Baseball Plays Host to Crosstown Rival UNO in Pelican Cup Tuesday

Tuesday, April 3

Greer Field at Turchin Stadium

6:30 p.m.

Tulane University

New Orleans

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Baseball Plays Host to Crosstown Rival UNO in Pelican Cup Tuesday

Apr 2, 2018 | Baseball

TULANE GREEN WAVE (12-17) vs. NEW ORLEANS (13-15)
When:	Tuesday, 6:30 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) • 39-48 (2nd year)
UNO Coach:	Blake Dean (LSU, '10) • 74-69-1 (third year)
Notes:	Tulane
Social:	Twitter \| Instagram \| Facebook

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane and UNO baseball return to Pelican Cup series action Tuesday when the Green Wave welcome the Privateers to Greer Field at Turchin Stadium for a 6:30 p.m. first pitch.

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. 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.

This is the second of three games in the Pelican Cup series this season. UNO won 8-7 on the Lakefront on March 6, and the third game will be played Uptown on April 10.

PELICAN CUP
• Fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items to the drop into the bin of their favorite team at the main entrance gate behind home plate. Fans can drop the food into the bin bearing their favorite respective team's logo. All proceeds will benefit Lantern Light and the local Ronald McDonald House. Tulane and UNO have partnered with the Kiwanis Club Danwbusters in the food drive.
• Fans who donate non-perishable food items April 3 can receive a voucher for a $5 chairback seat to the April 10 game Uptown. For donating at the April 10 game, Green Wave fans will receive a voucher for a $5 ticket to one game during the ECU series May 4-6 at Turchin Stadium.
• A trophy will be awarded to the series winner, and an MVP award will be given to the series' top player after the April 10 game.
• The teams plan to play three games each year, alternating the site for two games.

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
Tulane and UNO have played 143 times. Tulane leads the series, 80-63. The Privateers won 8-7 in the bottom of the ninth inning on the Lakefront back on March 6. The teams split two games each of the last two years: UNO won 9-5 at home, and Tulane won 8-6 at home in 2017, and UNO won 10-9 and home and Tulane won 5-2 at Turchin Stadium in 2016. This is the first year the teams have met three times in a season since 2013.

QUICK HITS
• Tulane is playing 11 of 15 games away from home between March 16-April 8, including the Wichita State series this coming weekend.
• Tulane's 61 doubles rank 18th in the nation and its average of 2.10 doubles/game ranks 29th.
• Tulane has produced 50 2-out RBI – 38 percent of its 130 RBI this season have come with two outs.
• Tulane has 78 extra base hits among its 246 hits – 32 percent of its hits have gone for extra bases.
• Ty Johnson is on a five-game hitting streak. Witherspoon has reached base in eight straight games.
• Sam Bjorngjeld ranks fourth nationally in appearances (18); Connor Pellerin ranks 26th in appearances (15). Bjorngjeld leads The American in appearances while Pellerin ranked third in the conference.
• Grant Witherspoon ranks 24th nationally in walks (24). He leads The American in walks.
• Kaleb Roper's .197 Opponent BA is tied for fifth in The American.
• Grant Witherspoon has 12 multiple hit games. Hoese and Artigues have nine multiple hit games, Matt Rowland has eight, and Sal Gozzo and Ty Johnson each have seven multi-hit games.
• Tulane has a .976 fielding percentage this season, which ranks 46th in the nation.
• Witherspoon leads the team with seven stolen bases while Artigues has five, and Gozzo and Ty Johnson have four stolen bases apiece. The Green Wave are 26-for-31 in stolen bases.
• The Green Wave have turned 22 double plays this season.
• Keagan Gillies has allowed a total of six earned runs in his last five starts, spanning 31.2 innings. He has a 1.71 ERA with 25 strikeouts to nine walks in those five outings (2-2 record).
• 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.

LSWA ALL-LOUISIANA HITTER OF THE WEEK
David Bedgood was named the LSWA All-Louisiana Hitter of the Week on April 2. He hit .462 (6-for-13) with two three-hit games in the series at USF. He went 3-for-4 and drove in two of Tulane's three runs in the 3-2 win Thursday night, while playing first base for the first time in his career. He then came back and tallied three hits and scored two runs in five at bats on Sunday.

AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE WEEKLY HONOR ROLL
Kaleb Roper was named to the Honor Roll on April 2 after striking out a career-high 10 batters and scattering six hits and one earned run in 8.0 innings in a 3-2 win at USF on March 29.

PITCHING MATCHUPS
Tulane: LHP Ross Massey | Jr. | 1-2, 8.10 ERA, 9 APP, 3 GS, 16.2 IP, 23 H, 15 ER, 9 K, 10 BB
UNO: LHP John Michael Stephens | Jr. | 2-2, 4.60 ERA, 9 APP, 6 GS, 31.1 IP, 32 H, 16 ER, 30 K, 8 BB

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