Rice, UH Roll On
Marshall, UAB Eliminated in CUSA Tournament
By Mark Anderson
The top ranked Rice Owls and the Brad Lincoln led Houston Cougars advanced in the C-USA Tournament today. The Owls were paced by a 13 hit attack and 7 stromg innings from Bobby Bell tp defeat Southern Miss by a score of 5=1.
The Owls jumped on the board first as Luna hit a hard to play by the third baseman, who threw errantly to first after Luna had reached safely. After Zornes grounded out, Dodson hit a deep fly that moved Luna to third. Kenny Ford walked, and Henley followed with a double down the left field line, bringing home Luna. Buchanan followed with a two run single to put the Owls up 3-0.
The Eagles had a golden opportunity to answer the Owls in the bottom of the third, but missed a golden opportunity. With one out, Sutton singled to left, and Maddox followed with the same. After a strikeout, Ewing walked to load the bases. Coker followed with a walk that forced in the only run the Eagles would score for the night. At this point in the game, Bobby Bell wasa struggling with his breaking pitches, and things were a little adventurous for Adam Zornes behind the plate at this point. But Adkins struck out to end the inning—and the golden opportunity had passed by Southern Miss. By the fifth inning, Bell gained control of his breaking pitch, and was absolutely nasty from that point forward, keeping the Eagles off-balance with an assortment of pitches.
The Owls would have added more onto the run total, but Joe Savery missed the bag at third and was out on an appeal play.
Bryce Cox came on in the eighth inning and was absolutely dominating, not giving up any hots or walks while striking out three.
For the Cougars, this game can be summed up in two words: Brad Lincoln. While striking out only 6 in 8 innings of work, Lincoln put the ball right where he wanted it virtually the entire afternoon. Houston pounded the Pirates pitching for 14 hits and 4 walks, including Matt Weston’s 15th homerun of the year.
Both Rice and Houston have the day off tomorrow and will play in the winner’s bracket on Saturday.
For Marshall and UAB, their journey came to an end in C-USA play today, as Memphis defeated UAB, and Marshall was mercifully eliminated on the “mercy rule.”
By Mark Anderson
The top ranked Rice Owls and the Brad Lincoln led Houston Cougars advanced in the C-USA Tournament today. The Owls were paced by a 13 hit attack and 7 stromg innings from Bobby Bell tp defeat Southern Miss by a score of 5=1.
The Owls jumped on the board first as Luna hit a hard to play by the third baseman, who threw errantly to first after Luna had reached safely. After Zornes grounded out, Dodson hit a deep fly that moved Luna to third. Kenny Ford walked, and Henley followed with a double down the left field line, bringing home Luna. Buchanan followed with a two run single to put the Owls up 3-0.
The Eagles had a golden opportunity to answer the Owls in the bottom of the third, but missed a golden opportunity. With one out, Sutton singled to left, and Maddox followed with the same. After a strikeout, Ewing walked to load the bases. Coker followed with a walk that forced in the only run the Eagles would score for the night. At this point in the game, Bobby Bell wasa struggling with his breaking pitches, and things were a little adventurous for Adam Zornes behind the plate at this point. But Adkins struck out to end the inning—and the golden opportunity had passed by Southern Miss. By the fifth inning, Bell gained control of his breaking pitch, and was absolutely nasty from that point forward, keeping the Eagles off-balance with an assortment of pitches.
The Owls would have added more onto the run total, but Joe Savery missed the bag at third and was out on an appeal play.
Bryce Cox came on in the eighth inning and was absolutely dominating, not giving up any hots or walks while striking out three.
For the Cougars, this game can be summed up in two words: Brad Lincoln. While striking out only 6 in 8 innings of work, Lincoln put the ball right where he wanted it virtually the entire afternoon. Houston pounded the Pirates pitching for 14 hits and 4 walks, including Matt Weston’s 15th homerun of the year.
Both Rice and Houston have the day off tomorrow and will play in the winner’s bracket on Saturday.
For Marshall and UAB, their journey came to an end in C-USA play today, as Memphis defeated UAB, and Marshall was mercifully eliminated on the “mercy rule.”
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