Baseball Drops Series Opener to San Diego, 11-4

Thursday, March 9

Greer Field at Turchin Stadium

6:30 p.m.

Tulane University

San Diego

Photo by: Parker Waters

Baseball Drops Series Opener to San Diego, 11-4

Mar 9, 2017 | Baseball

Box Score

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane baseball held a 2-1 lead through five innings, but fell in the opening game of its series against San Diego, 11-4, Thursday evening at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

The Green Wave (3-9) scored two runs in the bottom of the third on RBI by Hunter Williams and Jarret DeHart to take a 2-1 lead, but the Toreros (7-3) scored 10 runs in the sixth through eighth innings to move ahead, 11-2. Grant Brown hit a two-run double in the seventh to give the Wave its third and fourth runs.

Tulane freshman Chase Solesky was solid in six complete innings in his longest of three starts this season, scattering six hits and allowing two runs with a pair of strikeouts.

"Chase just did what he's done all year long," Tulane head coach Travis Jewett said. "When we have given him the ball, he has given us a chance to win. The game is right in flux when he comes out. It's been like that every time, and we got that again tonight. Unfortunately, it's not a five- or six-inning game, it's a nine-inning game."

The Green Wave took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third inning. Freshman catcher Paul Gozzo was hit by a pitch, went to third on Lex Kaplan's hit-and-run single through the right side, and scored on Williams' groundout to third base. DeHart followed with a laser to right center that one-hopped over the wall for a double, scoring Kaplan. San Diego had taken a 1-0 lead with a sacrifice fly in the top of the second.

The Toreros tied the game, 2-2, with a two-out RBI double in the top of the sixth. USD then plated five runs in the seventh inning and four runs in the eighth, on four hits, five walks, a hit batter, three wild pitches and a passed ball against five Tulane relievers.

Trailing 9-2 in the bottom of the seventh, Kaplan and DeHart drew walks, and Brown lined a double into the right center field gap, plating both runners to make it a 9-4 game.

Christian Colletti (0-1) allowed three runs in the sixth, and absorbed the loss. San Diego reliever Miles Sandum (1-1) earned the win with 3.1 innings in relief of starter Louis Crow. Right fielder Hunter Mercado-Hood went 4-for-5 with three RBI and three runs for the Toreros.

The four-game series between Tulane and San Diego continues Friday, with first pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the Tulane Athletics Ticket Office in the James W. Wilson Center or by calling 504-861-WAVE. Live video and live stats will be available at www.TulaneGreenWave.com, and the game will be broadcast on 88.3 FM WRBH and the TuneIn Radio app.

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San Diego 11, Tulane 4 (Mar 09, 2017 at New Orleans, La.)
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San Diego........... 010 001 540 - 11 11 0 (7-3)
Tulane.............. 002 000 200 - 4 4 0 (3-9)
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Pitchers: San Diego - CROW, LOUIS; SANDUM, Miles(4); RICHAN, Paul(7) and ADAMS, Riley. Tulane -
SOLESKY, Chase; COLLETTI, Christian(7); HOGAN, Jack(7); ANDREWS, Ted(7); PRICE, Robert(7);
BJORNGJELD, Sam(8) and GOZZO, Paul; ARTIGUES, Jonathon.
Win-SANDUM, Miles(1-1) Loss-COLLETTI, Christian(0-1) T-3:48 A-1756
J. HOGAN faced 2 batters in the 7th.
T. ANDREWS faced 1 batter in the 7th.
R. PRICE faced 3 batters in the 8th.