Friday, May 13
Houston, Texas
6:30 PM
Rice University
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vs
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Middle Tennessee
Photo by: Maria Lysaker | Rice Athletics
Blue Raiders Blank Owls to Open Series
5/13/2022 9:55:00 PM | Baseball
Owls held to two hits
Reckling Park: Middle Tennessee's Peyton Wigginton toss a two-hit shutout and his Blue Raiders teammates backed him with a 13-hit attack to blank Rice 7-0 in the opener of a three-game series at Reckling Park on Friday in front of 3,783 fans.
The Details: Wigginton held Rice hitless until Guy Garibay Jr. laced a single to left with two outs and did not allow a runner past second until Connor Walsh tripled with one out in the ninth. Rice starter David Shaw fanned a career-high five in four innings of work, but the Blue Raiders touched him for runs in the second, third and fourth to give Wigginton all the support he would need. Alex DeLeon followed Shaw and worked five innings in relief.
Notable
The Details: Wigginton held Rice hitless until Guy Garibay Jr. laced a single to left with two outs and did not allow a runner past second until Connor Walsh tripled with one out in the ninth. Rice starter David Shaw fanned a career-high five in four innings of work, but the Blue Raiders touched him for runs in the second, third and fourth to give Wigginton all the support he would need. Alex DeLeon followed Shaw and worked five innings in relief.
Notable
- The crowd for Rice Faculty & Staff Appreciation Day was the largest attendance at Reckling Park since 3,879 fans saw the Owls defeat #16 LA Tech 3-1 on April 26, 2019.
- The win snapped a four-game winning streak for the Owls against MTSU at Reckling Park.
- Wigginton tossed the first nine-inning complete game against the Owls since LA Tech's Jonathan Fincher tossed a four-hit shutout in a 6-0 win at Reckling on April 9, 2021.
- Walsh is 8x20 over his last five games with a double, triple and two home runs.
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