Light mist in general campus area thus far. Hope the rain holds off.

Any word on JC Reeves availability? If he's held out, against the tough southpaw tonight, I would expect Kirby in LF, Lewis at 3B and Myers at DH.

Unfortunately for us, JC is, indeed, out...

Quote:Rice Baseball ‏@RiceOwlsBSB · 12m12 minutes ago
Rice starting lineup tonight: Chandler-cf; Stainback-2b; Byrd-ss; Taylor-lf; Lewis-3b; Warren-rf; C. Teykl-1b; Myers-dh; Kopycinski-c.

I'm a little surprised Hunter is batting #9 in the order since he usually hits lefties reasonably well.

Sound quality with bouts of static. Anyone else?

Here we go, Owls. Let's start strong and take Game One.

JC possible for Sunday.

(04-03-2015 06:37 PM)grol Wrote:  JC possible for Sunday.

Haha. That seems apropos for Easter.

There we go, Kevin! Leadoff double. Way to get that out of your system. It's smooth sailing from here on out.

First inning, first E, first WP

The ball is flying off MTSU's DeMarini bats.

And Grayson gets that error bugaboo out in the opening right away. Excellent! RBI on the error. 1-0 MTSU. 1 down. Man on first.

Chandler to Kopy, with a great play at the plate. 2 outs

Already an error (allowing run to score) and wild pitch (which should have been blocked by Hunter). Same old, same old. Just shaking head.

Wow-- Chandler guns down the speedy Jebavy at the plate on a hard single. 4 well hit balls against McCanna in the first 4 batters. Not a good sign.

Runners on 1 and 2, 2 outs, 3 hits so far

(04-03-2015 06:48 PM)waltgreenberg Wrote:  Already an error (allowing run to score) and wild pitch (which should have been blocked by Hunter). Same old, same old. Just shaking head.

Wow-- Chandler guns down the speedy Jebavy at the plate on a hard single. 4 well hit balls against McCanna in the first 4 batters. Not a good sign.

Don't lose faith, Walt. It's Good Friday. There's still hope for new life.

(04-03-2015 06:49 PM)grol Wrote:  Runners on 1 and 2, 2 outs, 3 hits so far

Let's go, Kevin! A little doubleplay ball here will give us a headstart on the 2nd inning.

It is a win to give up only one run there.

BOOM! BIG K-K-K-KEVIN!! Strikeout strands two Blue Raiders and limits the Keystone Cop routine to 1 run. Let's get it back, bats!! 1-0 MTSU going B1.

Chandler's throw was awesome.

1-2-3 for Owls in B1