Rice University
17-35, 0
Wichita State
16-34, 0
Shockers Avoid Sweep
5/11/2025 5:34:00 PM | Baseball
Owls wrap up regular season at UTSA
How it Happened: After saluting 12 seniors and as well as three support staff members, the Owls jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Colin Robson led off with a walk and advanced to third on a single to second by Blaine Brown and a throwing error by the second baseman. Robson scored on a sacrifice fly by Michael Zito and Landon West followed with a single to drive in Brown. Starter Tucker Alch held the Shockers off the scoreboard for the first three innings, but they knocked him out of the game while scoring four runs in the fourth. The Owls had a response of their own in the bottom of the fourth with two out. Robson drove in Paul Smith with a single and Brown followed with a home run to left to give Rice its last lead of the day as the Shockers scored nine times over the next three innings. The Owls added two runs in the seventh on RBI singles by Landon West and Treyton Rank.
Up Next: Rice closes out the season with three games at AAC regular season champion UTSA, beginning Thursday at 6:30. The Owls' magic number with each of the other three teams contending for the final two slots in the AAC Championship (Memphis, UAB & Wichita State) is one as Rice holds the tiebreaker and a two-game lead with both Memphis and Wichita State and a three-game lead with UAB with three games remaining in the regular season.
Notes
- Rice fell to 4-7 all-time against Wichita State and lost for the first time to the Shockers at Reckling Park (4-1).
- Rice has won six of its last eight and 10 of its last 16.
- The Owls fell to 10-14 in AAC play, including a 9-6 mark in their last 14 games while winning four of the past five series.
- The Owls are tied with Charlotte for the second-best record in the AAC over the past five weeks (UTSA 13-2; RICE & Charlotte 9-6; FAU & Tulane 8-7; Memphis & USF 7-8; ECU 6-9; UAB and Wichita State 4-11).
- The Owls have homered in seven straight games (13 total).
- Michael Zito was 0x2 and saw his 11-game season and 20-game conference game hitting streaks come to an end.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Vercoe, Colton (1-1)
L: Atchley, Ethan (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Gustafson, Jaden 1 ; Durnin, Kam 1
HR: Rogers, Jordan 1 ; Livingston, Josh 1
RBI: Rogers, Jordan 2 ; Livingston, Josh 3 ; Dillon, Cole 1 ; Gustafson, Jaden 1 ; Millan, Mauricio 5 ; Durnin, Kam 1 ; Henry, Zeb 1 ; Duncan, Kaleb 1
SF: Henry, Zeb 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Johnson, Camden 1 ; Rogers, Jordan 4 ; Livingston, Josh 2 ; Dillon, Cole 3 ; Gustafson, Jaden 3 ; Millan, Mauricio 2 ; Durnin, Kam 1 ; Henry, Zeb 1 ; Duncan, Kaleb 1
HBP: Johnson, Camden 1 ; Rogers, Jordan 1 ; Millan, Mauricio 1 ; Henry, Zeb 1 ; Duncan, Kaleb 1
Batting:
HR: Brown , Blaine 1
RBI: Robson, Colin 1 ; Brown , Blaine 2 ; Zito, Michael 1 ; West, Landon 2 ; Rank, Treyton 1
SH: Anderson, Aric 1
SF: Zito, Michael 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Robson, Colin 2 ; Brown , Blaine 3 ; Johnson , Max 1 ; Smith , Paul 1
