Diamond Niners Fall 3-2 at Rice; Rubber Game Sunday

HOUSTON, Texas – Host Rice broke up a scoreless ball game with three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and held off a Charlotte rally late to even up the C-USA series with a 3-2 win on Saturday afternoon.

"We've got to be better early," began Head Coach Loren Hibbs. "We didn't do enough early in the game. It was a good sign to see Brooks get back on track, but we made a couple of mistakes and in a tight game like this, you just can't make them against this kind of pitching."

Rice (17-24-2, 7-11-2) put their first run up in the sixth on a Ford Proctor one-out solo home run to right. Ryan Chandler followed with a walk, stole second, and later made it 2-0 scoring on Trei Cruz's single to…