Baseball Hosts Texas Southern Tuesday Afternoon

No. 23/29 TULANE GREEN WAVE (9-2, 0-0 AMERICAN) vs. TEXAS SOUTHERN TIGERS (3-10, 2-1 SWAC)
When:	Tuesday, 1 p.m. CT
Where:	Greer Field at Turchin Stadium (5,000) \| New Orleans, La.
Watch:	Tulane All-Access
Radio:	WRBH 88.3 FM (Andrew Allegretta), Tulane All-Access (Daniel Sallerson)
Stats:	Live Stats
Tulane Coach:	Travis Jewett (Washington State, '93) • 93-92 (4th year)
TSU Coach:	Michael Robertson (Huston-Tillotson, '87) • 275-321 (12th year)
Notes:	Tulane
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NEW ORLEANS, La. – The No. 23 Tulane baseball team returns to the field on Tuesday afternoon, taking on the Texas Southern Tigers at 1 p.m. at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

The game, originally scheduled for 6:30 p.m., was moved up to an afternoon start with rain in the forecast for Tuesday night. The game will still air on WRBH 88.3 FM in New Orleans and online through TuneIn and the TuneIn app with Andrew Allegretta calling all the action.

There will be a link to a live video stream as well through Tulane All-Access, along with links to live stats and more at TulaneGreenWave.com.

Coming off of its second sweep of a weekend opponent in three weeks, the Green Wave jumped into its second poll of the season on Monday, sitting at No. 23 in the D1baseball Top 25, while remaining steady at No. 29 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Top 30 list.

Tulane improved to 9-2 on the season after taking all three games from Middle Tennessee over the weekend, improving the team's mark to 6-1 at home at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium in 2020. It was a weekend unlike many seen at the park, as Friday the team tossed a no-hitter, walked-off after a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth and saw a player hit for the cycle on Sunday to cap the weekend.

For their efforts, pitcher Braden Olthoff was named the American Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week for the second consecutive week after his six-inning, eight strikeout performance on Friday, while Trevor Minder was named to the weekly honor roll after accounting for the game-winning home run on Saturday and producing that cycle on Sunday afternoon.

Tulane was able to bounce back in a big way after falling to New Orleans last Wednesday night, scoring 21 runs in three games, blasting five home runs in three days after coming into last weekend with just five on the year as a group.

On the mound, the pitching staff has already eclipsed its entire 2019 shutout total through 11 games with two this year, as in the no-hitter Friday the three pitchers used in Olthoff, Clifton Slagel and Keagan Gillies produced 12 strikeouts, the fourth double figure strikeout game for the staff this year.

Texas Southern comes into the game with a 3-10 overall record on the year, coming off of a weekend series victory over UAPB to open SWAC play. The Tigers started the year dropping their first nine games in a row, before upsetting then-No. 4 ranked Mississippi State in Starkville 8-4 last Tuesday and taking two of three over the weekend against the Golden Lions.

This is the fourth meeting between Tulane and Texas Southern in the all-time series, with Tulane winning all three previous meetings leading into Tuesday afternoon.

No. 23/29 Tulane Green Wave (9-2) vs. Texas Southern Tigers (3-10)
March 3 – (Greer Field at Turchin Stadium)

TV
None

Live Stream
Tulane All-Access

Radio
88.3 FM WRBH

PBP – Andrew Allegretta

Around the Horn
Tulane continues its home stand on Tuesday afternoon, hosting the Texas Southern Tigers at 1 p.m. at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

The game was originally scheduled for 6:30 p.m., but harsh weather is expected in the New Orleans area later in the night.

The Green Wave are coming off of its second home series sweep in three weeks as the squad took all three from Middle Tennessee over the weekend.

The last time Tulane swept at least two of its first three weekend series of the season was in 2012, defeating Siena and Indiana in consecutive weeks.

Tulane hit .269 last week as a team, clearing a .454 slugging percentage and .370 on-base percentage in the four contests last week.

Probable Starters
Tuesday
Tulane – TBD
TSU – TBD

Up Next
Tulane opens a split series against the Southern University Jaguars Friday night at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. The Green Wave will then take on the Jags Saturday afternoon at Lee Hines Field in Baton Rouge, before closing out the series back in New Orleans Sunday afternoon.

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Baseball Hosts Texas Southern Tuesday Afternoon

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Players Mentioned

Keagan Gillies

Trevor Minder

Braden Olthoff

Clifton Slagel

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