Baseball Plays at USF in First Conference Road Series of the Season

Thursday, March 29

Tampa, Fla.

6 p.m.

Tulane University

USF

Baseball Plays at USF in First Conference Road Series of the Season

Mar 28, 2018 | Baseball

TULANE GREEN WAVE (11-15, 2-1) at USF (18-8, 2-1)
When:	Thursday, 6 p.m. CT \| Friday, 5:30 p.m. CT \| Saturday, Noon CT
Where:	Tampa, Fla. \| USF Baseball Stadium
Watch:	Live Video (Thursday) \| Facebook Live (Friday and Saturday)
Radio:	88.3 FM WRBH (Todd Graffagnini) \| TuneIn Radio
Stats:	Live Stats
Tulane Coach:	Travis Jewett (Washington State, '93) • 38-46 (2nd year)
USF Coach:	Billy Mohl (Tulane, '07) • 18-8 (first year)
Notes:	Tulane \| USF
Social:	Twitter \| Instagram \| Facebook

TAMPA, Fla. – Tulane baseball plays at USF this weekend in a three-game American Athletic Conference road series Thursday through Saturday at the USF Baseball Stadium in Tampa, Fla. Game times are 6 p.m. CT Thursday, 5:30 p.m. CT Friday and noon CT Saturday.

The game will be broadcast on 88.3 FM WRBH and the TuneIn Radio app. Links to live video and live stats will be available through TulaneGreenWave.com.

SERIES HISTORY
Tulane and USF have played 54 times. Tulane leads the series, 32-22. The Green Wave have won seven of the last nine in the series. Tulane won two of three meetings against the Bulls in New Orleans last season, and USF won in the conference tournament in Clearwater, Fla. The Green Wave won all three games in 2016 in Tampa and two of three in New Orleans in 2015. Tulane and USF played each year from 1992-2005 as members of the Metro Conference and then Conference USA.

QUICK HITS
• Tulane is playing 11 of 15 games away from home between March 16-April 8, including the USF series this weekend.
• Tulane's 55 doubles rank 17th in the nation and its average of 2.12 doubles/game ranks 30th.
• Tulane has produced 46 2-out RBI – 39 percent of its 119 RBI this season have come with two outs.
• Tulane has 71 extra base hits among its 219 hits – 32 percent of its hits have gone for extra bases.
• Jonathon Artigues has reached base in 15 straight games.
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• Keagan Gillies has allowed a total of five runs in his last four starts, spanning 28.2 innings. He has a 1.57 ERA with 25 strikeouts to 8 walks in those four outings (2-2 record).
• Since moving to the top of the lineup on Feb. 25 at Ole Miss, Jonathon Artigues has collected 28 hits and 20 runs in 21 games.
• Grant Witherspoon has 10 multiple hit games. Hoese and Artigues have nine multiple hit games, Matt Rowland has eight, and Sal Gozzo has seven multi-hit games.
• Twelve different players have multiple hit games, and 10 different players have multiple RBI games this season.
• Tulane has a .977 fielding percentage this season, which ranks 34th in the nation.
• Witherspoon leads the team with four home runs. He has 25 hits in his last 21 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.
• Witherspoon leads the team with five stolen bases while Artigues, Gozzo and Ty Johnson have four stolen bases apiece. The Green Wave are 23-for-28 in stolen bases.
• The Green Wave have turned 20 double plays this season.
• Five players have recorded their first hit this season. Three of those first hits – from Luke Glancy, Grant Mathews and Stephen Sepcich – were doubles.
• Tulane is playing 21 games in 30 days during March.
• The Green Wave played 18 games in 24 days between Feb. 23-March 18, including 11 home games during that time. The stretch was bookended by trips to Ole Miss (Feb. 23-25) and Long Beach State (March 16-18). Monday and Tuesday of this week comprised the team's first two-day break in games since Feb. 19-22.
• Seven position players and nine pitchers have seen their first action at Tulane this season, and seven of those position players have started a game. Twelve of those players have seen their first Division I action.
• Tulane will return to the Tampa area in May for the American Athletic Conference Championship, to be held at Spectrum Field in Clearwater, Fla.

PITCHING MATCHUPS
Thursday
Tulane: RHP Kaleb Roper | Jr. | 2-3, 4.40 ERA, 6 APP, 6 GS, 30.2 IP, 22 H, 15 ER, 28 K, 17 BB
USF: LHP Shane McClanahan | So. | 3-2, 1.56 ERA, 6 APP, 6 GS, 34.2 IP, 18 H, 6 ER, 61 K, 16 BB
Friday
Tulane: RHP Ben White | Gr. | 0-1, 4.65 ERA, 9 APP, 3 GS, 31.0 IP, 32 H, 16 ER, 19 K, 10 BB
USF: RHP Peter Strzelecki | Sr. | 4-1, 3.97 ERA, 6 APP, 6 GS, 34.0 IP, 33 H, 15 ER, 45 K, 13 BB
Saturday
Tulane: RHP Keagan Gillies | So. | 2-3, 2.56 ERA, 6 APP, 6 GS, 38.2 IP, 27 H, 11 ER, 31 K, 12 BB
USF: RHP Collin Sullivan | So. | 1-0, 2.55 ERA, 5 APP, 5 GS, 24.2 IP, 22 H, 7 ER, 25 K, 10 BB

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