Tuesday, March 25
Beaumont, TX
6 PM
Rice University
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Lamar
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Lamar Edges Rice 2-1
3/25/2025 9:29:00 PM | Baseball
Return home to host Texas Southern for 713 Night on Wednesday
Beaumont, TX: Jackson Blank and three relievers held Lamar to six hits and two runs, but that was just enough for the Cardinals to complete a season sweep of Rice with a 2-1 win on Tuesday night at Vincent-Beck Stadium.
How it Happened: Making only the second start of his career, Blank scattered four hits, but three of them came in the second and the third, a two-out single after he had struck out two, plated the only runs the Cardinals would need. After stranding seven through the first six, Rice finally broke through on the scoreboard in the seventh. Cole Green walked with one out and then came home on Trey Duffield's triple into the gap in right-center. Lamar loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh off Jack Ben-Shoshan, but he struck out the next hitter before freshman Nolan Roycraft was called in and ended the threat with a strikeout and a ground out to second to keep the game at 2-1, but the Owls were retired in order in the eighth and ninth to end the game.
Up Next: Rice will be back in action on Tuesday, returning to Reckling Parthk to host Texas Southern, with first pitch set for 6:30.
Notes
How it Happened: Making only the second start of his career, Blank scattered four hits, but three of them came in the second and the third, a two-out single after he had struck out two, plated the only runs the Cardinals would need. After stranding seven through the first six, Rice finally broke through on the scoreboard in the seventh. Cole Green walked with one out and then came home on Trey Duffield's triple into the gap in right-center. Lamar loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh off Jack Ben-Shoshan, but he struck out the next hitter before freshman Nolan Roycraft was called in and ended the threat with a strikeout and a ground out to second to keep the game at 2-1, but the Owls were retired in order in the eighth and ninth to end the game.
Up Next: Rice will be back in action on Tuesday, returning to Reckling Parthk to host Texas Southern, with first pitch set for 6:30.
Notes
- The sweep by Lamar was the first for the Cardinals in the series since 2003.
- Blank's four innings in his second career start were a career-best, while his five strikeouts matched his career-high set last season.
- Ben-Shoshan came on in relief of Marco Fuentes and stranded his ninth baserunner in ten opportunities this year.
- He has not allowed an earned run in his last 7.1 innings (six appearances).
- Roycraft has not allowed a run in his last 7.1 innings (four appearances).
- Blaine Brown hit his ninth double in the first inning and added a single in his next at-bat to extend his streak of hits vs. lefthanded pitching to five consecutive at-bats before he was retired in his third plate appearance.
- Graiden West exited the game in the bottom of the second after a collision at first base and saw his six-game hitting streak end.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Moseley, Kyle (1-3)
L: Blank, Jackson (0-3)
S: Havard, Peyton (2)
Batting:
2B: Brown , Blaine 1 ; Zito, Michael 1
3B: Duffield, Trey 1
RBI: Duffield, Trey 1
SH: Duffield, Trey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Green, Cole 1
Batting:
2B: Skinner, Zak 1 ; Ryan, Matt 1
RBI: Ryan, Matt 2
SH: Rodriguez, Hector 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Skinner, Zak 1 ; Spinn, Zane 1
PO: Spinn, Zane 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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H
1
RBI
1
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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