Rice Defeats Baseball 8- 6

March 25, 2001

HOUSTON - Eric Arnold blasted two home runs to lead No. 1-ranked Rice to an 8-6 win over Fresno State Sunday at Reckling Park and a sweep of the Western Athletic Conference series.

Arnold ripped a three-run home run deep to left-center field in the first, then added a two-run, opposite-field shot to right in the fourth.

A.J. Porfirio also had four singles and scored three runs, and Hunter Brown had three hits in the Owls' 14-hit attack.

Rice (25-6, 14-1) scored all eight of its runs in the first four innings, securing its seventh straight win at Reckling Park.

Jonathan Gonzalez (5-1) pitched the first five innings for the Owls to pick up the win. Nick Moran (2-3) took the loss for the Bulldogs.

Oscar Lopez hit his third home run and Brandon Gemoll had two runs batted in to pace the offense for Fresno State (20-13, 6-6).

Next for the Bulldogs is a game against Cal Poly on Tuesday at Beiden Field at 7 p.m.


College Baseball at Reckling Park, HoustonRice 8, Fresno State 6Fresno State 001 020 201 - 6 10 1RICE OWLS    321 200 00x - 8 14 1Nick Moran, Bob Runyon (3) and Brad Harper, Dave Hafiz (4). JonathanGonzalez, Philip Tribe (6), Philip Barzilla (7) and Phillip Ghutzman. W-Gonzalez, 5-1. L- Moran, 2-3. Save- none. 2B- FS: Tom Creighton, Rice: MattFox, Mike Lorsbach. 3B- none. HR- FS: Oscar Lopez (3), Rice: Eric Arnold 2(7). Time - 2:22. Att. - 2,042.Team Records: Fresno State 20-13, 6-6 WAC, Rice 25-6, 14-1 WAC.

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