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Baseball Drops Game Two of Silver Glove Series
4/14/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 14, 2007
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HOUSTON - No. 5 Rice broke open a close game with seven runs in the middle three innings and never looked back in taking a 12-0 win in eight innings Saturday over the University of Houston baseball team Saturday during a Conference USA series at Cougar Field.
After scoring a pair of runs in the first inning, the Owls struck for three in the fourth, one in the fifth and three more in the sixth inning to break the game open and split the series at 1-1.
Rice starter Ryne Tacker held the Cougars to only three runs with nine strikeouts in six shutout innings to earn the win and improve to 7-1.
Joe Savery went 4-for-4 with a double, two runs and three RBIs to lead an Owl offense, which pounded out 15 hits in the game. Brian Friday batted 3-for-5 with a double, three runs and two RBIs, while Jordan Dodson finished the night 3-for-4 with a run, double and RBI.
Tyler Henley batted 2-for-2 with two runs and was hit by a pitch twice, and Jared Gayhart went 2-for-3 with two runs, a homer and three RBIs.
UH starter John Touchton collected the loss and fell to 3-3 after giving up eight runs (seven earned) off 10 hits and two walks with a pair of strikeouts in two innings.
Sophomore outfielder Jimmy Cesario went 1-for-3 to extend his hitting streak to a career- and UH-season-best 12 straight games.
With the win, the Cougars fell to 19-15 overall, 6-2 in C-USA games. Rice regained the top spot in the latest C-USA standings, improving to 28-11 overall and 9-2 in C-USA games.
The series wraps up at 1 p.m., Sunday. Fans can hear Cougar Baseball games live on UHCougars.com with former Cougar letterwinners Nick Torina and Pat Cauley calling all the action. Fans can follow live stats by clicking on the "Gametracker" link on the front page of UHCougars.com or on the Schedule and Results page off the Baseball main page.
Fans always can follow live stats by clicking on the "Gametracker" link on the front page of UHCougars.com or on the "Schedule and Results" page off the Baseball main page.
For the second straight night, the Owls struck in the first inning, scoring two runs on back-to-back doubles from Gayhart and Friday and Savery's RBI-single.
The score remained that way until the fourth inning when Gayhart launched a three-run homer to right field.
Rice pushed its lead to 6-0 in fifth inning when Savery scored from second base following the Cougars' first miscue of the night..
One inning later, the Owls added three more runs, courtesy of Friday's RBI-bunt single and a two-run single from Savery.
In the eighth inning, Rice took advantage of a Cougar error, Aaron Luna's RBI-single and a sacrifice fly from Dodson for the final margin of victory.
