After pounding out 15 hits in yesterday's eight-inning game, Rice added another 16 hits en route to an 11-6 win today. With the victory, the Owls regain sole possession of first place in Conference USA and win the Silver Glove Series for the seventh consecutive year.

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Well, this rubber game was interesting for six innings, at least.

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Chris Wright looked pretty good for the first two innings he pitched, allowing one run (a homer to Travis Reagan) on two hits. But Rayner Noble probably left him in one batter too long, as Jess Buenger crushed the first pitch he saw for a double into deep right-center.

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Bobby Bramhall also had less than his best stuff for the Owls, struggling to find the plate in one-and-a-third innings in relief of Joe Savery.

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Joe Savery just didn't have his best stuff on the mound today, and Wayne Graham responded by going to the bullpen when Savery issued a four-pitch walk to Dustin Kingsbury with one out in the bottom of the fifth inning.

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Rayner Noble had a veeeeeery quick hook with Luis Flores, pulling him after he allowed two runs in the top of the fourth inning.

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After retiring the first two batters in the bottom of the second, Joe Savery started nibbling against the bottom of the Cougars' lineup, allowing singles to Zak Presley and Bryan Pounds before walking Chris Wallace on a full count. Ryan Lormand followed by doing exactly what you would expect from a leadoff hitter: he worked a 3-1 count and then took what Savery gave him, punching the next pitch into short right-center to score two and give Houston a 2-1 lead.

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Centerfielder Tyler Henley crushed an 0-2 offering from Luis Flores over the wall in straightaway right field to give the Owls an early 1-0 lead.

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Right-hander Luis Flores will hit sixth for Houston, and left-hander Joe Savery will again bat cleanup for Rice, as both pitchers are playing both ways on a beautiful day (finally!) here in Houston.

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For the second straight year, the third game of the Silver Glove Series will be the decisive one.

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With Ryne Tacker still building arm strength after spending the first three months of the season in the bullpen, Rice coach Wayne Graham inserted lefty Bobby Bramhall into the game to start the seventh inning.

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I figured Rayner Noble would leave John Touchton in the game for a while in order to save all of his bullpen arms for tomorrow, but after Touchton hit Danny Lehmann in the head with the first pitch of the sixth inning and allowed a single to Tyler Henley, Noble went to the 'pen.

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The normally light-hitting Jared Gayhart (.379 slugging percentage entering the game) guessed correctly on the first pitch from John Touchton, pulling an 86-mile-per-hour fastball over the wall in straightaway left field for a three-run home run and a 5-0 Owl lead.

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The early returns are good for Rice's Ryne Tacker, as the Owl offense staked him to an early 2-0 lead and Tacker helped himself with an outstanding defensive play.

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Senior right-hander Ryne Tacker will start tonight's game for the Owls, and my reaction is simple: it's about time.

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For the second consecutive year, Houston has taken the first of the three-game Conference USA series against Rice.

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It won't be recorded as unearned, but the Houston run that scored in the bottom of the seventh could have been avoided.

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With a runner on second and two outs, Rice coach Wayne Graham elected to walk Houston's Jimmy Cesario in favor of pitching to cleanup hitter Dustin Kingsbury.

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After an inning of quick work, Aaron Brown struggled again in the fourth, but he escaped unscathed.

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Houston second baseman Ryan Lormand has the play of the game early in this one, as he ranged to the outfield grass toward first base to make a great back-handed grab, turn, and throw to first in time to beat Jared Gayhart, who runs well.

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Rice squandered an excellent opportunity for a big inning in the top of the first, getting runners on second and third with one out.

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The Silver Glove Series is about to get underway here in Houston, but the Cougars are already ahead in my book. Why? One word: socks.

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I'm thrilled to be checking in with you for the 10th edition of the Silver Glove Series from Cougar Field in Houston.

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