Rice University
7-29, 0
USF
20-11, 0
Bulls Take Series Opener
4/11/2025 10:19:00 PM | Baseball
Game two set for 2 p.m. Saturday
How it Happened: Rice broke on top in the bottom of the second when Landon West smashed his second home run of the season, driving the ball 401 feet over the wall in right-center. USF took the lead with three runs in the third and added another in the fourth before West drew Rice back to within two with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fourth. Blaine Brown opened the inning with a single and moved to second on an error by the Bulls' right fielder and then to third on a single by Michael Zito. USF extended the lead to 7-2 in the top of the seventh before Treyton Rank drilled a solo homer to left in the bottom of the inning to close out the scoring for the Owls.
Up Next: The teams meet in the middle game of the series on Saturday at 2 p.m. as part of Blue-Gray Weekend. Saturday's schedule opens with women's tennis hosting Middle Tennessee at 11 a.m. on Senior Day, followed by Rice-USF baseball at 2 and the Blue-Gray Spring Football Open Practice at 6 p.m. at Rice Stadium.
Notes
- Rice lost for the first time in five meetings with South Florida.
- The two home runs for the Owls extended their home run streak to four games and gave them six in the last two contests.
- They have homered in three of their last four AAC games and have at least one homer in five of their last seven in conference play.
- West's home run was his first since the Owls' home opener vs. Sam Houston on 2/19.
- Rank's homer was his first this year and his second in four career games vs. USF.
- Brown's single extended his hitting streak to four games (.400, 6x15).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: BRAUN, C. (5-2)
L: McCracken, J.D. (1-3)
Batting:
2B: PRUITT, R. 2 ; BETANCOURT,R 1 ; ROSE, M. 1
HR: JACOME, C. 1 ; GREICO, S. 1 ; MAYO, J. 1 ; BETANCOURT,R 1
RBI: PRUITT, R. 3 ; JACOME, C. 2 ; GREICO, S. 2 ; MAYO, J. 2 ; BETANCOURT,R 3
Base Running:
RUNS: PRUITT, R. 2 ; JACOME, C. 2 ; GREICO, S. 1 ; TRIPPEL, L. 1 ; MAYO, J. 2 ; BETANCOURT,R 2 ; BRODIL, M. 1 ; LOHRY, B. 1 ; ROSE, M. 2
SB: PRUITT, R. 1 ; MAYO, J. 1
CS: TRIPPEL, L. 1
Batting:
HR: West, Landon 1 ; Rank, Treyton 1
RBI: West, Landon 2 ; Rank, Treyton 1
SF: West, Landon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brown , Blaine 1 ; West, Landon 1 ; Rank, Treyton 1
CS: Zito, Michael 1 ; Bocachica Jr., Hiram 1
HBP: Robson, Colin 1
