUNTE 1 ; COMPTON, JACOB 1
CS: COX, SHANE 1
HBP: BASKIN, AUSTIN 1 ; STUART, DAUNTE 1 ; COMPTON, JACOB 1
PO: STUART, DAUNTE 1
Batting:
2B: Gallo, Pierce 1 ; Dukes, Ben 1
RBI: Rank, Treyton 1
SF: Rank, Treyton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Johnson , Max 1
CS: Gallo, Pierce 1
HBP: Devenny, Jacob 1
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