Fresno State Athletics
Bulldogs Host No. 2 Rice
5/19/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 19, 2004
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No. 2 Rice (38-9, 20-3 WAC) at Fresno State (24-28, 12-11)
Dates: May 21-23, 2004
First Pitch: 6:30/6:30/1 p.m.
Stadium: Beiden Field (6,575)
Location: Fresno, Calif.
Radio: KMJ AM 580 (Gametracker)
Series: RICE 24, FS 12
PROBABLE STARTERS
Fri. RICE RHP Philip Humber (10-2, 1.69) vs. FS RHP Matt Garza (5-2, 4.22)
Sat. RICE RHP Wade Townsend (10-0, 1.55) vs. FS LHP Brandon Miller (5-3, 4.99)
Sun. RICE TBA vs. FS TBA
On Deck
Winners of four of its last five games, Fresno State plays host to conference champion Rice this weekend ... First pitch on Friday and Saturday is 6:30 p.m. with a 1 p.m. start Sunday ... Bulldogs are 16-15 at home this season and have won their first three WAC series at Beiden Field ... KMJ AM 580 will carry all three games with Paul Loeffler calling the play-by-play and Steve Hosey providing analysis ... Gametracker will also be available for the series ... FS plays its final six games of the season at home with a three-game conference tilt against Nevada next weekend ... Fresno State enters the weekend tied for second place in the WAC with Hawai'i ... Are a half game ahead of fourth place Nevada.
Fresno State vs. Rice
The Owls lead the all-time series 24-12 dating back to 1994 ... Rice swept the Bulldogs March 26-28 in Houston ... Fresno State recorded a pair of series opening victories from the Owls last year inclduing a 7-3 win in Fresno (4/11/03) ... FS sent 11 men to the plate and scored six times in the bottom of the eighth inning ... Also downed the Owls 2-1 in Houston ... Philip Humber suffered the loss in both contests ... The last time the Bulldogs won a series from the Owls was May 11-13, 2001 in Fresno when they took two of three ... Fresno State's only sweep in the all-time series came April 4-6, 1997 in Fresno ... Mike Batesole is 2-7 all-time against the Owls.
Streakin'
Richie Robnett's WAC-best 26-game hitting streak is the longest for a Bulldog since Casey McGehee hit safely in 31 straight during the 2002 season (March 15-May 18) ... Josh Hannah put together a school record 38-game hitting streak that spanned two seasons (1997-1998) ... Robnett's streak began March 20 against Cal State Fullerton where he went 2-4 with an RBI ... He is batting .465 (47-101) for the stretch that includes 15 multi-hit games ... Robnett has reached base safely the last 30 games beginning March 11, 2004 against Dallas Baptist ... Robnett has also hit safely in a WAC-best 23 straight games in conference play ... Nevada's Jacob Butler had a 20-game hitting streak earleir this season (second longest in WAC).
Double Me
With two doubles last weekend at Hawai'i, Richie Robnett has tallied a WAC-best 22 two baggers for the season ... Ties him for eighth place on the school's single season list shared by Eddie Zosky (1988), Steve Pearse ('88), Matt Curtis ('95) and Brandon Gemoll ('01) ... Joe Xavier stands in sixth with 23 ('84 and '85) while Brandon Mitchell ('88), Derrick Levingston ('97) and Anthony Acevedo ('99) are tied for third with 24 apiece ... Robnett is 6 shy of tying the single season doubles record at Fresno State ... Derek Feramisco collected 28 two baggers in 1997 ... ... Ryan Haag is third in the WAC with 17 ... The Bulldogs have tallied 121 two base hits through the first 52 games (2.3/gm) of 2004 including seven against San Jose State May 8 (one shy of tying the school record) ... The 1988 squad holds the season high mark with 170 doubles.
Swipe 'Em
With Christian Vitters' stolen base Friday night at Hawai'i, Fresno State has now recorded a WAC-best 72 stolen bases this year ... The season total is the highest since 1991 when the club swiped 91 bags ... The 1989 Bulldogs hold the school record with 102 ... Richie Robnett paces the league with 21 stolen bases and Ryan Haag is third with 16.
