Baseball Wins Series With 7-2 Sunday Road Victory Over ECU

Sunday, April 27

Greenville, NC

12 p.m.

Tulane University

26-18, 10-8

East Carolina

25-19, 10-8

Tulane

East Carolina

Baseball Wins Series With 7-2 Sunday Road Victory Over ECU

Apr 27, 2025 | Baseball

Box Score

GREENVILLE, NC – The Tulane baseball team (26-18, 10-8 AAC) won the weekend conference series with a 7-2 road victory over East Carolina (25-19, 10-8 AAC) on Sunday afternoon, April 27, at Clark-LeClair Stadium

Michael Lombardi got the start for Tulane and went the first 4.1 innings with one run allowed on four walks and three hits with five strikeouts. It was his third start of the season after 15 relief appearances and nine saves. Carter Benbrook (2-0) was the team's first reliever used. He quickly got out of two on one-out jam in the fifth inning and ended his day throwing 2.2 scoreless to earn his second win of the season. Will Clements was the team's third pitcher out of the bullpen. He threw the eighth and started the ninth before giving way to Tayler Montiel. Clements allowed a run on three hits and a walk. Montiel got the last three outs with one strikeout in the ninth to close it out.

Tanner Chun helped lead the offense with a pair of RBIs on a two-run home run. Connor Rasmussen had a pair of hits including a two-run home run to go along with three RBIs and two runs scored. Jason Wachs had a hit and a run scored. Hugh Pinkney picked up two hits and a run. James Agabedis III totaled a hit and a run scored. Gavin Schulz had a base hit and a run scored. Kaikea Harrison had the team's other hit.

The loss was taken by Sean Jenkins (3-4) as he allowed three runs in four innings pitched.

The Green Wave scored first for the third straight game in the series as Rasmussen hit a sacrifice fly in the top of the opening inning.

The top of the second inning saw Pinkney scamper home with the team's second run on a pass ball. He started the inning with a leadoff double and then moved to third on a fly out.

The Pirates cut the deficit in half, 2-1, in the fourth inning on Jack Herring's home run.

Tulane got the run back in the top of the fifth, 3-1, as Agabedis hustled in from third on a wild.

The Green Wave added a pair of runs to the advantage, 5-1, in the sixth inning on Chun's two-run home run.

Tulane finished off the team's scoring with two more runs in the eighth, 7-1, on Rasmussen's opposite field home run.

The Pirates scored the team's second run in the ninth on a ground out by Braden Burress.

Next, Tulane returns home to host Nicholls (15-26) on Tuesday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium

Notables
Tulane has now won six of the last seven games from ECU and improved the team's record to 19-20 all-time in Greenville…Jason Wachs extended his hitting streak to a career-high nine straight games with his base hit…The multiple RBI game was the ninth of the season for Connor Rasmussen…Tanner Chun has hit five of his team-leading eight home runs this season against conference foes…Tulane improved the team's record to 8-3 in the third game of a weekend series...The series victory over ECU in Greenville was the first for the program since 2012.

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