Sinisi and Enrique Cruz each hit two-run homers and Philip Humber pitched seven strong innings to give the Owls a 6-4 lead going into the final inning. 'I saw three balls and then got a marginal pitch, a fast ball, down the middle and I took advantage of it.' 'All I was swinging at were balls until that at bat,' Garthwaite said. In the earlier game, with two out in the ninth inning, Kyle Larsen singled on a 3-2 pitch, losing pitcher Philip Tribe hit John Otness with a pitch before Garthwaite hit a 3-1 pitch over the left field fence. Kolkhorst, Rice's leadoff hitter, went 5-for-6 with one RBI and three runs scored. Jeff Nieman (5-1) pitched 5 2-3 innings for the Owls and didn't allow a run until Tyler Davidson led off the sixth with a double and scored on a grounder by Garthwaite. Washington ended its season with a 33-27-1 record. The Owls (50-12) got a 50-victory season for only the second time ever. The Owls got another run in the fourth on Eric Arnold's single and they got five more runs in the fifth on singles by Chris Kolkhorst and Austin Davis, grounders by Arnold and Hunter Brown and a balk by Brian Carter. We just had to regroup and go back out and play the next game.' 'It's not the time to do a lot of hollering,' Graham said. Rice coach Wayne Graham rallied his team between games. Vincent Sinisi started the third inning charge with an RBI single and Bubela and Porfirio had RBI doubles off Jeff Petersen (1-3). Rice, with a 17-hit attack, didn't leave room for doubt in the second game. 'We just knew that we had to get back and win the next game.' 'We don't need anybody to help us with motivation,' Rice third baseman Hunter Brown said. The Huskies celebrated in front of the Owls and their fans and quickly got ready for the clinching final game. The Huskies were one out from elimination in the first game when Jay Garthwaite hit a three-run homer that rallied Washington to a 7-6 victory earlier Sunday and forced the deciding second game. The winner of the best-of-three game series will advance to the College World Series. Porfirio each doubled in a five-run third inning as the Rice Owls defeated the Washington Huskies 14-2 in the NCAA regionals Sunday and moved on to the super regional against Louisiana State. HOUSTON - The Rice Owls didn't need any help to get motivated for the final game of their regional playoff against the Washington Huskies.ĭane Bubela and A.J. * NK grad and Wasington reliever Will Fenton wins Game 1 7-6, but the Owls scorch the Huskies in a loser-out game. NCAA BASEBALL: Huskies bounced with 14-2 loss to No.

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