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OWLS BERRY DOMINATING
First Complete Game Leads the Way
By Mark Anderson
Ryan Berry gave up only five hits and a run as the Rice Owls completely dominated Marshall on Friday by a score of 13-1.
How dominating was Berry?
When was the last time that an Owl pitched a complete game? (Answer: June 3, 2005 when Josh Geer pitched a complete game vs. Northwest State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.)
The other clue as to how dominating Berry was on Friday was Coach Graham never even made a trip to the mound. That’s right—not even one.
Berry, however, wasn’t satisfied. “I could have done better.” When asked how, he pointed to the loss of a shutout and an elevated fastball in the ninth.
Meanwhile, the Owl offense had a walk in the park—so to speak. Marshall pitching gave up ten walks while collecting sixteen hits and a hit batter to boot. Joe Savery raised his average to .367 with four hits that drove in three runs. Diego Seastrunk, Danny Lehmann, and Brian Friday also had three hits each.
The Owl offense got rolling in the third inning—literally and otherwise. Brian Friday led off with a humpback one hopper that hit the edge of the infield and then rolled harmlessly just beyond the dirt for a hit. Gahart followed with a seeing eye single, and Dodson’s sacrifice moved them up. Savery’s single brought in Friday with the first run, and Henley walked. With the bases loaded, Lehmann laid down a perfect bunt to bring in another run. Seastrunk followed with an RBI single to make the score 4-0.
The fourth inning, the offense got rolling again, this time with a runner on and two outs. With Brian Friday on second after a one out double and two outs, Dodson drove in Friday with a two-out single, and moved up on the throw home. Savery then followed that with an RBI single of his own, and the Owls had a comfortable 6-0 lead. The Owls missed a chance to add more runs when they left the bases load, but with Ryan Berry cruising at this point, seemed to have the game in hand.
In the eighth inning, Chad Lemback had come on to replace Gayhart. Talk about timing! Shortstop Brandon Casamassima (you pronounce it, I’m not going to) hit a rocket to right field that seemed to be over Lembeck’s head. Lembeck made a leaping grab of the ball, but wasn’t finished yet. After Sanders singled to right—the first hit off of Berry since the third inning, Marshall sent up pinch hitter Chris Peak. Peak should have kept his seat on the bench—and Sanders shouldn’t have wandered off of first. Peak hit a rope to right that Lembeck caught charging in, then threw to Savery to double off Sanders.
Gametime today is 3:00. Rice has not announced their starter, so come out to the ball park and find out first hand!
First Complete Game Leads the Way
By Mark Anderson
Ryan Berry gave up only five hits and a run as the Rice Owls completely dominated Marshall on Friday by a score of 13-1.
How dominating was Berry?
When was the last time that an Owl pitched a complete game? (Answer: June 3, 2005 when Josh Geer pitched a complete game vs. Northwest State in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.)
The other clue as to how dominating Berry was on Friday was Coach Graham never even made a trip to the mound. That’s right—not even one.
Berry, however, wasn’t satisfied. “I could have done better.” When asked how, he pointed to the loss of a shutout and an elevated fastball in the ninth.
Meanwhile, the Owl offense had a walk in the park—so to speak. Marshall pitching gave up ten walks while collecting sixteen hits and a hit batter to boot. Joe Savery raised his average to .367 with four hits that drove in three runs. Diego Seastrunk, Danny Lehmann, and Brian Friday also had three hits each.
The Owl offense got rolling in the third inning—literally and otherwise. Brian Friday led off with a humpback one hopper that hit the edge of the infield and then rolled harmlessly just beyond the dirt for a hit. Gahart followed with a seeing eye single, and Dodson’s sacrifice moved them up. Savery’s single brought in Friday with the first run, and Henley walked. With the bases loaded, Lehmann laid down a perfect bunt to bring in another run. Seastrunk followed with an RBI single to make the score 4-0.
The fourth inning, the offense got rolling again, this time with a runner on and two outs. With Brian Friday on second after a one out double and two outs, Dodson drove in Friday with a two-out single, and moved up on the throw home. Savery then followed that with an RBI single of his own, and the Owls had a comfortable 6-0 lead. The Owls missed a chance to add more runs when they left the bases load, but with Ryan Berry cruising at this point, seemed to have the game in hand.
In the eighth inning, Chad Lemback had come on to replace Gayhart. Talk about timing! Shortstop Brandon Casamassima (you pronounce it, I’m not going to) hit a rocket to right field that seemed to be over Lembeck’s head. Lembeck made a leaping grab of the ball, but wasn’t finished yet. After Sanders singled to right—the first hit off of Berry since the third inning, Marshall sent up pinch hitter Chris Peak. Peak should have kept his seat on the bench—and Sanders shouldn’t have wandered off of first. Peak hit a rope to right that Lembeck caught charging in, then threw to Savery to double off Sanders.
Gametime today is 3:00. Rice has not announced their starter, so come out to the ball park and find out first hand!
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