Houston: Pitchers' duel so far

By Jonathan Yardley - June 03, 2007

TCU starter Chase Perry is doing the job so far, keeping Rice off the scoreboard despite allowing two baserunners in each of the first two innings. A double play and a caught stealing have kept Rice from getting a runner to second base.

On the other side, Joe Savery has thrown a lot of pitches (47 through three innings) and survived a number of hard-hit balls thanks to solid defense. His defense has also cost him a few pitches, with Jess Buenger booting a ball at second base and Diego Seastrunk throwing wildly for the umpteenth time in this tournament (on a tough play).

Still 0-0 through three innings in the early evening sunshine as Rice just wasted a two-out triple from the red-hot Jared Gayhart. Excellent crowd on hand yet again; the smallest crowd in this tournament has been more than 3,000, and this will be another one well over the 4,000 mark.

On a side note, just about everybody at this regional is pulling for Sam Houston State in its crazy regional; the Bearkats now need to beat Ole Miss twice.