and a play is made by gracey to end the inning. another run in for rice. and will go sn't to justlu s xpecothe chn, ang espe at risk theflu . so joether fig flu tingflu e, ll p you and reve reade fl flu vaccie sa and he effe wa to t th f the at v. together, we can all fight the flu. >> matt: css fan is a web site put together for fans. voice their opinion on the latest of sports and entertainment you can visit csssports.com and click the fansode link. i'm told the rain is starting to blow in here from houston, texas. it's hard to tell it's raining. it looks more like a mist. >> steve: it does. a little bit heavier stuff tomorrow. nothing is raining harder than taylor wall assortment. >> matt: he put a beat down on houston. he has not allowed a hit since ansley back in the first inning. one down here in the eighth. i've enjoyed this weather. it is perfect. i would say 85% of the baseball games i have called have been in winter like conditions. >> steve: it has been a rough winter. the last couple of weeks has been beautiful. >> matt: two summers ago i was i

followed by gracey. joe d. follcodey morehouse. cristaller the catcher bats 8t eirihas on ftha ine tt 'sdefe esatt . ae cose mmm edisthcond . onnde third base. jeremy -- on the mound for the rice owls tonight. 6'2" sophomore left hander. taylor wall. you see taylor's numbers on the season. he is yet to win a ball game. he is 0-4 with a 5.61 e.r.a.. 13 walks. 25 strikeouts. opponents hitting .213 against him. the weather. >> taylor wall. is certainly one of the most consistent guys on the rice staff. had trouble a little bit with lefties i'm surprised that houston has so many right handers in this. >> matt: we have clouds rolling in right now. 71 degrees. a brisk wind. right now it downside look like the wind is blowing in. at batting practice it was batting in. s >> i think a lot of the right handers got bad habits. trying to muster up a little bit more the ball is to die at the warning track. we'll see how it plays out at the game. >> matt: here is blake. homer and 14 rbi on the season. first pitch to kelso is a fast ball strike.

. >> matt: here's austin gracey. rounded out to the second baseman. the count is 0-1 to grassy.s out of spring texas. first quarter here with the houston cougars. hit his first home run on sat against ucf. >> steve: that had to be a big thrill for austin. spring is a hot bed for talent. that is where josh beckett came from. >> matt: 1-1 pitch. comerota down on his knees. what a play by comerota. after making the error. he's down on his knees sliding and hopping up and throwing out another baseman. >> steve: nobody is more fired up than taylor wall. sliding on his knee. getting up quickly and firing a strike to first base for the second out. >> matt: nice play by jimmy. he is excited about it. two downs on the innings. number third hitter joel. >> steve: that's why he's a fan favorite around here. will play until position hard. will do whatever the coach asks him to do. >> matt: ansley stationed his first time up. ansley goes after that one. pokes it down the right field line. going to reach the rice owl. the count is 0-2. only has five walks in 87 at bats. >> steve: this is a bi

gracey a little bit better offensive threat. hit that one to right field. run down by mozingo for the first out. >> steve: well struck right there. he is having a hard time hitting to that guy. >> matt: bring up joel ansley that has the only hit for the houston cougars tonight. a two out single back in the first inning. >> steve: wall has it going on right now. it's going to take what is going to open up the flood gates and cruise through these last few innings. it looks like a little bit of active in the bull pen. doesn't look like anything series. >> matt: wall has not reported a victory. he has had fine outings. perhaps the best was in a 2-1 lost to houston. he admitted the longhorns. season high eight. three walks. pitched into the eighth inning but was the tough luck loser in that one. >> steve: it's out of the pitchers score. doesn't know how many runs the team is going to score. or how good of a defense. you look at the numbers .213 batting average. that's a good recipe. >> matt: wayne graham said they got robbed by great fielding from the texas long