Tulane University
South Florida
Baseball Drops Game Two At South Florida, 10-3
May 11, 2002 | Baseball
May 11, 2002
TAMPA, Fla. - Four players tallied two hits as the Green Wave tallied 11 hits on the afternoon, but it was not enough as the Tulane University baseball team dropped a Conference USA contest to South Florida, 10-3, Saturday at Red McEwan Field.
Freshman shortstop Tommy Manzella, sophomore designated hitter Turner Brumby, junior first baseman Aaron Feldman and senior second baseman James Jurries all had multiple-hit contests in the losing effort. In defeat, Tulane falls to 29-23 overall and 13-13 in C-USA play. South Florida, meanwhile, retains sole possession of sixth place in the league with a 14-12 conference record while improving to 28-23 on the season.
Tulane took a 2-0 lead in the first and had at least one hit in the first eight innings. From there, however, Bulls' starter Jon Uhl was the difference as he held the Green Wave to a 1-for-19 mark with runners on base after the first inning. Uhl, who improved to 7-4, did not walk a batter in his 7.1 innings on the hill while tallying five strikeouts.
The Green Wave jumped on the Bulls early as junior centerfielder Jon Kaplan singled, Feldman doubled and Jurries singled to open the contest en route to the two-run lead, but that was the highlight of the day for the team in Olive and Blue for the day as South Florida hit the ball well all day to tie the series at one game apiece.
USF came right back in the bottom of the first to plate a trio of runs, one coming via a Tulane error, and the Bulls never looked back. South Florida padded its lead in the third when shortstop Myron Leslie hit a two-run, opposite field home run to push the lead to 5-2, and would put the game away one inning later as the Bulls scored five runs on just two hits in the fourth.
Tulane had a chance to get out of the fourth inning unscathed as starter Beau Richardson got a pop up and an apparent double-play ball on batter later, but the Green Wave defense was only able to get one out on the play to extend the frame. A full count walk and an intentional base-on-balls later, USF third baseman Jeff Baisley drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 6-2.
One batter later, centerfielder Mike Barklay hit a can-of-corn fly ball to right, but Tulane rightfielder Gerald Clark lost ball in the sky and the play turned into a three-RBI triple. Barklay would score one batter later on a strikeout/wild pitch play to close the scoring for the home team.
The Green Wave got a run back in the sixth inning when Clark reached on an error and scored on an RBI-groundout by sophomore catcher Brian Bormaster, but that would be all for Tulane as Uhl controlled the game throughout.
Richardson got the loss for Tulane to fall to 3-5 after allowing 10 runs (nine earned) on 12 hits while walking four and striking out three. Sophomore Will Walter came on in relief with nobody out in the eighth, striking out the side in order, but the damage was already done.
The Green Wave will look to salvage a series victory on Sunday when the two teams close out the weekend with an 11 a.m. start.
