Baseball Plays Host to Houston This Weekend

Friday, April 13

Greer Field at Turchin Stadium

6:30 p.m.

Tulane University

Houston

Tickets

Apr 12, 2018 | Baseball

TULANE GREEN WAVE (14-20, 4-5) vs. HOUSTON (20-12, 6-3)
When:	Friday, 6:30 p.m. \| Saturday, 2 p.m. \| Sunday, 1 p.m.
Where:	New Orleans, La. \| Greer Field at Turchin Stadium
Watch:	Live Video
Radio:	88.3 FM WRBH (Todd Graffagnini) \| TuneIn Radio
Stats:	Live Stats
Tulane Coach:	Travis Jewett (Washington State, '93) • 41-51 (2nd year)
Houston Coach:	Todd Whitting (Houston, '95) • 270-182-1 (eighth year)
Notes:	Tulane \| Houston
Social:	Twitter \| Instagram \| Facebook

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane baseball continues its homestand with a three-game series against American Athletic Conference rival Houston Friday through Sunday at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. Game times are 6:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

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

HERO WEEKEND
This series in Hero Weekend, as Tulane will honor several heroes in the community during the ceremonial first pitch Friday and Saturday, and at the seventh inning stretch for all three games.
Friday
• The ceremonial first pitch will be thrown by Linda Frantz. Frantz runs the Bright School for the Deaf that teaches young hearing impaired students the skills they need to thrive.
• The seventh inning stretch will be led by Jason Jorgenson. Jorgenson is an New Orleans Police officer who has made numerous gun and narcotic arrests within his district in New Orleans.
Saturday
• The ceremonial first pitch will be thrown by Officer Stephen Nguyen of the NOPD. Officer Nguyen is a New Orleans native who spent time in the military before becoming a police officer and recently made the news for saving a victim's life. See the story here.
• The seventh inning stretch will be led by NOPD Officer Ranald Lott.
Sunday
• The seventh inning stretch will be led by Paris Woods. Woods began and runs College Beyond, an organization that helps graduating high school students stay on track to enter college in the fall.

KIDS DAY
Sunday is Kids Day: youth 12 years and under can stand on the field next to Tulane players for the national anthem, and run the bases after the game and receive a Raising Cane's kids meal Voucher.

TICKETS
Fans who mention the promo code "Spring Game" at the ticket window on Friday can receive a $5 ticket to the baseball game. The football spring game will take place in Yulman Stadium at 7:30 p.m. Friday. 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.

SERIES HISTORY
Tulane and Houston have played 81 times. Houston leads the series, 46-35. The Cougars won two of three games in both series last year. In 2016, the teams split two games in New Orleans, and the Wave won two of three games at Houston, before the Cougars won twice in the conference tournament. Tulane won one of three games in each of the two series in 2015. The teams played two three-game American Athletic Conference series each year from 2015-2017.

QUICK HITS
• Tulane is in the middle of a nine-game homestand. The Green Wave will play weekend series against Houston and East Tennessee State and midweek contests against New Orleans, LSU and Texas Southern during that stretch. The Wave just completed a stretch of 11 of 15 games on the road between March 16-April 8.
• Tulane's 71 doubles rank 15th in the nation and its average of 2.09 doubles/game ranks 32st.
• Tulane has 91 extra base hits among its 292 hits – 31 percent of its hits have gone for extra bases.
• Tulane has produced 58 2-out RBI – 38 percent of its 154 RBI this season have come with two outs.
• In his last 8 games, Grant Witherspoon has hit .448 (13-for-29) with five doubles, a .621 slugging pct. and a .484 OBP.
• In his last 5 games, David Bedgood has hit .400 (10-for-25) with three doubles, four RBI, six runs, a .640 slugging pct., and a .444 OBP. Going back to his first three hit game on March 29, he has hit .394 (13-for-33), and has multiple hits in five of his last eight contests.
• Witherspoon is on a 13-game reached base streak. Sal Gozzo has reached base in nine straight games and Ty Johnson has reached base in eight consecutive games.
• Sam Bjorngjeld ranks third nationally and leads The American in appearances (21).
• Witherspoon ranks 26th nationally in doubles (13). He ranks in The American: 5th in hits (42), 3rd in doubles (13), 4th in total bases (69), T-2nd in walks (24), 6th in OBP (.453), 8th in slugging pct. (.556) and T-7th in steals (9 as of April 9.
• Witherspoon has 15 multiple hit games. Artigues has 11 multiple hit games, Hoese has 10, Matt Rowland, Sal Gozzo and Ty Johnson each have eight multi-hit games.
• Thirteen different players have multiple hit games, and 11 different players have multiple RBI games this season.
• Witherspoon leads the team with 10 stolen bases while Artigues and Gozzo have five, and Ty Johnson has four stolen bases. The Green Wave are 31-for-37 in stolen bases.
• The Green Wave have turned 28 double plays this season.
• The 19 runs and 17 hits Tulane recorded in a 19-4 win at Wichita State on April 6 were season highs. The 19 runs were the most for Tulane in a game since 2012 in a 20-2 win over Brown, and the most on the road since 2009 in a 20-5 win at UCF.
• 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.

PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday
Tulane: RHP Kaleb Roper | Jr. | 4-3, 4.03 ERA, 8 APP, 8 GS, 44.2 IP, 33 H, 20 ER, 40 K, 23 BB
Houston: LHP Trey Cumbie | Jr. | 3-2, 3.53 ERA, 8 APP, 8 GS, 51.0 IP, 35 H, 20 ER, 63 K, 8 BB
Saturday
Tulane: RHP Keagan Gillies | So. | 2-4, 3.11 ERA, 8 APP, 8 GS, 46.1 IP, 36 H, 16 ER, 35 K, 15 BB
Houston: LHP Aaron Fletcher | Jr. | 4-1, 1.03 ERA, 8 APP, 8 GS, 52.1 IP, 39 H, 6 ER, 48 K, 8 BB
Sunday
Tulane: RHP Josh Bates | Fr. | 1-0, 4.94 ERA, 10 APP, 5 GS, 23.2 IP, 15 H, 13 ER, 16 K, 17 BB
Houston: TBA

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