Cougars Rout Owls, Win Sixth Straight Over Rice

HOUSTON – The Houston Baseball team scored 10+ runs against Rice for the third-straight game to win its sixth consecutive game over the Owls 15-3 on Tuesday night at Reckling Park.

With the 15-run offensive outburst on Tuesday, Houston (20-17) scored 43 total runs over the three-game Silver Glove Series, the most by the Cougars in a three-game series with Rice (9-30).

The Cougars scored 18 runs in the series opener on March 5, 10 runs on April 8 and 15 on Tuesday night. The 2016 Cougars scored 38 runs against the Owls over three games with a 24-run offensive outburst in one of the games.

Four Cougars drove in multiple runs while two sprayed multiple hits. Junior Jake Tatom hit his first home run as a Cougar, a two-run moonshot for his second hit of the game.

Tatom finished the game with three RBI. Sophomore Xavier Perez notched a pair of singles and drove in three runs. Perez finished the series with 11 RBI on six hits.

Juniors Cade Climie and Coby DeJesus each drove in a pair as well.

On the mound, junior Ryan Dollar (2-1) earned the win after pitching the first clean inning for the Cougars. Dollar struck out one and needed just nine pitches to retire the side.

Houston scored a pair of runs in the second inning on an error and a Perez RBI single.

The Cougars erupted for five runs on three hits and two Rice errors in the third inning. Climie drove in the first two on a single through the left side. Junior Tyler Cox pushed a run across on an error and Perez drove in two more on his second hit of the game.

Tatom's homer in the seventh inning gave the Cougars a 10-3 lead. DeJesus pushed two more across with a two-RBI single in the frame.

Pinch hitter Pip Smalley was hit by a pitch to drive in a run in the ninth and Climie plated two more on a bases loaded fielder's choice that resulted in an error.

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