The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Friday, March 17
Young Memorial Field
6 P.M.
UAB
5-12, 0
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UAB Baseball Drops Game One Against Rice
3/17/2023 11:18:00 PM | Baseball
BIRMINGHAM – UAB (5-12) dropped game one, 8-1, to Rice (9-9) on the opening night of conference play on Fri., March 17 at Young Memorial Field.
UAB stayed scoreless through five innings until a leadoff single by John Marc Mullins and a walk from Tyler Waugh followed by a RBI single from Christian Hall scored the Blazers' only run of the game. Rice scored multiple runs in the third, eighth and ninth innings and always held a lead over UAB.
Brooks Walton (1-2) started on the mound for the Blazers and received the loss after he allowed three runs – all earned – on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts during his five innings. Four Blazers followed Walton including Thomas Ballard, Christian Clack, John Luke Marlin and Colin Daniel. Ballard and Marlin both threw less than an inning to allow a combined no runs on three hits and two strikeouts. Clack tied his season high of innings pitched (2.0). He faced 10 batters and allowed three runs on one hit with a strikeout. Daniel came on in the ninth and allowed two runs – earned – on three hits with a single strikeout to help send the Blazers to the plate one last time.
UAB out hit Rice until the eighth inning but could not capitalize after reaching base and leaving a total of 11 men stranded. Of UAB's seven hits, all seven were singles by six different Blazers – Tyler Waugh, Darryl Buggs, Logan Braunschweig, John Marc Mullins, Christian Hall and Gavin Lewis Jr. collected two singles.
UP NEXT
UAB and Rice face in game two of the three-game series on Sat., March 18 on CUSA TV. First pitch is scheduled for 2 P.M. at Young Memorial Field.
For more information on UAB Baseball, follow @UAB_Baseball on Twitter and Instagram as well as on UAB Athletics Facebook.
UAB stayed scoreless through five innings until a leadoff single by John Marc Mullins and a walk from Tyler Waugh followed by a RBI single from Christian Hall scored the Blazers' only run of the game. Rice scored multiple runs in the third, eighth and ninth innings and always held a lead over UAB.
Brooks Walton (1-2) started on the mound for the Blazers and received the loss after he allowed three runs – all earned – on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts during his five innings. Four Blazers followed Walton including Thomas Ballard, Christian Clack, John Luke Marlin and Colin Daniel. Ballard and Marlin both threw less than an inning to allow a combined no runs on three hits and two strikeouts. Clack tied his season high of innings pitched (2.0). He faced 10 batters and allowed three runs on one hit with a strikeout. Daniel came on in the ninth and allowed two runs – earned – on three hits with a single strikeout to help send the Blazers to the plate one last time.
UAB out hit Rice until the eighth inning but could not capitalize after reaching base and leaving a total of 11 men stranded. Of UAB's seven hits, all seven were singles by six different Blazers – Tyler Waugh, Darryl Buggs, Logan Braunschweig, John Marc Mullins, Christian Hall and Gavin Lewis Jr. collected two singles.
UP NEXT
UAB and Rice face in game two of the three-game series on Sat., March 18 on CUSA TV. First pitch is scheduled for 2 P.M. at Young Memorial Field.
For more information on UAB Baseball, follow @UAB_Baseball on Twitter and Instagram as well as on UAB Athletics Facebook.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Matthew Linskey (2-0)
L: Walton, Brooks (1-2)
Batting:
2B: Connor Walsh 1
3B: Connor Walsh 1
HR: Connor Walsh 1
RBI: Connor Walsh 4 ; Manny Garza 2 ; Benjamin Rosengard 1 ; Graiden West 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Guy Garibay Jr. 1 ; Drew Holderbach 1 ; Nathan Becker 2 ; Connor Walsh 3 ; Manny Garza 1
Batting:
RBI: Hall, Christian 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mullins, John Marc 1
HBP: Brown, Brayton 1
Game Leaders
AB
3
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H
2
RBI
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AB
5
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H
1
RBI
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AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
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