Baseball Set for Road Series at Cincinnati
Apr 6, 2017 | Baseball
| TULANE (12-17, 2-1 American) at Cincinnati (14-14, 1-2 American) | |
| Time/Date: | Friday-Sunday, April 7-9, 2017 • 5 p.m. CT/3 p.m. CT/Noon CT |
| Location: | Marge Schott Stadium/Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Radio: | 88.3 FM WRBH/TuneIn Radio app |
| Live Stats/Live Video: | www.TulaneGreenWave.com |
| Twitter: | @GreenWaveBSB |
| Instagram: | TulaneBaseball |
| Series: | Tulane leads, 39-9 |
| Tulane Coach: | Travis Jewett (Washington State, '93) • 12-17 (1st year) |
| UC Coach: | Ty Neal (Miami (Ohio), '99) • 77-117-1 (fourth year) |
| Game Notes: | Tulane |
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane baseball is on the road to take on Cincinnati in a three-game American Athletic Conference series this weekend. Game times are 5 p.m. CT Friday, 3 p.m. CT Saturday and noon CT Sunday at Marge Schott Stadium.
The Green Wave enter the weekend at 12-17 overall and 2-1 in The American, while the Bearcats are 14-14 overall and 1-2 in league play. The Wave have won nine of their last 14 games, and UC is 5-5 in its last 10 contests. The games will be broadcast on 88.3 FM WRBH and the TuneIn Radio app, and live audio and live stats is available on www.TulaneGreenWave.com.
Series History
Tulane and Cincinnati have played 48 times. Tulane leads the series, 39-9. The Bearcats won two of three last season in New Orleans, but the Green Wave swept the series in 2015 in Cincinnati. The teams played each year from 1996-2004 as members of Conference USA, when the Wave posted a 27-3 record in the series.
Quick Notes
• Tulane has won nine of its last 14 games.
• In its last 14 games, Tulane has hit .285, and averaged 6.0 runs per game with 41 extra base hits; posted a 4.86 ERA and a .981 fielding pct. In its first 15 games, Tulane hit .220, and averaged 4.0 runs per game with 38 extra base hits; posted a 5.99 ERA and .966 fielding pct.
• Junior RHP J.P. France was named on the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll this week, after pitching a career-high 8.1 innings, striking out six batters and allowing two runs to lead the Wave to a series-clinching win over USF on April 2.
• Hunter Williams leads Tulane with a .370 batting average, 44 hits, 14 doubles, 18 extra base hits, a .580 SLG% and a .420 OBP. In his last 13 games, Williams has hit .463 (25-54), with 14 runs, 12 RBI, 13 extra base hits, a .759 SLG%, and a .492 OBP.
• Jarret DeHart has a team-high 29 RBI and six home runs. Grant Witherspoon leads the Wave with 26 runs and seven stolen bases.
• Chase Solesky leads the Green Wave with a 2.14 ERA. He is 1-1 in 10 appearances and six starts, and pitched 33.2 innings.
• Two players have started all 29 games for the Green Wave this season: Grant Witherspoon and Hunter Williams. Jake Willsey has played in all 29 games with 27 starts, and Jarret DeHart has played in and started 27 games.
• Among Tulane's 12 wins, seven have been by one run. Tulane is 7-4 in one-run games. The Green Wave has posted two shutouts (6-0 vs West Virginia and 7-0 vs Columbia).
• J.P. France has made seven starts, and pitched at least 6.0 innings in six of them. In those six starts (subtracting a 3.0-inning outing in which he allowed eight runs at UCSB), France has compiled a 3.56 ERA with 30 strikeouts, 44 hits and 17 earned runs in 43.0 innings.
Tulane Ranks in The American rankings as of 4/3
Hunter Williams leads the American Athletic Conference with 14 doubles, and ranks among the top-10 in batting average (4th), slugging pct. (T-5th), on-base pct. (10th), hits (4th), and total bases (T-3rd). His 14 doubles also rank 10th nationally. Jarret DeHart ranks fifth in RBI and T-3rd in home runs, Grant Witherspoon ranks T-5th in hits and ninth in stolen bases, and Lex Kaplan and Jake Willsey rank T-5th in home runs.
Double 'Em Up
Tulane leads The American with 34 double plays turned – 10 more than Memphis, which ranks second. That figure ranks third in the nation, while Tulane's average of 1.17 double plays per game ranks fourth.
Winning Conference Opening Series
Tulane won two of three games from USF to open conference play last weekend. It was the first time as a member of the American Athletic Conference the Green Wave has won its opening league series, including a 1-1 matchup at UConn in 2016. Tulane has claimed the opening series of conference play 10 of the last 14 years, dating back to 2004.
Pitching Matchups
Friday
Tulane: RHP Corey Merrill, Sr. | 3-2, 4.43 ERA, 7 APP, 7 GS, 42.2 IP, 43 H, 21 ER, 38 K, 22 BB
UC: RHP Andrew Zellner, Sr. | 2-2, 4.38 ERA, 8 APP, 7 GS, 39.0 IP, 34 H, 19 ER, 32 K, 10 BB
Saturday
Tulane: RHP J.P. France, Jr. | 2-3, 4.89 ERA, 7 APP, 7 GS, 46.0 IP, 52 H, 25 ER, 32 K, 18 BB
UC: LHP J.T. Perez, Jr. | 1-4, 3.98 ERA, 8 APP, 7 GS, 40.2 IP, 38 H, 18 ER, 34 K, 13 BB
Sunday
Tulane: RHP Chase Solesky, Fr. | 1-1, 2.14 ERA, 10 APP, 6 GS, 33.2 IP, 31 H, 8 ER, 18 K, 12 BB
UC: TBA
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