Wave Hosts Southern Miss for Second Midweek Clash of Season

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University baseball team (24-12-1) will host the No. 6 University of Southern Mississippi (27-8) on Tuesday inside Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

The Green Wave will look to bounce back against a red-hot Southern Miss. team after dropping two of three over the weekend against Houston.

THE MATCHUP

First pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m.
The matchup can be viewed on ESPN+ and can be heard on WRBH 88.3 FM.
Tulane leads the all-time series 91-62.
The two clubs faced each other on March 9^th in Hattiesburg where the Golden Eagles won 7-2.

HIGHLIGHTING THE WAVE

Tulane is 7-3 in midweek games.
The Wave hit .277 as a group and the pitching staff carries a 4.53 ERA.
The hitters have notched 94 doubles as a team, second in the nation.
Redshirt sophomore Ethan Groff has a .422 batting average, the ninth highest mark in the country. Groff is also in the top 30 in the nation in on-base percentage (.503) and slugging percentage (.727).
Freshman Grant Siegel (6-1) has led the pitching staff, posting a 2.15 ERA over 46.0 innings of work. Siegel has 47 strikeouts while allowing just eight walks.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES

Southern Miss. has won nine games in a row and currently sits atop the Conference USA standings with a 13-2 conference record.
The Golden Eagles hit .281 as a team and have a 2.78 ERA as a staff, the second lowest mark in the country behind only Tennessee.
Sophomores Dustin Wilkerson and Slade Wilks, and junior Reece Ewing, have started all 35 games and all hit above .300 with 40+ hits and 20+ RBIs.
Sophomore Tyler Stuart (2-0) has started the last two midweek games for the Golden Eagles but has only pitched five total innings.
Southern Miss. has thrown 12 pitchers in its last two midweek clashes.

LAST TIME OUT

Tulane won on Saturday in a 11-10 shootout but dropped Friday and Sunday's contests in Houston this past weekend.
Groff went 8/14 in the series, including two home runs and a triple.
Freshman Chandler Welch, Tuesday's probable starter, pitched four innings of one-hit, no-run ball in Friday's loss.

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