Rice University
6-20
Texas Southern
9-17
Owls Pull Away to Down TSU 12-3
3/26/2025 10:54:00 PM | Baseball
East Carolina opens AAC home schedule this weekend
How it Happened: Rice staked starter Reed Gallant to a 4-0 lead, scoring twice in the third and fourth innings thanks to a pair of two-out hits. Landon West doubled to center in the third inning, bringing home Tobias Motley and Colin Robson, who had opened the frame with a double and infield single. Blaine Brown doubled the advantage in the fourth with a bases-loaded single with two outs, scoring Motley and Max Johnson. Gallant held the Tigers off the scoreboard through four innings, but they broke through with a pair of runs in the fifth. Garrett Stratton relieved Gallant with two outs and a pair of runners on base and preserved the two-run lead thanks to a ground out and a strikeout. TSU cut the lead to 4-3 in the sixth, but the Owls responded with eight runs over the next two innings to break the game open. Cole Green's bases-loaded double down the left field line brought home two, and a Trey Duffield groundout brought home the third run of the inning. In the seventh, Jacob Devenny and Duffield each drove in runs with sacrifice flies, West brought in another with a bases-loaded walk and the Owls took advantage of an error and a wild pitch to bring in two more.
Up Next: Rice opens its 2025 AAC home schedule with the return of former C-USA rival East Carolina to Reckling Park for the first time since 2016 this weekend. The series opener is set for 6:35 on Friday, followed by a 4 p.m. on Saturday, and ending with a 1 p.m. finale on Sunday.
Notes
- Rice improved to 28-4 all-time vs. Texas Southern with its sixth consecutive win in the series.
- The Owls are 4-4 over their last eight games.
- Rice's 15 hits were a season-high and the Owls are hitting .296 over the last eight games.
- The 11 runs were a season-high for the Owls while the five in the seventh matched their high for an inning this year.
- Four Rice relievers combined to allow Texas Southern one earned run over the final 4.2 innings, and in the last seven games, the Owls' bullpen posted a 2-2 record and 2.86 ERA (11 ER in 34.2 IP).
- Motley scored four runs, the most by an Owl since Jack Riedel scored four vs. Prairie View A&M in 2023 and he was 3x4 to raise his average to .289.
- Brown extended his season-best hitting streak to seven games and his three hits raised his average to .352.
- Aric Anderson made his first start of the year and was 2x4. He is now 5x7 in his career vs. Texas Southern (.714) with two doubles and a home run.
- West drove in a career-high three runs.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Stratton, Garrett (2-2)
L: Justin Mayes (0-4)
Batting:
3B: Damian Garcia 1
RBI: Kelton Phillips 2 ; Jaden Flores 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Daylon Carleton 1 ; Tyler Legendre 1 ; Jonathan Trejo 1
SB: Bryce Hughes 2
CS: Jonathan Trejo 1
HBP: Daylon Carleton 1 ; Elijah Rodriguez 1 ; Nate Lopez 1
PO: Kelton Phillips 1 ; Bryce Hughes 1
Batting:
2B: Green, Cole 1 ; West, Landon 1 ; Anderson, Aric 1 ; Motley, Tobias 1
RBI: Brown , Blaine 2 ; Green, Cole 2 ; West, Landon 3 ; Duffield, Trey 2 ; Devenny, Jacob 1
SF: Duffield, Trey 1 ; Devenny, Jacob 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown , Blaine 2 ; Green, Cole 1 ; Anderson, Aric 1 ; Johnson , Max 2 ; Motley, Tobias 4 ; Robson, Colin 2
HBP: Motley, Tobias 1
