Tuesday, May 14
Reckling Park
11:30 a.m.
Rice University
16
vs
5
Texas Southern
Seniors Shine in Final Game at Reckling
5/14/2024 3:16:00 PM | Baseball
Owls rout TSU 16-5, head to ECU for crucial series to end regular season.
Reckling Park: Nathan Becker, Ben Dukes, Pierice Gallo, and Jack Riedel made their last home game at Reckling Park a memorable one combining for 10 hits, three home runs, and nine RBI as Rice raced past Texas Southern 16-5 on Tuesday afternoon.
The Details: After spotting TSU an early 4-0 lead, Rice cut the lead in half as Jack Riedel and Pierce Gallo hit back-to-back, solo homers in the second and then took command with an eight-run third inning. Aric Anderson, who was making his first start at catcher since March 26, slammed the first pitch he saw over the wall in right to open the third with his first career home run. Jacob Devenny and Ben Dukes followed with singles and then advanced on a double steal. Treyton Rank followed with a walk and Devenny came home on a passed ball on the four ball to Rank. Riedel followed with an RBI single to put Rice ahead. Nathan Becker followed with another run-scoring single and Gallo added an RBI double to run the Rice lead to 7-2. Tobias Motely brought in the sixth run of the inning with a sac fly Gallo came home on a passed ball and Eric Correa closed out the scoring with a steal of home. Dukes drove in a solo run in the fifth with a single and one inning later the Owls added five to close out their scoring. With one out in the sixth, Gallo mashed his sixth homer of the year and his fourth in the last four games. Anderson added an RBI double, followed by RBI singles by Dukes, Rank, and Riedel.
Up Next: The Owls have an early-morning departure on Wednesday for Greenville, North Carolina where they will open the final three-game series of the 2024 regular season by facing East Carolina, Thursday through Saturday.
Notes:
The Details: After spotting TSU an early 4-0 lead, Rice cut the lead in half as Jack Riedel and Pierce Gallo hit back-to-back, solo homers in the second and then took command with an eight-run third inning. Aric Anderson, who was making his first start at catcher since March 26, slammed the first pitch he saw over the wall in right to open the third with his first career home run. Jacob Devenny and Ben Dukes followed with singles and then advanced on a double steal. Treyton Rank followed with a walk and Devenny came home on a passed ball on the four ball to Rank. Riedel followed with an RBI single to put Rice ahead. Nathan Becker followed with another run-scoring single and Gallo added an RBI double to run the Rice lead to 7-2. Tobias Motely brought in the sixth run of the inning with a sac fly Gallo came home on a passed ball and Eric Correa closed out the scoring with a steal of home. Dukes drove in a solo run in the fifth with a single and one inning later the Owls added five to close out their scoring. With one out in the sixth, Gallo mashed his sixth homer of the year and his fourth in the last four games. Anderson added an RBI double, followed by RBI singles by Dukes, Rank, and Riedel.
Up Next: The Owls have an early-morning departure on Wednesday for Greenville, North Carolina where they will open the final three-game series of the 2024 regular season by facing East Carolina, Thursday through Saturday.
Notes:
- Rice improved 22-31 overall, 14-18 at home and 27-4 all-time vs. Texas Southern.
- Rice has won three of the last four.
- The 11:35 a.m. start was the earliest weekday game for the Owls at Reckling Park since it opened in 2000 as a crowd of 2,781 included several local schools as part of Grand Slam Day.
- Rice hit a season-high four homers and Gallo became the first Owl to hit two homers in a game this season.
- Rice has hit 22 of its 46 home runs in the last 14 games.
- The 16 runs and 18 hits were season-highs and the most since they scored 18 runs on 23 hits vs. Prairie View last season.
- Gallo is 9x15 in his last four games (.600) with four homers and nine RBI… He came into the year with four career home runs.
- Gallo has driven in 21 runs in the last 21 games after having only seven RBI in his first 26.
- Riedel's home run was his 15th of the year and his 10th this season at Reckling Park, the most by an Owl since Anthony Rendon hit 11 at home in 2010… He is three homers away from tying Mark Quinn (1995) for 10th on the Owls' season home run list.
- Anderson, who was 1x11 on the season, finished the day 3x3 to record his first career multi-hit game.
- Mark Perkins tossed three hitless innings in relief to earn his second win of the season.
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