Baseball Hosts Scrimmage Against Pearl River CC This Weekend

Baseball Hosts Scrimmage Against Pearl River CC This Weekend

Oct 25, 2024 | Baseball

NEW ORLEANS – After witnessing the first practice of the fall, multiple intersquad scrimmages, the annual Alumni Game and the distribution of the 2024 AAC Championship Rings last week, Tulane's baseball fans will see the team in action against an opposing school this weekend as the program hosts Pearl River Community College (PRCC) on Saturday (Oct. 26) in a scrimmage at 1 p.m. on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

Admission is free with the gates officially opening at 12 p.m. As a special note, no outside food or drink is allowed as concessions will be open for all fans in attendance and the clear bag policy is in effect.

The NCAA started in 2018 to allow Division I baseball teams to play two fall scrimmages against outside opponents without counting it against the spring schedule.

The 16-inning scrimmage is scheduled for first pitch at 1 p.m. on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium against the Wildcats. PRCC is based in Poplarville, Mississippi. The school has won 45+ games in each of the last three seasons including a run to win the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Championship in 2022. In 2024, the program set a new school record with 49 wins while accumulating a 25-3 record in the Mississippi Association of Community College Conference (MACCC). PRCC also set a new school record last season with a run of 29 consecutive victories.

Tulane is also scheduled to host the team's second scrimmage of the fall against Nicholls on Saturday, Nov. 2, also at 1 p.m. with gates officially opening at 12 p.m. The Green Wave went 3-0 against Nicholls last season including eliminating the Colonels in the 2024 Corvalis Regional.

On Thursday, Nov. 21, Tulane begins the 2024 Fall Ball World Series also on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. The Fall World Series ends on Sunday, Nov. 23.

2024 Tulane Baseball Remaining Week Two Scrimmage Schedule
Friday – Oct. 25 – 4:30 p.m. (6 innings) - Intersquad
Saturday – Oct. 26 – 1 p.m. (16 innings) – Exhibition vs. Pearl River Community College

2024 Tulane Baseball Fall Schedule
Oct. 26 – Fall Exhibition vs. Pearl River Community College – 1 p.m.
Nov. 2 – Fall Exhibition vs. Nicholls – 1 p.m.
Nov. 21 – Fall World Series – Game 1
Nov. 22 – Fall World Series – Game 2
Nov. 23 – Fall World Series – Game 3

Tulane brings back 22 players this season in Carter Benbrook (P), James Agabedis III (INF), Gavin Schulz (INF/OF), Brock Slaton (OF), Connor Rasmussen (INF), Matthias Haas (INF/OF), Michael Lombardi (P/INF), William Good (C/INF), Jackson Linn (OF), Tayler Montiel (P), Alex Ainsworth (P), Will Clements (P), Gavin Smith (P), Luc Fladda (P), Tracy Mitchem (1B/OF), Henry Shuffler (P), Jacob Moore (P), Logan Hurd (P), Jack Bussard (P), Blaise Wilcenski (P), Wes Burton (P) and Trey Cehajic (P). The program also welcomed in 22 newcomers in Kaikea Harrison (INF), Drew Harrison (P), Dominic Pieto (P), Theo Bryant IV (OF), Boots Landry (1B), Tanner Chun (OF), Mikey Valdivia (INF), Garrett Payne (P), Julius Ejike-Charles (OF/LHP), Andrew McKenna (C), Hugh Pinkney (C), J.D. Rodriguez (P), Nate Johnson (INF), Kross Howarth (P), John-Paul Sauer (P), Nick Diehl (1B), Michael Devenney (P), Giancarlo Arencibia (P), Grant Wilson (OF), Grayson Smith (P) and Aaron Babaev (OF).

Tulane's baseball team went 36-26 during the 2024 season, rolled to the team's second straight AAC Championship and earned a post-season berth to the NCAA Regionals for the second consecutive campaign under the watchful eye of head coach Jay Uhlman. The program defeated Nicholls 3-0 in the regionals for the first NCAA shutout since 2005 over Rice in the Super Regionals. The victory was the first for the program in the NCAA Tournament since 2016 when the team defeated Utah by a 4-1 score. The program saw four of its players drafted in the 2024 MLB Draft in Chandler Welch, Colin Tuft, Brady Marget and Teo Banks. Tulane has now totaled 135 all-time draft choices including 18 since 2019.

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