Baseball

The 2025 MLB season is underway and Rice baseball alums are making the most of their time in The Show. Here’s the latest from the MLB Owls. Dane Myers – Miami Marlins Myers’s electric start to the season was slowed, at least briefly, by an oblique injury that landed him on the 10-day injured list […]

In addition to the Rice baseball alums in the Major Leagues, Owls are playing professional baseball around the world. Here’s the latest from Mexico and Japan. Jon Duplantier – Hanshin Tigers (Japan) Duplantier signed a minor league contract with the Brewers this winter, but was granted his release soon after so that he could pursue […]

A position player turned ace reliever only begins to tell the story of the winding road that made Jack Ben-Shoshan a crucial member of the Rice baseball bullpen. A member of Jose Cruz Jr’s 2021 Rice baseball recruiting class, Jack Ben-Shoshan was viewed as an all-purpose addition to the Owls’ program when he signed. Listed […]

Rice Baseball won their fourth conference series in their last five weekends, taking two of three from Wichita State, drastically improving the Owls’ postseason chances. FRIDAY | Rice 4, Wichita State 3 Rice baseball found itself in another Friday night pitcher’s duel between Owls’ ace Davion Hickson and Wichita State hurler Grant Adler. It was […]

The 2025 MLB season is underway and Rice baseball alums are making the most of their time in The Show. Here’s the latest from the MLB Owls. Dane Myers – Miami Marlins Myers’ electric start to the 2025 season isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Entering Wednesday, his batting average was still above .350, and he […]

Rice Baseball blew past Prairie View A&M on Wednesday night, burying the Panthers with a cavalcade of early runs. Colin Robson was retired twice in the first inning, but just about everyone else reached base in some form or fashion as Rice baseball batted around in the opening frame, putting up a seven-spot that put […]

Davion Hickson persevered through the elements on Friday, tossing a complete-game one-hitter that set the tone for a Rice Baseball series win over Charlotte. FRIDAY | Rice 2, Charlotte 0 In a rare occurrence during the 2025 Rice baseball season, a pitcher’s duel broke out at Reckling Park on Friday night. Despite a mid-game weather […]

The 2025 MLB season is underway and Rice baseball alums are making the most of their time in The Show. Here’s the latest from the MLB Owls. Dane Myers – Miami Marlins Myers made an emphatic statement this week with a thrilling pinch-hit grand slam, eliminating a four-run deficit to the Los Angeles Dodgers with […]

Rice Baseball salvaged the series finale against UAB after dropping the first two games behind a largely quiet offense that went off for 12 runs on Sunday. FRIDAY | UAB 3, Rice 0 Back in the Friday night role after several weeks in the bullpen, Davion Hickson delivered what was unquestionably his best performance of […]

Rice Baseball took two of three against Memphis, wining a second-straight AAC series and improving their overall record to 11-4 in games at Memphis all-time THURSDAY | Rice 10, Memphis 5 Rice baseball struck first with a two-run first, setting up Tucker Alch with breathing room in the series opener. He’d allow Memphis to level […]

The 2025 MLB season is underway and Rice baseball alums are making the most of their time in The Show. Here’s the latest from the MLB Owls. Dane Myers – Miami Marlins Myers has been out of the lineup for the last few days after a rather impressive start to his 2025 campaign. He went […]

Rice Baseball dropped the final game of the Silver Glove series against Houston without much protest in their penultimate midweek game of the season. Any aspirations of stealing the final game of the Silver Glove series from Houston were quickly cast aside on Tuesday night when Rice baseball head coach David Pierce was forced to […]

For Rice baseball, their first series win of the season was a big one, taking two of three from South Florida which entered the weekend atop the AAC standings. FRIDAY | USF 14, Rice 3 (7 inn) With Davion Hickson completing his suspension, JD McCracken drew the Friday night start for Rice baseball this week. […]

The 2025 MLB season is underway and Rice baseball alums are making the most of their time in The Show. Here’s the latest from the MLB Owls. Dane Myers – Miami Marlins Myers fast start to the season didn’t slow down as the calendar turned from March to April. Myers has bounced back and forth […]

Rice Baseball slugged several home runs but still fell to Houston on the road as the Cougars took the Silver Glove Series. Close games had become the norm for Rice baseball in the early days of the David Pierce era and Tuesday’s midweek tilt against crosstown rival Houston looked like it would follow a similar […]

Rice baseball was able to manufacture more timely hits, but couldn’t get enough of them as the Owls were swept in three games on the road at Tulane. FRIDAY | Tulane 7, Rice 5 Things were going just fine for Rice baseball starter Davion Hickson on Friday… until they weren’t. Hickson breezed through two innings […]

Following a midweek loss to UTRGV, Rice baseball coach David Pierce had a heart-to-heart with his team, hoping to spark change within the program. By the time the first player rose from the dugout and began the walk back towards the locker rooms, the stands of Reckling Park had been emptied and attendants had long […]

The 2025 MLB season is underway and Rice baseball alums are making the most of their time in The Show. Here’s the latest from the MLB Owls. Dane Myers – Miami Marlins Myers was the lone Rice baseball alum to crack an Opening Day roster this year but he didn’t waste time making his presence […]

Rice Baseball was run-ruled by UTRGV on Wednesday night as the back end of the bullpen could not vanquish the Vaqueros. Tobias Motley got Rice baseball on the board in the first inning, driving in leadoff man Hiram Bocachica with one of three singles from the home team in the first frame. That spark would […]

Hitless through five, the Rice Baseball bats caught fire late, pulling away from Sam Houston late to sweep the season series two games to none. A walk, stolen base and a Sam Houston error put Rice baseball in the driver’s seat in their rematch with the Bearkats on Tuesday night. The Owls were able to […]

Rice baseball dropped three close games to East Carolina over the weekend, making progress while still making it clear this team has a ways to go. FRIDAY | ECU 4, Rice 2 Davion Hickson set the tone on Friday night, reaching season-highs in innings (eight), pitches (121) and strikeouts (9), battling against ECU. He allowed […]

A close game in the early innings tilted heavily in favor of Rice Baseball late as the Owls scored eight in the final four innings to beat Texas Southern. Reed Gallant set the tone for Rice baseball on Wednesday night, battling through 4.1 innings before a two-run RBI single forced him from the game. His […]

Rice Baseball drops one-run game against Lamar despite a continued resurgence on the mound. Runs were at a premium on Tuesday evening in Beaumont, TX as Rice baseball battled Lamar in a razor-close game for nine innings. Jackson Blank drew the start and went four innings, limiting the Cardinals to just four hits while striking […]

Rice baseball picked up its first AAC win of the season but dropped the series on the road to Florida Atlantic in the first games under new head coach David Pierce. FRIDAY | FAU 9, Rice 3 A solo home run from Blaine Brown got Rice baseball on the board first, turning the ball over […]

Rice baseball welcomed a familiar face back to South Main this week as they named former Owls’ assistant David Pierce their next head coach. There wasn’t an empty seat in the Brian Patterson Center as the clock ticked toward noon on Wednesday, March 19. It was spring break on campus, the middle of the lunch […]