Baseball Heads West to Face Long Beach State

Friday, March 16

Long Beach, Calif.

7 p.m.

Tulane University

Long Beach State

Mar 15, 2018 | Baseball

TULANE GREEN WAVE (8-10) at LONG BEACH STATE (6-11)
When:	Friday, 7 p.m. CT • Saturday, 4 p.m. CT • Sunday, 1:30 p.m. CT
Where:	Long Beach, Calif. \| Blair Field
Watch:	Live Video
Radio:	88.3 FM WRBH (Todd Graffagnini) \| TuneIn Radio
Stats:	Live Stats
Tulane Coach:	Travis Jewett (Washington State, '93) • 35-41 (2nd year)
LBSU Coach:	Troy Buckley (Santa Clara, '90) • 234-186 (eighth year)
Notes:	Tulane
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NEW ORLEANS – The Green Wave are back on the road after 12 straight games in the city of New Orleans to take on Long Beach State in a three-game series Friday through Sunday at Blair Field. Game times are 7 p.m. CT Friday, 4 p.m. CT Saturday and 1:30 p.m. CT Sunday. Friday's game time was moved up one hour due to rain in the forecast Friday night.

The games will be broadcast on 88.3 FM WRBH and the TuneIn Radio app. Links to live video and live stats for all three games are available through TulaneGreenWave.com.

SERIES HISTORY
Tulane and Long Beach State have played three times. Tulane leads the series, 2-1. The Green Wave won two of three games in 1998 in Long Beach, Calif. The Dirtbags won the opener, 14-6, but the Wave came back to win 2-1 and 7-3.

QUICK HITS
• The Green Wave are closing out 18 games in 24 days between Feb. 23-March 18, including 11 home games during that time. The stretch is bookended by trips to Ole Miss (Feb. 23-25) and Long Beach State (March 16-18).
• Tulane is on the road for the first time in 19 days after playing 12 straight games within the city of New Orleans.
• Tulane is averaging 5.5 runs/game and 9.1 hits/game.
• Grant Witherspoon has eight multiple hit games, Matt Rowland, Kody Hoese, Jonathon Artigues and Sal Gozzo each have seven multiple hit games, and Ty Johnson has six.
• Artigues has a seven-game hitting streak. Hoese has reached base in eight straight games, and Artigues and Witherspoon have seven-game reached base streaks.
• 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 20 hits and 14 runs in 13 games.
• Gozzo is 6 for his last 12 (.500) with five RBI and two doubles across four games. He has had at least two hits in six of the last nine games.
• Hoese is 22-for-61 (.361) at the plate in the last 16 games.
• Rowland is 14-for-37 (.378) with six doubles, three RBI and 12 runs in the last nine games.
• Witherspoon has 18 hits in his last 13 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.
• Gozzo, Johnson and Witherspoon have four stolen bases apiece, and Artigues and Hoese each have three steals this season. The Green Wave are 21-for-25 in stolen bases.
• 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.
• Luke Glancy recorded his first two career hits vs. Purdue on March 10, and both went for doubles.
• Tulane has a .981 fielding percentage this season. Four players are fielding at .990 or better, including three at 1.000.
• Tulane has 53 extra base hits among its 163 hits this season, including 41 doubles. Tulane ranks 8th in the NCAA in doubles.
• The Green Wave have turned 16 double plays in 18 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 PLAYER OF THE WEEK
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.

Pitching Matchups
Friday
Tulane: RHP Kaleb Roper | Jr. | 1-2, 4.12 ERA, 4 APP, 4 GS, 19.2 IP, 12 H, 9 ER, 14 K, 9 BB
LBSU: LHP Zak Baayoun | So. | 2-2, 4.62 ERA, 4 APP, 4 GS, 25.1 IP, 27 H, 13 ER, 27 K, 10 BB
Saturday
Tulane: TBA
LBSU: RHP Tyler Radcliffe | Jr. | 0-2, 5.14 ERA, 3 APP, 3 GS, 7.0 IP, 12 H, 4 ER, 3 K, 5 BB
Sunday
Tulane: RHP Keagan Gillies | So. | 2-1, 3.38 ERA, 4 APP, 4 GS, 24.0 IP, 20 H, 9 ER, 22 K, 7 BB
LBSU: LHP Clayton Andrews | Jr. | 1-3, 2.52 ERA, 4 APP, 4 GS, 25.0 IP, 25 H, 7 ER, 25 K, 7 BB

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