Baseball Plays Host to East Tennessee State in Three-Game Set This Weekend

Wednesday, April 18

Greer Field at Turchin Stadium

6:30 p.m.

Tulane University

LSU

Tickets

Photo by: Parker Waters

Baseball Plays Host to East Tennessee State in Three-Game Set This Weekend

Apr 19, 2018 | Baseball

TULANE GREEN WAVE (17-21) vs. EAST TENNESSEE STATE (18-15)
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) • 44-52 (2nd year)
ETSU Coach:	Joe Pennucci (Northern Colorado, '02) • 18-14 (first year)
Notes:	Tulane \| ETSU
Social:	Twitter \| Instagram \| Facebook

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane baseball is on a conference bye this week, and plays host to East Tennessee State this weekend in a three-game non-conference series at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. Game times are 6:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

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

WEEKEND PROMOTIONS
• Friday is the Tulane Student-Athlete Advisory Council Mental Health Awareness Night
• On Saturday, Riptide Bobbleheads will be given out while supplies last.
• 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
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 East Tennessee State have played three times. Tulane leads the series, 3-0. The Green Wave swept all three games of a series in New Orleans, 4-3, 9-2 and 14-3.

QUICK HITS
• Tulane is in the middle of a nine-game homestand. The Green Wave are 4-1 on the homestand, and have upcoming contests against East Tennessee State this weekend and Texas Southern on Tuesday.
• Of Tulane's four wins in the last week, three have been walkoff wins in the bottom of the ninth.
• The Green Wave has walked off with wins in three of its last five games, and five times this season. Tulane beat LSU, 10-9, with three runs in the bottom of the ninth, and produced consecutive walkoff wins last week, beating UNO 4-3 and Houston 17-16 scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning each game.
• Witherspoon is on a 17-game reached base streak. David Bedgood has reached base in nine consecutive games.
• Tulane's 79 doubles rank 15th in the nation and its average of 2.08 doubles/game ranks 34th.
• Tulane has produced 68 2-out RBI – 37 percent of its 182 RBI this season have come with two outs.
• Tulane has turned 32 doubles plays this season, which ranks 48th in the nation.
• Tulane has won four straight Friday games, all in conference play.
• Artigues' Last 5 Games: 10-for-20 (.500) with HR, 4 2B, 10 RBI, 6 runs
• Kody Hoese's Last 4 Games: 6-for-15 (.400) with HR, 2B, 5 RBI, 4 runs; two game-tying hits in the ninth inning (4/13 vs Houston, 4/18 vs LSU)
• Trevor Jensen's Last 3 Games: 4-for-9 (.444) with 3B, RBI, 2 runs
• Ty Johnson's Last 3 Games: 6-for-12 (.500) with RBI, 2 runs
• Keagan Gillies and Ben White combined to two-hit Houston in Tulane's 2-0 shutout of the Cougars in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader.
• Josh Bates struck out a career-high nine batters in 6.1 innings in his first weekend start of the season vs. Houston on Sunday.
• Sam Bjorngjeld ranks fifth nationally and leads The American in appearances (23).
• Witherspoon has 16 multiple hit games. Artigues has 13 multiple hit games, Hoese and Johnson have 11, Matt Rowland, Sal Gozzo and Trevor Jensen each have eight multi-hit games.
• Fourteen different players have multiple hit games, and 12 different players have multiple RBI games this season.
• Witherspoon leads the team with 10 stolen bases while Artigues and Gozzo have six, and Ty Johnson has five stolen bases. The Green Wave are 35-for-43 in stolen bases.

COMEBACK KIDS
In two of its last four games, Tulane has scored multiple runs in the ninth inning to walk off with a win. On April 13 against Houston, the Green Wave erased a 10-run deficit and scored five runs with two outs in the ninth inning to win, 17-16. On April 18, the Wave lost the lead in the top of the ninth, then scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth to defeat in-state rival LSU, 10-9.

BIG RESPONSE INNINGS
Tulane has responded to its opponents scoring runs in 19 innings at home this season – when an opponent has scored in the top of an inning, the Green Wave has responded with two or more runs 19 times. When an opponent has scored multiple runs, the Wave has answered with multiple runs in its following at bat 14 times in 2018.

PITCHING MATCHUPS
Friday
Tulane: RHP Robert Price | So. | 0-0, 6.32 ERA, 12 APP, 0 GS, 15.2 IP, 25 H, 11 ER, 8 K, 7 BB
ETSU: RHP Micah Kaczor | Jr. | 2-4, 5.43 ERA, 9 APP, 9 GS, 54.2 IP, 50 H, 33 ER, 56 K, 19 BB
Saturday
Tulane: RHP Keagan Gillies | So. | 3-4, 2.81 ERA, 9 APP, 9 GS, 51.1 IP, 38 H, 16 ER, 39 K, 18 BB
ETSU: RHP Ryan Simpler | Sr. | 4-3, 4.66 ERA, 9 APP, 9 GS, 56.0 IP, 68 H, 29 ER, 64 K, 7 BB
Sunday
Tulane: RHP Josh Bates | Fr. | 1-0, 4.50 ERA, 11 APP, 6 GS, 30.0 IP, 20 H, 15 ER, 25 K, 21 BB
ETSU: RHP Russell Koesters | Jr. | 2-1, 4.70 ERA, 9 APP, 7 GS, 38.1 IP, 40 H, 20 ER, 27 K, 14 BB

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