Baseball Opens Conference Play vs USF

Friday, March 31

Greer Field at Turchin Stadium

6:30 p.m.

Tulane University

USF

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Photo by: Parker Waters

Mar 30, 2017 | Baseball

TULANE (10-15, 0-0 American) vs. USF (23-3, 0-0 American)
Time/Date:	Friday-Sunday, March 31-April 2, 2017 • 6:30 p.m./4 p.m./1 p.m.
Location:	Greer Field at Turchin Stadium/New Orleans, La.
Radio:	88.3 FM WRBH/TuneIn Radio app
Live Stats/Live Video:	www.TulaneGreenWave.com
Twitter:	@GreenWaveBSB
Instagram:	TulaneBaseball
Series:	Tulane leads, 30-20
Tulane Coach:	Travis Jewett (Washington State, '93) • 10-15 (1st year)
USF Coach:	Mark Kingston (North Carolina, '95) • 81-62-1 (third year)
Game Notes:	Tulane

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane baseball opens American Athletic Conference play this weekend against USF at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. Game times are 6:30 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

The Green Wave enter the weekend at 10-15 overall, and winners of seven of their last 10 games. The Bulls, meanwhile, are 23-3 and winners of three of their last four contests. Tickets are available in person at the Tulane Athletics Ticket Office in the James W. Wilson Center, or by calling 504-861-WAVE.

The games will be broadcast on 88.3 FM WRBH and the TuneIn Radio app, and live video and live stats is available on www.TulaneGreenWave.com.

Series History
This will be the 51st meeting between Tulane and USF. Tulane leads the series, 30-20. The Green Wave has won five in a row in the series, including a three-game sweep last season in Tampa. The Wave won two of three in New Orleans in 2015, their first as a member of The American. Tulane and USF played each year from 1992-2005 as members of the Metro Conference and then Conference USA.

Quick Notes
• Tulane has won seven of its last 10 games.
• Hunter Williams was named on the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll for second straight week after hitting .524 with four RBI, six runs, three doubles, a triple, and a .500 OBP in five games from March 21-26.
• Williams leads Tulane with a .373 batting average, 38 hits, 10 doubles, 14 extra base hits, a .578 SLG% and a .430 OBP. In his last nine games, Williams has hit .463 with 19 hits, nine RBI, 11 runs, nine extra base hits, seven doubles, a .756 SLG% and a .511 OBP.
• Jarret DeHart has a team-high 26 RBI and six home runs. He has 11 extra base hits. Grant Witherspoon leads the Wave with 24 runs and five stolen bases.
• Chase Solesky leads the Green Wave with a 1.82 ERA and .221 opponent batting average. He is 1-0 in nine appearances and five starts, and pitched 29.2 innings.
• Two players have started all 25 games for the Green Wave this season: Grant Witherspoon and Hunter Williams. Jake Willsey has played in all 25 games with 23 starts, and Jarret DeHart has played in and started 24 games.
• Among Tulane's 10 wins, six have been by one run. The Green Wave has posted two shutouts (6-0 vs West Virginia and 7-0 vs Columbia).
• Tulane is 6-4 in one-run games.
• J.P. France has made five starts, and pitched at least 6.0 innings in four of them (7.0 innings in three). In those four starts (subtracting a 3.0-inning outing in which he allowed eight runs at UCSB), France has compiled a 3.33 ERA with 19 strikeouts, 27 hits and 10 earned runs in 27.0 innings.

Pitching Matchup
Friday
Tulane: RHP Corey Merrill, Sr. | 2-2, 4.54 ERA, 6 APP, 6 GS, 35.2 IP, 35 H, 18 ER, 32 K, 17 BB
USF:      RHP Phoenix Sanders, Sr. | 4-0, 1.64 ERA, 6 APP, 6 GS, 38.1 IP, 32 H, 7 ER, 56 K, 8 BB
Saturday Game 1
Tulane: RHP J.P. France, Jr. | 1-3, 5.50 ERA, 6 APP, 6 GS, 37.2 IP, 45 H, 23 ER, 26 K, 14 BB
USF:      LHP Shane McClanahan, Fr. | 4-0, 1.57 ERA, 6 APP, 6 GS, 34.1 IP, 16 H, 6 ER, 49 K, 11 BB
Saturday Game 2
Tulane: RHP Chase Solesky, Fr. | 1-0, 1.82 ERA, 9 APP, 5 GS, 29.2 IP, 23 H, 6 ER, 16 K, 10 BB
USF:      RHP Peter Strzelecki, Jr. | 1-1, 1.66 ERA, 5 APP, 5 GS, 21.2 IP, 18 H, 4 ER, 22 K, 11 BB

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*This story has been edited to reflect the changes in the game schedule.