Baseball to Face ECU in American Athletic Conference Second Round

2018 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
No. 8 TULANE GREEN WAVE (25-31) vs. No. 4 ECU PIRATES (40-15)
When:	Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. CT
Where:	Robin Roberts Field \| Clearwater, Fla.
Watch:	American Digital Network Plus
Radio:	88.3 FM WRBH (Todd Graffagnini) \| TuneIn Radio
Stats:	Live Stats
Tulane Coach:	Travis Jewett (Washington State, '93) \| 52-62 (2nd year)
ECU Coach:	Cliff Godwin (ECU, '00) • 150-88-1 (fourth year)
Notes:	Tulane
Social:	Twitter \| Instagram \| Facebook
Tournament Information:	Championship Central Page

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Tulane baseball will play ECU in the second round of the 2018 American Athletic Conference Championship presented by Visit St. Pete/Clearwater at 11:30 a.m. CT Wednesday at Robin Roberts Field.

With its 11-6 win over Houston Tuesday, the Green Wave would have played again on Thursday. However, due to projected inclement weather in the Tampa Bay area this week, all of the games originally slated for Thursday, May 24, have been moved to Wednesday, May 23, putting six games on the Wednesday schedule. Games will run concurrently at 8 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. CT from both Spectrum Field and Robin Roberts Field, which is located in the complex adjacent to Spectrum Field.

The game will be broadcast on the American Digital Network Plus, via Facebook Live, and will can be heard on 88.3 FM WRBH and TuneIn Radio. For Live stats and full championship information and coverage, visit the tournament central page.

SERIES HISTORY
Tulane and East Carolina have played 58 times. Tulane leads the series, 31-27. The Pirates swept the series in New Orleans this season, on May 4-6, and two of three games last season in Greenville. The Green Wave won two of three in 2016 in New Orleans. The Pirates won each series from 2013-15, while the Wave won series each year from 2003-10. The series dates to 2003 when ECU joined Conference USA. The teams have met 10 times in conference tournament play, and those meetings are tied, 5-5.

QUICK HITS
• Grant Witherspoon earned first-team All-American Athletic Conference honors. It was his first all-conference selection. He is the sixth Tulane player selected to the first team in four years as a member of The American.
• Tulane's 117 doubles rank 13th in the nation. The 2.09 doubles/game ranks 25th.
• Grant Witherspoon ranks 35th in the nation and 2nd in The American with 19 doubles. He also ranks 6th in The American in hits, 7th in RBI, 2nd in walks, 8th in home runs, 5th in total bases, 6th in OBP and 8th in slugging.
• Trevor Jensen and Grant Mathews both have eight-game hitting streaks. Mathews has multiple hits in eight straight games.
• Grant Mathews Last 8 starts (since May 1): .537 (22-41), 8 RBI, 10 runs, 4 HR, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 6 BB, .951 SLG%, .568 OBP. Mathews' Last 18 Games (13 starts): .475 (28-59), 12 RBI, 14 runs.
• Trevor Jensen Last 21 Games: .357 (30-84) with 19 RBI, 20 runs, 8 HR, 5 2B, 3B, .726 SLG%, .411 OBP
• Ty Johnson Last 7 Games (6 starts): .409 (9-22), 4 runs, 2 RBI, double
• Witherspoon has hit three grand slams this season: at UNO, at UConn and at home against Memphis
• Sam Bjorngjeld, who ranks 18th in the country and ranks second in The American with 29 appearances this season, has thrown 9.0 innings without allowing an earned run in his last seven outings.
• Trent Johnson has posted a 2.70 ERA in 30.0 innings in his last five appearances – three relief appearances and two starts – and is 2-0 in that span. He posted a 2.55 ERA in 17.2 innings across his three relief stints against ETSU, Southern Miss and ECU, prior to his starts against Memphis and at UCF.
• Witherspoon has multiple hits in 22 games; Hoese and Artigues have 19, Jensen has 16, and Mathews and Ty Johnson each have 14 multiple hit games.
• Witherspoon and Artigues have a team-high eight games with three or more hits; Artigues has three four-hit games.
• Tulane has produced 112 2-out RBI – 38 percent of its 297 RBI this season have come with two outs.
• Tulane is averaging 5.8 runs per game and 9.0 hits per game.
• Witherspoon leads the team with 13 stolen bases (13-18) while Artigues has 10 (10-12), Gozzo is 8-for-8 and Ty Johnson is 5-for-5 in stolen bases. The Green Wave are 49-for-58 in stolen bases.

PITCHING MATCHUPS
Wednesday
Tulane: RHP Kaleb Roper | Jr. | 5-4, 4.46 ERA, 13 APP, 13 GS, 68.2 IP, 53 H, 34 ER, 48 K, 34 BB
ECU: LHP Alec Burleson | Fr. | 5-1, 2.91 ERA, 17 APP, 6 GS, 46.1 IP, 43 H, 15 ER, 45 K, 11 BB

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Players Mentioned

Sam Bjorngjeld

Trevor Jensen

Trent Johnson

Ty Johnson

Grant Mathews

Kaleb Roper

Grant Witherspoon

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