Probably the last chance to see the Coogs in the Houston area this year. They head to Florida the next two weeks after this and then we’ll see their tourney fate.
Also, the Silver Glove is up for grabs in this one.
UP TO THE PLATE Houston (31-19, 11-10 The American) vs. Rice (23-28, 14-3 Conference USA) May 13 | Constellation Field | Sugar Land, Texas Live Stats | Live Audio All-Time Series: Houston trails, 82-107
ON RICE • The Owls enter the midweek with a 23-28 record. • Rice has won its last two games and is coming off a 2-1 series win over Southern Miss. • Senior Evan Kravetz, who was named the CUSA Pitcher of the Week on Monday, and junior Matt Caterino are tied for second in the CUSA in strikeouts (103). • Caterino 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 Owls and is second in the CUSA in RBI (54), third in slugging percentage (.609), fourth in home runs (12) and eighth in on-base percentage (.441). He also leads Rice in batting average (.328) and hit by pitch (17). • The Owls were picked to finish fourth and garnered one first-place vote in the CUSA Preseason Poll. • Rice is batting .273 as a team and has a 4.76 ERA, compared to opponents’ .263 average and 5.49 ERA.
Not me…playing a fired up Rice team will help get us ready for the final series against UCF and the conference tourney.
Not too often when two rivals can get together and get their fans excited.
Pettitte walks the first batter and Rooney goes to Bond.
HBP and then a grounder that Burckel bobbles, but ends up getting the batter at 1st, runners on 2nd/3rd with 1 out. Sac fly to Padgett, but runner out at 3rd…Rice leads 2-0
Cougar gloves have shown up in a big way tonight. Great play by Burckel earlier, Padgett made an incredible catch a few innings ago and also threw out a runner trying to advance, and Bielo just ran a ball down that he had no business catching.