Sunday, March 02, 2008

2008 Houston College Classic-Day 2 Action

By Robert H. Kelly
Copyright 2008 TexSport Publications

Day 2 action at the 2008 Houston College Classic at Minute Maid Park saw the Oklahoma Sooners facing the Houston Cougars, the Texas Tech Red raiders facing the Volunteers of Tennessee and the Rice Owls squaring off against the Texas Longhorns.

In game one on Saturday, sophomore Spencer Selby drove a three-run home run over the left-field fence in the top of the tenth inning to give the Sooners’ (4-2) an 8-5 win over Houston (4-3). Click
here for the recap on Oklahoma and here for the Houston recap

In game two, Nate Karns logged five strong innings while Joey Kenworthy and Taylor Ashby added two RBIs each to lead Texas Tech to a 7-3 win over Tennessee. Click
here for the Texas Tech recap and here for the Tennessee version.

In the nightcap, the sixth-ranked Rice baseball team exploded for 10 runs on 15 hits, including three home runs, on the way to a 10-4 victory over fourth-ranked Texas. Click
here for the Rice recap and here for the Texas recap.

Action continues on Sunday with Oklahoma facing Tennessee at 11:00 am, Texas Tech and Rice at 2:30 pm and Houston meeting Texas at 6:00 pm.

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