Baseball Plays Host to ULL and Southern Miss in Midweek Pair

TULANE GREEN WAVE (8-8) vs. UL LAFAYETTE (6-9)/SOUTHERN MISS (11-4)
vs. ULL:	Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. • Greer Field at Turchin Stadium/New Orleans, La.
vs. USM:	Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. • Greer Field at Turchin Stadium/New Orleans, La.
Watch:	Cox Sports TV (Tuesday)(Tim Grubbs, Roger Cador, Ronnie Rantz) Live Video (Wednesday)
Radio:	88.3 FM WRBH (Todd Graffagnini) \| TuneIn Radio
Stats:	Live Stats
Tulane Coach:	Travis Jewett (Washington State, '93) • 35-39 (2nd year)
ULL Coach:	Tony Robichaux (McNeese State, '86) • 858-542-2 (24th year)
USM Coach:	Scott Berry (SW Missouri State, '86) • 310-177-1 (9th yr)
Notes:	Tulane
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NEW ORLEANS – Tulane baseball concludes its six-game homestand this week with a midweek pair against Louisiana-Lafayette and Southern Miss at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. Tulane plays ULL at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on Cox Sports Television and faces Southern Miss at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Tuesday's game will be televised by Cox Sports Television. The games will be broadcast on 88.3 FM WRBH and the TuneIn Radio app. Live video of Wednesday and live stats for both games will also be available through TulaneGreenWave.com.

TICKETS
Season flex books, and single-game tickets may be purchased online at TulaneTix.com, by calling 504-861-WAVE (9283) or at the Tulane Athletics Ticket Office in the Wilson Center.

GAME PROMOTIONS
Tuesday is Tulane Tuesday: Fans can receive $2 off chairback seats, $2 select concessions items and free t-shirts while supplies last.

SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 90th meeting between Tulane and UL Lafayette. Tulane leads the series, 45-44. The teams split two games last season, as the Green Wave won 6-4 in Lafayette, and the Ragin' Cajuns won 1-0 in New Orleans. The teams each won on their home field in a two-game split in 2016.
This will be the 158th meeting between Tulane and Southern Miss. Tulane leads the series, 96-60-1. The teams each won on their home field in 2017, as the Green Wave won 10-8 in New Orleans and the Golden Eagles won 2-1 in Hattiesburg. The Green Wave won twice in 2016, including a 12-7 victory in Hattiesburg on March 22. The Golden Eagles won both meetings in 2015. The schools have met twice each of the last three years, continuing a long-standing rivalry that includes co-membership in Conference USA from 1996-2014 and the Metro Conference from 1990-95.

QUICK HITS
• The Green Wave are playing 18 games in 24 days between Feb. 23-March 18, including 11 home games during the stretch.
• Tulane will conclude a six-game homestand on Wednesday, and a stretch of 12 games within the city of New Orleans.
• Tulane is averaging 5.9 runs/game and 9.5 hits/game.
• Grant Witherspoon has eight multiple hit games, Matt Rowland and Kody Hoese each have seven multiple hit games, and Jonathon Artigues, Sal Gozzo and Ty Johnson have six each.
• Matt Rowland has reached base in seven straight games.
• Ten different players have multiple hit games, and 10 different players have multiple RBI games this season.
• Since moving to the top of the lineup on Feb. 25 at Ole Miss, Artigues has collected 17 hits and 12 runs in 11 games.
• Gozzo has had at least two hits in five of the last eight games.
• Luke Glancy recorded his first two career hits vs. Purdue on Sunday, and both went for doubles.
• Hoese is 20-for-54 (.370) at the plate in the last 14 games.
• Rowland is 13-for-28 (.464) with six doubles, three RBI and 12 runs in the last seven games.
• Rowland had his first two-home run game at Ole Miss on Feb. 23. He hit a solo home run and a two-run homer and is tied for the team lead with three home runs.
• Witherspoon has 17 hits in his last 11 games, including a career-best tying four hits vs. Lamar on Feb. 27, and a career-best tying five RBI at UNO on March 6 (including his second career grand slam). He hit two home runs against Purdue on March 11.
• Johnson and Witherspoon have four stolen bases apiece, and Artigues, Gozzo and Hoese each have three steals this season. The Green Wave are 19-for-22 in stolen bases.
• Tulane has a .982 fielding percentage this season. Of the 11 errors, six were committed by pitchers and one was by a catcher trying to catch a runner stealing second.
• Tulane has 52 extra base hits among its 152 hits this season, including 41 doubles. Tulane ranks 8th in the NCAA in doubles.
• The Green Wave have turned 15 double plays in 16 games this season.
• Seven position players and nine pitchers have seen their first action at Tulane in the first seven games of the season, and five of those position players have started a game.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WEEKLY HONORS
Junior Kaleb Roper was named the American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week on March 12. He pitched 8.0 shutout innings with eight strikeouts and allowed just two hits and two walks to win a 1-0 pitcher's duel.
Sophomore shortstop Sal Gozzo was listed on the Weekly Honor Roll on Feb. 19 after hitting .444 opening weekend vs. Wright State, and sophomore pitcher Keagan Gillies was named to the Honor Roll on March 5 after striking out five and allowing one hit in 7.0 innings vs. Cal State Fullerton.

PITCHING MATCHUPS
Tuesday
Tulane: RHP Josh Bates | Fr. | 1-0, 4.82 ERA, 3 APP, 2 GS, 9.1 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 10 K, 5 BB
ULL: LHP Colten Schmidt | Sr. | 1-0, 1.50 ERA, 4 APP, 3 GS, 24.0 IP, 19 H, 4 ER, 20 K, 1 BB
Wednesday
Tulane: RHP Chase Solesky | So. | 1-0, 7.24 ERA, 4 APP, 2 GS, 13.2 IP, 16 H, 11 ER, 7 K, 9 BB
USM: RHP Walker Powell | So. | 0-1, 6.30 ERA, 3 APP, 3 GS, 10.0 IP, 11 H, 7 ER, 9 K, 6 BB

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Baseball Plays Host to ULL and Southern Miss in Midweek Pair

Players Mentioned

Jonathon Artigues

Josh Bates

Keagan Gillies

Luke Glancy

Sal Gozzo

Kody Hoese

Ty Johnson

Kaleb Roper

Matt Rowland

Chase Solesky

Grant Witherspoon

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