Kissing Your Sister

Tulane (21-9-1, 3-2-1) and Marshall (14-14-1, 4-4-1) battled to a 5-5 tie Sunday at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium leaving each team with one win, one loss, and one tie in the weekend series. The Green Wave squandered numerous opportunities Sunday leaving the bases loaded three times and stranding a total of 13 baserunners on the afternoon.

Tulane built a 5-1 lead after five innings behind a solid performance from Jonathan Garrett, but could not hold on to the lead despite outhitting the Herd 14-8. Designated hitter Andrew Rodgers, third baseman Rob Segedin, leftfielder Warren McFadden, and first baseman Sam Honeck all had multi-hit performances for the Green Wave.

Friday, Tulane took a 6-5 victory after pinch hitter Scott Powell hit a sacrifice fly to right field to drive in the winning run. Mason Griffin (2-1) came on in relief of Shooter Hunt and pitched to final 2.2 innings to get the win. Rightfielder Drew Allain and short stop Seth Henry each had a pair of hits for the Green Wave.

Saturday, Marshall pitcher Steve Blevins turned in a 151-pitch performance and recorded a career-high 12 strikeouts to defeat the Green Wave 7-4. The Thundering Herd also outhit Tulane 14-6. Starting pitched Aaron Loup was the losing pitcher, dropping his record to 2-2 on the season.

Tulane returns to action Tuesday, April 8th, at 6 p.m. against Nicholls State at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.