Houston Chronicle: Rice baseball struggles again in blowout loss to TCU
Adam Coleman
The 2016 Houston College Classic hasn’t been kind to Rice so far.
Rice suffered a second consecutive loss at the early season showcase, falling 10-0 in seven innings to No. 13 TCU on Saturday night at Minute Maid Park.
TCU (5-1) scored nine of its runs in three consecutive innings on the way to the win.
Rice’s Ricardo Salinas took the loss on the mound after giving up six hits and eight earned runs in two innings. TCU’s Luken Baker, an Oak Ridge graduate, nabbed the shutout and helped his own cause with a solo home run in the third.
Rice coach Wayne Graham said going against hard-throwing Baker was a tough task. As far as Salinas is concerned, he had an off night. …
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