Fueled by an outstanding relief performance from Matt Langwell, Rice defeated Memphis, 7-5, in game seven of the 2007 C-USA Baseball Championship at Clark-LeClair Stadium on the campus of East Carolina University. The win moves the Owls into Saturday’s semifinals, while the Tigers move to Friday afternoon’s 3 p.m. game to face UCF. The victory was the 20th in a row for Rice, which sets a new Conference USA record.
Conference USA Pitcher of the Year Ryne Tacker had his roughest outing of the season, allowing five earned runs and four hits before being pulled in the first inning. Matt Langwell stepped in to shut the door on Memphis, throwing 7.1 innings of shutout ball. He struck out nine and walked just one to improve to 6-1 on the season.
Cole St.Clair secured the victory with a one-two-three ninth inning to pick up his sixth save in 11 appearances.
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