Tulane Baseball Drops Series Opener to ETSU, 9-1

Friday, April 20

Greer Field at Turchin Stadium

6:30 p.m.

Tulane University

17-22

East Tennessee State

19-15

East Tennessee

Tulane

Photo by: Parker Waters

Tulane Baseball Drops Series Opener to ETSU, 9-1

Apr 20, 2018 | Baseball

Box Score

BOX SCORE

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University baseball dropped the opening game of its three-game set to East Tennessee State Friday evening at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

ETSU outhit Tulane by a 12-8 count. Sophomore Robert Price took the loss in his first career start. Price lasted 2.0 innings, allowed five earned runs and six hits.

Each of the six hits Price allowed came in the second inning.

Following a scoreless first inning, ETSU plated eight runs (five were earned) on six hits to open up the early lead. Six of the Buccaneers eight runs in the second inning came with two outs.

Sophomore pitcher Trent Johnson came on in the third inning and delivered a sparkling relief performance for Tulane as he logged 7.0 innings, struck out three, allowed just six hits and one earned run.

"I felt really good today," Johnson said. "This is the first time in a long time I've been able to have a three-pitch mix going for me - fast ball, breaking ball, and change-up. I was able to put them over the plate and just create weak contact."

During his relief appearance, Johnson retired 13 batters in-a-row and held ETSU without a hit in four straight innings. His lone blemish came in the ninth when the Buccaneers added one run to make the score 9-1.

"We thought it was going to be more of an offensive night," head coach Travis Jewett said. "All of the sudden it was an eight-run game and you're just swinging uphill all day from there. We had some opportunities with some guys on base. There are a lot of dots on my scorecard in terms of some quality at bats that we had. We just couldn't string them together when we had some guys on base."

ETSU held the Green Wave scoreless until the sixth inning when freshman left fielder David Bedgood hit an RBI double deep into right centerfield, which plated sophomore Kody Hoese from first.

Bedgood, Hoese and junior Acy Owen led the way for Tulane offensively, as all three individuals turned in two-hit nights.

With the loss, the Green Wave dropped to 4-2 on the nine-game homestand. Game two of the three-game set begins tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m..

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