June 10, 2021
C-USA Athletics:
C-USA Board of Directors Concludes June Meeting (C-USA)
June 10, 2021
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
JT Chargois (1-0, 1.80) was charged with a blown save and was the winning pitcher for the Mariners. Evan Kravetz (0-1, 1.64) “took the tough-luck defeat” in game 2 for Lo-A Daytona, allowing a solo home run “before leaving prematurely”.
Brock Holt (.244) hit a walk-off RBI single with 2 outs in the bottom of the 11th inning for the Rangers and Anthony Rendon (.232) hit a 2-run double for the Angels. Tristan Gray (.270) went 2-for-4 with a run, a RBI, a walk and a strikeout for AAA Durham.
Complete Owls stats are here.
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OWLS IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
2021 MLB/MiLB Daily Stats: 6/9/21
| BATTING | TEAM | LEAGUE | AB | R | H | BI | W | K | AVE | OTHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brock Holt | TEX | MLB | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .244 | |
| Anthony Rendon | LAA | MLB | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .232 | 2B (8) |
| Tristan Gray | TB | AAA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .270 | |
| Ford Proctor | TB | AA | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 | |
| Trei Cruz | DET | Hi-A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ..050 |
| PITCHING | TEAM | LEAGUE | IP | H | R | ER | W | K | ERA | OTHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JT Chargois | SEA | MLB | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.80 | BS (2), W (1-0) |
| Evan Kravetz | CIN | Lo-A | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.64 | Gm 2: L (0-1) |
June 10, 2021
Rice Baseball:
Jose Cruz Jr Returns to Rice Baseball as Head Coach (Rice Owls)
Rice picks familiar name to lead baseball team (Houston Chronicle)
BREAKING: Jose Cruz Jr to be named Rice baseball coach (The Roost)
Tigers’ Jose Cruz Jr named head coach at Rice (MLB.com)
Jose Cruz Jr would be perfect coach at alma mater Rice (OueEsquina, 5/25/21)
A&M Baseball:
Jim Schlossnagle Named Texas A&M Baseball Coach (Aggie Athletics)
June 10, 2021
Rice Bioscientists:
Popularity runs in families (Rice News)
What's in Woodson:
Celebrating Pride Month (Woodson Research Center)
June 10, 2021
Trivia Question:
First, James Walker and Mike Rogers also correctly answered Tuesday's trivai question!
Name the cousin of a former Rice pitcher who is on a Super Regional team roster this weekend. Email your answer here.
June 9, 2021
College Sports:
Replacing Coach K is a nearly impossible task (Washington Post)
June 9, 2021
Trei Cruz:
Yesterday, Trei Cruz was activated from the 7-day IL.
MLB/MiLB Scoreboard Yesterday:
Jon Duplantier (0-2, 10.03) was the losing pitcher for the Diamondbacks. Glenn Otto (2-2, 4.50) was the losing pitcher for AA Somerset.
Ford Proctor (.159) homered for AA Montgomery.
Complete Owls stats are here.
20210608
OWLS IN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL
2021 MLB/MiLB Daily Stats: 6/8/21
| BATTING | TEAM | LEAGUE | AB | R | H | BI | W | K | AVE | OTHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Rendon | LAA | MLB | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .232 | |
| Ford Proctor | TB | AA | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .158 | HR (2) |
| Trei Cruz | DET | Hi-A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .063 | |
| Dane Myers | DET | Hi-A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | x |
| PITCHING | TEAM | LEAGUE | IP | H | R | ER | W | K | ERA | OTHER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Duplantier | ARI | MLB | 3.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10.03 | L (0-2) |
| Glenn Otto | NYY | AA | 6.2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 4.50 | L (2-2) |
June 9, 2021
Timothy Morton:
Timothy Morton’s Hyper-Pandemic (The New Yorker)
Alexander Karsner '89:
Exxon Board to Get a Third Activist Pushing Cleaner Energy (New York Times)