Baseball Drops Series Finale at No. 22 Wichita State, 8-2

Sunday, April 8

Wichita, Kan.

12:30 p.m.

Tulane University

13-20, 4-5

Wichita State

22-7, 3-3

Tulane

Wichita State

Baseball Drops Series Finale at No. 22 Wichita State, 8-2

Apr 8, 2018 | Baseball

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WICHITA, Kan. – Junior center fielder Grant Witherspoon and junior right fielder Tyler Heinrichs each collected three hits, but it was not enough as Tulane baseball fell at No. 22 Wichita State, 8-2, in its American Athletic Conference series finale Sunday afternoon at Eck Stadium.

Heinrichs homered in the seventh inning and Witherspoon singled and scored on a base hit by freshman left fielder David Bedgood in the fourth inning for the Green Wave (13-20, 4-5 American Athletic Conference). The Shockers (22-7, 3-3 American) scored three runs in the first inning and two in the eighth, adding single runs in the third, fifth and seventh innings.

Heinrichs finished the game 3-for-4 with his second home run of the season, tallying a career-high three hits. Witherspoon also finished 3-for-4 and hit his team-leading 13^th double of the season. Sophomore starter Keagan Gillies (2-4) took the loss while Wichita State starter Tommy Barnhouse (3-2) earned the win.

Witherspoon shot a single to right field to start the top of the fourth and scored on Bedgood's double to deep right center field, cutting the deficit to 4-1. The Green Wave then loaded the bases as junior first baseman Trevor Jensen was hit by a pitch and sophomore shortstop Sal Gozzo hit an infield single with two outs but could not bring another run home.

After the Shockers scored a run in the bottom of the fifth to make it 5-1, Heinrichs hit a long home run that bounced onto 21^st Street well beyond the left center field wall to cut the deficit to 5-2.

Wichita State scored three runs in the first inning on an RBI single by shortstop Trey Vickers and a two-run double by designated hitter Mason O'Brien. Third baseman Alec Bohm hit a solo home run in the third to make it 4-0. Bohm singled and scored on an error in the fifth, and Hunter Gibson hit an RBI double in the seventh to make it 6-2. A run-scoring fielder's choice grounder by catcher Gunnar Troutwine followed by an RBI single by Vickers plated two runs in the eighth to make it 8-2.

Gillies fought back after the three-run first inning to complete 4.2 innings on the mound. Witherspoon singled with one out in the first and doubled with two outs in the fifth. Heinrichs singled in the fifth, but was negated by a double play, and singled again with two outs in the ninth. Jensen and sophomore third baseman Kody Hoese singled to start the sixth, but Tulane was unable to bring any runs across.

Witherspoon hit .500 in the series (7-for-14) and Bedgood hit .417 (5-for-12) with three doubles and three runs scored apiece.

Tulane returns home for nine straight games at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday against New Orleans.

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