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vs. No. 4 Rice
First pitch -- Tomorrow, 6:35 p.m. Friday, 6:35 p.m. Saturday, 1:05 p.m., Rainbow Stadium.
Coaches -- Rice: Wayne Graham (10th season, 395-181). Hawaii: Carl Furutani (first season, 7-11).
Season -- Rice: 16-3 overall, 6-0 WAC. Hawaii: 7-11, 2-7.
Probable starting pitchers -- Rice: Sr. RH Kenny Baugh (3-0, 0.68 ERA, 44 KOs); Sr. RH Jon Skaggs (4-0, 1.99 ERA, 45 KOs); So. LH Jonathan Gonzalez (3-1, 2.63 ERA, 23 KOs). Hawaii: Jr. LH Matt Le Ducq (1-0, 5.51 ERA); Jr. RH Sean Yamashita (0-2, 4.81 ERA), Jr. RH Jeff Coleman (1-3, 3.79 ERA).
Top players -- Rice: Sr. SS Matt Fox (.377, 11 RBIs, 12 runs); Jr. 3B Hunter Brown (.365, 14 RBIs, 15 runs); Jr. IF Eric Arnold (.347, 14 RBIs); Jr. CF A.J. Porfirio (.309, 13 RBIs, 21 runs); Fr. 2B Jose Enrique Cruz (.316, 12 RBIs, 21 runs). Hawaii: Sr. OF Chad Boudon (.345, 4 HR, 13 rins, 11 RBIs); Jr. 2B Gregg Omori (.286, 8 2bs, 12 RBIs); Sr. IF Patrick Scalabrini (.297, 12 RBIs, 13 runs, 6 2bs).
Interesting facts -- Rice: The Owls return 12 lettermen, including four starters and five pitchers from their 2000 WAC title team. They opened the year with eight straight wins. The Owls have won six of their last seven and are coming off a three-game sweep of Hawaii-Hilo. All of their WAC victories have come against the Vulcans, including a three-game sweep in Houston last month. Hawaii: The Rainbows have lost their last seven games, including six straight on the road. Their last win came on Feb. 16 at home against Nevada, 10-9. Out of Chad Boudon's 20 hits, eight have gone for extra bases, with four homers and four doubles. Boudon is also 7 of 11 in stolen bases. Patrick Scalabrini is 7 of 7 in steals. Boudon, Scalabrini, Tim Montgomery and Gregg Omori have started all 18 games this season.
Series -- Rice leads, 10-2 overall, 4-2 at Rainbow Stadium. Last year, Hawaii took two of three at Rainbow Stadium. In Houston, the Owls swept three, 7-3, 7-3 and 4-0.
On the air: All games live, KCCN radio (1420-AM). Tomorrow and Saturday, KFVE-TV (Channel 5).
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Tickets: $6 orange and blue levels; $5 adults, $4 seniors and students, red level. Friday is Military Night. All red level seats are $1 on game day with valid I.D.
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