Houston: Finally underway

By Jonathan Yardley - June 02, 2007

Well, we're finally underway at Reckling Park in Houston, and it's better late than never. Rice against TCU in the winners' bracket, and of course, whoever wins will be in prime position to take this regional.

Freshman righthander Ryan Berry for Rice, which is the visiting team, against junior righthander Chris Johnson for TCU. Rice jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first against a shaky Johnson on a line-drive single from Joe Savery. Then Berry struck out the side swinging on 12 pitches. But the biggest cheer of the night so far came with the announcement of the UT-UC Irvine score.