Tuesday, April 8
Houston, TX
6:30 PM
Rice University
at
Houston
Photo by: Maria Lysaker | Rice Athletics
Silver Glove Game Two on Tap Tuesday
4/7/2025 10:24:00 PM | Baseball
Rice at Houston 6:30 pm
SILVER GLOVE RESUMES: Rice and Houston resume the annual Silver Glove Series with Game Two and Schroeder Park with first pitch set for 6:30. The Owls will host AAC co-leader South Florida this weekend in a three-game series before wrapping up the 2025 Silver Glove on April 15 with Game Three at Reckling Park.
HOT LINKS
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Full Game Notes
PITCHING MATCHUP
RHP Jackson Blank (0-4, 5.62 ERA) vs. RHP Diego Luzardo (0-0, 13.50 ERA)
ON THE AIR: J.P Heath will have the call on RiceOwls.com and the Varsity Network app. Jeremy Branham and Robert Neagli will call the game on ESPN+.
MEMORY LANE: Tuesday's game wraps up a week of road games for new Bixby Family Head Baseball Coach David Pierce at previous stops in his coaching and playing careers. Rice opened the week with a 9-1 win at Sam Houston, where Pierce began his head coaching career in 2012, and then dropped all three games in New Orleans against Tulane, where Pierce coached from 2015-16. Pierce was a two-year starter as an outfielder for the Cougars from 1984-85, where he hit .299 and was a member of the Cougars' 1985 NCAA Regional qualifier. After a successful high school coaching career, Pierce returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach for Rayner Noble for two seasons before joining Wayne Graham's staff at Rice in 2003.
FROM BOTH SIDES: Houston and Rice split the six games played when David Pierce was a member of the Cougars, while Rice was 10-6 against Houston in his two years as an assistant. Rice was 39-8 in regular and post-season games with Houston when Pierce was on the Owls' staff.
SILVER GLOVE SERIES: Rice and Houston began competing for the Silver Glove in 1998, and Rice has won the series in 18 of the previous 27 seasons while posting a 62-38 record. Houston has won the series and has seen 36 of the 100 games decided by two runs or less, with Rice holding a 22-14 advantage. There have been 14 Silver Glove shutouts (Rice 9, Houston 4) with the most recent a 1-0 Cougar win at home on 4/10/18. After Houston left Conference USA before 2014, the three-game series was played with home games on each campus, and the final game was played at Constellation Field through 2019. The series returned solely to each campus in 2022 when the Houston Astros purchased the Sugarland Skeeters franchise to use as the home base for their Triple-A team.
UP NEXT: Rice returns to Reckling Park on Friday to host South Florida in a three-game conference series as part of Rice's annual Blue-Gray Weekend.
HOT LINKS
Watch: ESPN+
Listen: RiceOwls.com
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
Full Game Notes
PITCHING MATCHUP
RHP Jackson Blank (0-4, 5.62 ERA) vs. RHP Diego Luzardo (0-0, 13.50 ERA)
ON THE AIR: J.P Heath will have the call on RiceOwls.com and the Varsity Network app. Jeremy Branham and Robert Neagli will call the game on ESPN+.
MEMORY LANE: Tuesday's game wraps up a week of road games for new Bixby Family Head Baseball Coach David Pierce at previous stops in his coaching and playing careers. Rice opened the week with a 9-1 win at Sam Houston, where Pierce began his head coaching career in 2012, and then dropped all three games in New Orleans against Tulane, where Pierce coached from 2015-16. Pierce was a two-year starter as an outfielder for the Cougars from 1984-85, where he hit .299 and was a member of the Cougars' 1985 NCAA Regional qualifier. After a successful high school coaching career, Pierce returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach for Rayner Noble for two seasons before joining Wayne Graham's staff at Rice in 2003.
FROM BOTH SIDES: Houston and Rice split the six games played when David Pierce was a member of the Cougars, while Rice was 10-6 against Houston in his two years as an assistant. Rice was 39-8 in regular and post-season games with Houston when Pierce was on the Owls' staff.
SILVER GLOVE SERIES: Rice and Houston began competing for the Silver Glove in 1998, and Rice has won the series in 18 of the previous 27 seasons while posting a 62-38 record. Houston has won the series and has seen 36 of the 100 games decided by two runs or less, with Rice holding a 22-14 advantage. There have been 14 Silver Glove shutouts (Rice 9, Houston 4) with the most recent a 1-0 Cougar win at home on 4/10/18. After Houston left Conference USA before 2014, the three-game series was played with home games on each campus, and the final game was played at Constellation Field through 2019. The series returned solely to each campus in 2022 when the Houston Astros purchased the Sugarland Skeeters franchise to use as the home base for their Triple-A team.
UP NEXT: Rice returns to Reckling Park on Friday to host South Florida in a three-game conference series as part of Rice's annual Blue-Gray Weekend.
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