UAB Swept at Rice

Sunday, May 3

Houston, TX

1:05 p.m.

UAB

28-19, 12-9

Rice

29-20, 11-1-0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
UAB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	1
Rice	0	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	X	10	13	3

5/3/2026 4:25:00 PM | Baseball

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HOUSTON, TX – UAB Baseball (28-19, 12-9) dropped the series finale on the road at Rice (29-20, 11-10) on Sunday by a score of 10-3 as the Owls completed the sweep.

For the third time in the series, the Blazers plated a single run to get on the board first, and the second time in their first frame of the game. Kevin Hall Jr. was hit by a pitch and later scored on a Rice error to give UAB a 1-0 lead.

Beginning in the bottom of the second, the Owls would combine for seven runs over their next two frames. Small ball played into Rice's favor as it laid down three bunts in the inning, two for hits and a sacrifice. The Owls would plate three runs in the inning without recording an extra base hit.

Four more runs crossed for Rice in the bottom of the third. The first five hitters reached via a base hit in the inning resulting in three runs. The final run of the inning scored on a Colin Robson bunt single to bring in JC Davis to inflate Rice's lead to 7-1.

The Owls plated three more in the bottom of the fourth. After the first two hitters of the inning reached, a sac bunt pushed them both into scoring position. JC Davis singled both runners home and Lorenzo Rios scored Davis on a single to up the Owls' lead to 10-1.

UAB would push a pair across in the top half of the eighth on John Paul Head's league-leading 17th home run of the season to cut the Rice lead to 10-3.

Brayden Sharp tossed the final inning of the day as the Owls completed the sweep of UAB.

NOTES
- Rice registered its first sweep of UAB since 2023 when the Owls took all three games in Birmingham. It is the first sweep in Houston since 2014.
- John Paul Head ripped his 17th home run of the season which is tied for the fifth most in a season in school history.
- Head hit the 67th home run of the year for the Blazers, which puts the 2026 team in sole possession of second all-time in program history.
- Head also increased his on-base streak to 11 games. Alex Dupuy, Kevin Hall Jr., and Andrew Hunt each have reached base in seven straight games.
- Hall scored two runs on Sunday. It is the 13th time this season Hall has scored multiple times.

UAB returns to Regions Field on Tuesday as the Blazers play host to nationally-ranked Auburn. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. on ESPN+.

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