Saturday, May 14
Houston, Texas
2:00 PM
Rice University
13-38, 0
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Owls Fall in Extra Innings
5/14/2022 5:49:00 PM | Baseball
Rally for three in the ninth
Reckling Park: Jack Riedel keyed a ninth-inning rally with a two-run, pinch-hit homer, but Middle Tennessee struck back for a run in the 10th to defeat Rice 5-4 on Saturday afternoon.
The Details: With Rice trailing 4-1 and down to its last two outs, Riedel drilled an 0-1 pitch from Blue Raiders' reliever Zack Keenan off the Reckling Park scoreboard to drive in Justin Long and cut the lead to a single run. Connor Walsh followed with an infield single and advanced to second on a ground out before Austin Bulman singled up the middle to drive him home and tie the game. Nathan Becker followed with a single to left to put the winning run at second, but the Owls could not close it out. After MTSU scored a run in the top of the 10th, Manny Garza led off the bottom of the inning with his third hit of the day. Jack Ben-Shoshan , came in to run for Garza and he advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. But MTSU's James Sells recovered to get the final two outs to end the game.
Notable
The Details: With Rice trailing 4-1 and down to its last two outs, Riedel drilled an 0-1 pitch from Blue Raiders' reliever Zack Keenan off the Reckling Park scoreboard to drive in Justin Long and cut the lead to a single run. Connor Walsh followed with an infield single and advanced to second on a ground out before Austin Bulman singled up the middle to drive him home and tie the game. Nathan Becker followed with a single to left to put the winning run at second, but the Owls could not close it out. After MTSU scored a run in the top of the 10th, Manny Garza led off the bottom of the inning with his third hit of the day. Jack Ben-Shoshan , came in to run for Garza and he advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. But MTSU's James Sells recovered to get the final two outs to end the game.
Notable
- The win allowed MTSU to capture the series for the second straight year.
- This was only the second extra-inning game of the 2022 season. Rice lost to Lamar 8-6 in 11 innings on February 26.
- Riedel's homer was his first in 63 at-bats and more than a month (April 9 at LA Tech) and the first by an Owl in 130 at-bats.
- Garza and Bulman each were 3x5. Garza has hit in seven of his last 10 starts (14x33) with six multi-hit games. Bulman has hit in 22 of 26 conference games, including eight multi-hit games against C-USA competition.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: James Sells (4-1)
L: Linskey, Matthew (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Brett Coker 1 ; Mason Speirs 2
RBI: Fausto Lopez 1 ; JT Mabry 1 ; Jackson Galloway 1 ; Briggs Rutter 1 ; Mason Speirs 1
Base Running:
RUNS: JT Mabry 1 ; Wyatt Morgan 1 ; Brett Coker 1 ; Mason Speirs 1 ; Brian Dillingham 1
SB: JT Mabry 1 ; Brian Dillingham 1
CS: Luke Vinson 1
Batting:
HR: Riedel, Jack 1
RBI: Bulman, Austin 1 ; Garza, Manny 1 ; Riedel, Jack 2
SH: Long, Justin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Walsh, Connor 1 ; Gallo, Pierce 1 ; Long, Justin 1 ; Riedel, Jack 1
SB: Walsh, Connor 1 ; Gallo, Pierce 1
CS: Walsh, Connor 1
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