Tulane University
Louisiana-Lafayette
Tulane Baseball Rallies To Defeat Louisiana-Lafayette, 9-8
Mar 27, 2001 | Baseball
March 27, 2001
NEW ORLEANS -
Anthony Giarratano hit a bottom of the ninth triple to push the Tulane (23-5) baseball team past Louisiana-Lafayette (19-11) on Tuesday evening.
The Green Wave rallied in the bottom of the eighth to give TU a 6-5 lead. In the top of the ninth, Ragin Cajun Bryan Sneed hit a three-run home run over the left field wall off relieving pitcher Barth Melius to give ULL a two run advantage.
The never say die attitude of the Green Wave club took hold as they battled back getting one run back on a Steve Shirley single into right center with no outs. A double play put two outs on the board for the Wave. Immediately after, Aaron Feldman kept the Wave hopes alive with a double. James Jurries, the go ahead run, was intentionally walked. Giarratano poked one into leftfield but the diving catch by ULL?s Sneed just missed. The ball rolled back to the wall and Tulane edged the Cajuns 9-8 in dramatic style.
On the evening Giarratano was 2-for-4 with the triple and a pair of RBI. Steve Shirley hit his eighth home run of the season in the eighth to start the Green Wave three run inning. He was 3-for-5 with two runs driven in and scored. Jon Kaplan drove in a team high three runs.
Tulane is 6-0 against instate opponents and improved to a five-game winning streak.
The winning pitcher was Barth Melius who improved to 3-1 on the year. He went 1 2/3 innings gave up three hits and three runs. Redshirt freshman Kris Kline pitched 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief and struck out a season high three.
The losing pitcher was Cory Townsend (0-1) after giving up the game winning triple in the ninth. He went 1 1/3 innings gave up three runs, none earned.
Sneed was 4-for-4 with a home run and two runs and three RBI.
The Green Wave hosts Nicholls State on Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. This is a makeup game for the rainout earlier in the season.
