Baseball Opens Series With UC Riverside Friday

TULANE GREEN WAVE (11-6) vs. UC RIVERSIDE HIGHLANDERS (6-11)
When:	Friday, 6:30 p.m. \| Saturday, 2 p.m. \| Sunday, 1 p.m.
Where:	Greer Field at Turchin Stadium \| New Orleans, La.
Watch:	Live Video
Radio:	88.3 FM WRBH (Todd Graffagnini)
Stats:	Live Stats
Tulane Coach:	Travis Jewett (Washington State, '93) • 63-70 (3rd year)
UCR Coach:	Troy Percival (UC Riverside, '91) • 88-145 (6th year)
Notes:	Tulane \| UC Riverside
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NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane baseball team welcomes another team from the Big West Conference this weekend, opening a three-game series against the UC Riverside Highlanders Friday night at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

First pitch for Friday's game is set for 6:30 p.m. in New Orleans, with a 2 p.m. start on Saturday and 1 p.m. start on Sunday. All three games will be live streamed at TulaneGreenWave.com, with Todd Graffagnini providing play-by-play on WRBH 88.3 FM locally in New Orleans.

The Green Wave will welcome fans of the New Orleans Baby Cakes to Friday's game, as season ticket holders can get free tickets and popcorn for the opener. Sport your favorite green on Sunday for St. Patrick's Day, with Riptide's Kids Club members getting access to the game and the inflatable park.

Tulane comes into the series against the Highlanders with an 11-6 record after earning a 9-3 win over the McNeese State Cowboys on Tuesday night, improving the team's record at home to 8-5 on the season and snapping a three-game losing skid in the process.

The offense bruised an opposing team's pitching staff for another game, producing all nine runs on 11 hits with five of those hits for extra bases against the Cowboys. Tulane is batting .314 as a group with six everyday starters fielding a .300 or better batting average so far this season.

Junior Kody Hoese's .370 batting average leads the team, as he and senior Trevor Jensen are tied for the team lead in hits with 27. Nine different players have double-digit hits for the team this season, as sophomore Frankie Niemann is the newest to that list after he went 4-for-4 against the Cowboys with three RBI and a run scored and has earned seven hits in his last three outings.

It was the sixth time this season that Tulane pitching has held an opponent to fewer than four runs in a game, with Trent Johnson tying for the staff lead in wins in earning his second of the year after allowing just one run in three innings.

The Green Wave will forge into this weekend against the Highlanders with their regular rotation of Kaleb Roper Friday, Keagan Gillies Saturday and Chase Solesky on Sunday. Roper will be looking to earn his second win of the year, while Gillies and Solesky are both looking to eye their first of the season.

UC Riverside comes into he series with a 6-11 overall record, dropping their last five games in a row. Last weekend the Higlanders a pair of games against Rider and San Francisco, and when coupled with a midweek loss to San Diego last Tuesday, UCR has won four of their last nine contests.

The series is the first between the two sides since 2015, as Tulane is 5-2 all-time against UC Riverside.

Tulane Green Wave (11-6) vs. UC Riverside Highlanders (6-11)
March 15 – 6:30 p.m. (Greer Field at Turchin Stadium)
March 16 – 2 p.m. (Greer Field at Turchin Stadium)
March 17 – 1 p.m. (Greer Field at Turchin Stadium)

TV
None

Live Stream
Tulane All-Access

Radio
WRBH 88.3 FM
PBP – Todd Graffagnini

Pitching Matchups
Friday
Tulane: Kaleb Roper
UCR: Shamus Lyons

Saturday
Tulane: Keagan Gillies
UCR: Riley Ohl

Sunday
Tulane: Chase Solesky
UCR: Jeremiah Priddy

Around the Horn
Tulane opens a three-game series against the UC Riverside Highlanders Friday night at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

The Green Wave are taking on their second Big West opponent in the last two weeks after taking on the UCSB Gauchos last weekend in New Orleans.

Tulane is coming off a 9-3 win over the McNeese Cowboys Tuesday night at GFATS.

The win snapped a three-game losing streak going into the game.

The Green Wave are 8-5 in home games this season.

Coach Jewett on the Highlanders…
"I'm anticipating seeing another quality Big West opponent come in here. They get labeled as a team that is a little bit more bunt or small ball, but when I'm breaking them down they only have five sacrifice bunts and not a lot of stolen base attempts. So, they look a little more pro-style, a little bit like us."

Up Next
Tulane hosts the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin Cajuns at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

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Baseball Opens Series With UC Riverside Friday

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Players Mentioned

Keagan Gillies

Kody Hoese

Trevor Jensen

Trent Johnson

Frankie Niemann

Kaleb Roper

Chase Solesky

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