ON RICE
• The Owls enter the midweek with a 21-23 record.
• Rice has won its last six games sweeping middle Tennessee and Louisiana Tech in Conference USA action over its last two weekends.
• Junior Matt Caterino was named the CUSA Pitcher of the Week on Monday. He was tabbed the CUSA Preseason Pitcher of the Year and a Preseason All-American by Baseball America (Second Team) and the NCBWA (Third Team).
• Senior designated hitter Andrew Dunlap leads the team and ranks second in the CUSA in RBI (50). He also leads Rice in batting average (.331), slugging percentage (.612), on-base percentage (445), home runs (11), RBI (50) and hit by pitch (16).
• The Owls were picked to finish fourth and garnered one first-place vote in the CUSA Preseason Poll.
• Rice is batting .275 as a team and has a 4.84 ERA, compared to opponents’ .269 average and 5.77 ERA.
1 out walk for Minter. With 2 outs, Minter to 2nd on a wild pitch. Burckel walks. Wild pitch moves both runners up. After a 2-0 count, Davis intentionally walked to load the bases. Rice goes to the pen.
Cherry walks, Minter scores…Coogs lead 3-2
Bielo HBP scores Burckel…Coogs lead 4-2
Thomas walks, Davis scores…Coogs lead 5-2
New pitcher for Rice.
Wild pitch scores Cherry, runners to 2nd/3rd…Coogs lead 6-2
Wild pitch scores Bielo, Thomas to 3rd…Coogs lead 7-2
Hyland single scores Thomas…Coogs lead 8-2
Lovelace walks, Hyland to 2nd. Another new pitcher for Rice.
Wild pitch moves both runners up. Minter walks to load the bases.
I used to think if you don’t hit you can’t win…wait…reset. LOL. Incredible. It is like Rice and UH swapped places for an inning. Of course, its not over yet…