Rice University
2-13
Yale
7-3
Owls Drop Finale to Bulldogs
3/9/2025 5:38:00 PM | Baseball
Next Up: Texas A&M Corpus Christi 6:35 Monday
How it Happened: Yale jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first but Rice took advantage of a pair of Yale errors in the bottom of the frame to answer with three of its own. Michael Zito reached on an error to lead off the game for Rice and Hiram Bocachica Jr. followed with a walk. The Owls executed a double steal on a strikeout and Zito came into score on an errant through by the Yale catcher. After a second strikeout, Brown blasted his first home run off the Reckling scoreboard to score Bocachica and give the Owls a 3-2 lead. Yale made that lead short-lived, scoring twice in the top of the second to take a 4-3 lead, and that margin held up over the next four innings, and Ohman and Rice reliever Marco Fuentes traded scoreless innings. Yale padded the lead with a single run in the seventh and two in the eighth. After Ohman exited after seven innings and 103 pitches, Rice looked to mount a charge against the Yale bullpen. The first three Owls in the eighth reached, with Zito opening with a walk, Bocachica doubling and Landon West working Rice's second walk of the inning. After a strikeout, Brown beat out a single to second base to score Zito and pull Rice within three, but the Owls could not draw any closer.
Up Next: Rice wraps up a stretch of six games in seven days by hosting Texas A&M Corpus Christi on Monday a 6:35 p.m.
Notes
- Fuentes' 4.1 scoreless innings extended his scoreless inning streak to 6.1, all coming during the current homestand.
- Brown is the fourth true freshman to homer for the Owls this year.
- Brown has hit in eight of nine home games this year and was 6x14 with two doubles, a home run, and six RBI in the series against Yale. After driving in a run in each of the first three games, he did not drive in a run in his next seven before knocking in three vs. Yale on Friday and again on Sunday.
- Zito scored a pair of runs, the third time in seven home games he has scored twice. He is hitting .462 at home this year (13x26).
- Treyton Rank was 2x4 on Sunday to improve his average at home to .312 (10x32).
- The steals by Bocachica and Zito gave the Owls 10 steals in 12 attempts over the weekend after stealing seven in the first 12 games this year.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jack Ohman (1-0)
L: Fernandez, Robert (0-2)
S: Ethan Lewis (2)
Batting:
2B: Alec Atkinson 2
HR: Kaiden Dossa 1 ; Max Imhoff 1
RBI: Kaiden Dossa 1 ; Jake Williams 2 ; Alec Atkinson 1 ; Tommy Martin 2 ; Max Imhoff 1
SH: Garrett Larsen 1 ; Jake Williams 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kaiden Dossa 3 ; Garrett Larsen 1 ; Alec Atkinson 1 ; Max Imhoff 2
CS: Alec Atkinson 1
HBP: Garrett Larsen 1 ; Alec Atkinson 2
Batting:
2B: Bocachica Jr., Hiram 1 ; Brown , Blaine 1
HR: Brown , Blaine 1
RBI: Brown , Blaine 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Zito, Michael 2 ; Bocachica Jr., Hiram 1 ; Brown , Blaine 1
SB: Zito, Michael 1 ; Bocachica Jr., Hiram 1
CS: Zito, Michael 1 ; Rank, Treyton 1
