Baylor
Rice
Four-run Ninth Caps Win Over Rice
7/31/2000 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 1, 2000
HOUSTON - Fifth-ranked Baylor rallied for four runs in the ninth to stop Rice 5-2 Wednesday night at Reckling Park.
Ross Bennett had the biggest hit of the inning, a two-run single to center that put the Bears ahead. In all, Baylor (12-3) pounded out five of its 11 hits in the inning to spoil the strong pitching effort of Rice's Marc Gwyn (1-3).
Gwyn had allowed only six Baylor hits through eight innings. The Bears' only run had come after a walk, a hit batsman and Tim Hartshorn's single to right in the second inning.
Rice took a 2-1 lead in the sixth. Walks to Jason Gray and Phillip Ghutzman, plus a double steal, put the runners in scoring position. Gray scored on a wild pitch, and Ghutzman came in on Bobby Bryan's single to left.
In the ninth, Anthony Hensley's RBI pop single to shallow right tied the game, and Bennett's hit put the Bears back in front. Mike Huggins, who had three hits on the night for the Bears, supplied an insurance run with an RBI-single.
Scott Lehnoff (1-0), the fifth of six Baylor pitchers, picked up the win, and Zane Carlson retired the Owls in order in the ninth for his third save.
The decision was Rice's second straight last-inning loss. The Owls had dropped a 10-9 game at Sam Houston State Tuesday in 10 innings.
Baylor moves to 12-3 on the season with a Big 12 series with Texas A&M on tap this weekend. Rice falls to 7-10 with its fifth loss in its last six games.
