Tulane University
Southeastern Louisiana
Tulane's Midweek Woes Continue, Lose to Southeastern 11-9
Mar 18, 2009 | Baseball
March 18, 2009
Hammond, La.- The Green Wave's midweek game woes continued Wednesday evening as the club lost to host Southeastern Louisiana 11-9. Tulane is now 2-4 in midweek play and drops to 11-9 overall.
Nick Boullosa got things started for Tulane in the top of the first with a leadoff double down the left field line. Boullosa advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt off the bat of Scott Powell and scored on the next play when Seth Henry picked up the RBI by singling to right field. Sam Honeck stepped in and notched his seventh double of the season, moving Henry to third and bringing up designated hitter, Jeremy Schaffer. Schaffer drew the base on balls to load them up for Steve Moritz, who tallied an RBI on a sac fly to right to plate Henry and give the Green Wave the early 2-0 lead.
The Lions cut the Tulane lead in half in the bottom of the frame after Josh Cryer doubled in Joe Sparacino but Drew Allain quickly took the run back with one swing, sending the Justin Schneider offering to centerfield for his third home run of the season and extending the Wave lead 3-1. Josh Prince followed with an infield hit and Boullosa picked up his second double of the night, moving Prince to third. The Lions tapped into their bullpen, sending Robert Rugg to the hill, to face Powell. Powell hit a chopper up the middle that was nabbed by shortstop Justin Boudreaux but Powell legged it out, scoring Prince and giving him the RBI. Powell quickly stole second and with one out, Honeck stepped in and tagged a single to right field, scoring Boullosa and moving Powell to third. Schaffer picked up an RBI on a sacrifice fly to right that scored Powell and the Wave returned to the field up by a score of 4-1.
The Lions staged a third inning rally that knotted the game at six. The rally started when Boudreaux reached on an error and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Hargis followed with the walk and Ty Summerlin singled to right field to plate Boudreaux and move Hargis to second. Sparacino followed with a single up the middle to score Hargis and bring the Lions within three, 6-3. Rick Jones called on DJ Ponder to relieve starter Jonathan Garrett. Cryer, the first batter Ponder faced, reached base after getting hit by the pitch, to load the bases for Brian McCants. McCants grounded the ball to Prince at shortstop, who got the out the short way, retiring Cryer for the first out of the frame but Summerlin also scored on the play and the Lions closed in. Ponder induced the fly ball out of Chris Franklin but Cody Gougler followed with a double and the Lions had taken the lead 7-6 after three full innings.
The Wave answered back in the top of the fourth when Powell singled his way on and later scored when Honeck blasted his seventh home run of the season to left field, putting Tulane back in the lead, 8-7. Honeck's home run also marked his 29th RBI, making him the Conference USA leader. But Southeastern made things exciting when Hargis hit a solo shot, tying the game back up at eight apiece. The Lions picked up two more runs before the end of the frame, taking the lead 10-8 headed into the fifth.
Southeastern picked up another run in the bottom of the sixth when McCants singled to right field and worked his way around second and third via a wild pitch and an error. McCants scored on another error, lifting the Lions to 11-8.
The Green Wave picked up another run in the top half of the eighth, after Prince reached base, drawing the one out walk from Rugg. The Lions went to their bullpen, calling on Shawn Herring to face Boullosa, who reached on a fielder's choice that retired Prince on the play at second. Powell singled, scoring Boullosa and closing the gap 11-9 but Tulane couldn't pick up the win in the ninth as the Lions held on to win game two of the Senator's Cup Series.
The Green Wave will open up their weekend series with Northern Colorado Friday evening at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium with first pitch at 6PM.
