Friday, May 9
Memphis, TN
6:05 p.m.
Tulane University
at
Memphis
Baseball Travels to Memphis For Conference Clash With Tigers
May 8, 2025 | Baseball
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Tulane Game Notes
New Orleans - The Tulane baseball team (27-18, 10-8 AAC), after the final midweek of the season against UNO was canceled due to severe weather, goes on the road for the final time during the regular season with a trip to take on Memphis (20-28, 7-14 AAC) for a three-game conference set from May 9-11. The game times are 6:05 p.m. on Friday, May 9, 2:05 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, and 1:05 p.m. on Sunday, May 11 at FedEx Park Avron Fogelman Field.
Media
The series will be streamed on ESPN+. The Voice of the Green Wave, Corey Gloor, will call the action on the Tulane Sports Network from Learfield on 88.3 WRBH/Varsity Network. Airtime for radio is 15 minutes before first pitch.
Pitching Matchup
Tulane is slated to start lefty Luc Fladda in the opener on Friday evening against the Tigers. Fladda has been the team's series opening starter in each of the first 12 weekends of the season. He is 3-5 on the campaign with 55 strikeouts in 61.2 innings worked and only nine walks. He had worked at least seven innings in four starts this year (vs. Pepperdine – 2/28, vs. Xavier – 3/14, vs. UAB – 4/11 and vs. ECU – 4/25). The 6-1 lefthander went 5-3 last year in his first season as a member of the Green Wave, sporting an earned run average of 4.77 with 61 strikeouts and 21 walks in 83 innings.
On Saturday, in the second game of the series, Tulane starts 6-8 righty Trey Cehajic. Cehajic is 4-2 on the year with a 5.24 ERA with 43 strikeouts in 46.1 innings pitched. He worked as the team's Sunday starter in each of the first two weekends but has been the regular second game weekend hurler since then. His best starting performance of the season came against North Dakota State as he worked a career-high six innings against the Bison in limiting them to two runs. Cehajic hails from Shreveport, Louisiana and is in his second year with the program. As a junior he worked exclusively out of the bullpen in his 19 appearances. He placed second on the team with four saves while totaling 15 strikeouts in 27.1 innings thrown and a 0-2 record.
The Sunday starter for Tulane is to be determined at this point depending on the results and bullpen usage in the two earlier games of the series.
Memphis is starting Seth Garner on Friday. Garner is 3-6 on the season with a 4.11 ERA. This will be his 13th start of the season. He leads the club with his 65.2 innings worked. Garner has also recorded 39 strikeouts and only walked 17. David Chase will be the starting pitcher on Saturday for the Tigers. Chase, a lefty, is 1-6 on the year with 56 strikeouts in 48.1 innings worked. Memphis, just like Tulane, will determine the team's Sunday starter following Saturday's game.
Scouting Memphis
The Tigers come in hot having won four in a row after an 11-1 run-shortened game victory on Wednesday over Mississippi Valley State and sweeping conference rival UAB over the weekend. Shane Cox has been the top hitter with a .280 batting average, 29 runs, 46 hits, 10 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 28 RBIs. Justin Fogel sports a .278 batting average with 15 runs, 27 hits, six doubles, three home runs. Will Vasser is right behind him at .277 with 21 runs, 36 hits, two home runs and 20 RBIs. Chase Nixon leads the club in RBIs (31), doubles (12) and walks (25). Davis Oswalt has been the top reliever with a 3-0 record, a 3.03 ERA plus 32 strikeouts in 32.2 innings worked. Will Howell has also been impressive out of the bullpen with a 1-1 mark and 28 strikeouts in 23 innings pitched. The Tigers are coached by former Southeastern Louisiana head coach and former Tulane assistant Matt Riser. Riser is in his second year in charge and sports a 43-60 mark. Overall, he is 363-284 in 12 seasons as a head coach.
Series History
This will be the 125th – 127th all-time meetings between the teams in a series that began in 1976. Tulane leads the series by a 74-50 mark. Last year Memphis took 2-out-3 from Tulane in New Orleans. The Tigers have won six of the last nine games against the Green Wave following the Tulane sweep of the four-game set in 2021.
Last Time Out
The Tulane baseball team (28-20, 11-10 AAC) won the third game of the series over visiting Florida Atlantic (31-16, 12-9 AAC) by a 6-4 score on Sunday, May 4, on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
Blaise Wilcenski (5-3) started and went the first 4.1 innings to earn the win in a pre-determined pitch count. He allowed four hits and one walk with four strikeouts. Carter Benbrook took over in the fifth and threw 2.2 innings with four runs allowed (three earned) and two strikeouts. Julius Ejike-Charles was unable to retire man in allowing a walk and a hit. Jacob Moore closed the game out with two scoreless innings with two strikeouts.
Theo Bryant IV had two hits and two RBIs plus a run scored. Kaikea Harrison tallied a three hit performance with a run scored. James Agabedis III had a hit, a walk, a run scored and an RBI. Tanner Chun totaled a hit and a run scored plus a walk. Hugh Pinkney had a pair of hits. Matthias Haas had a hit and a walk. Gavin Schulz scored a run and had a walk. Connor Rasmussen drove in a run. Jason Wachs reached base safely four times with a hit and three walks plus scored a run. Â
Notables from the FAU Series
The win by Blaise Wilcenski in the third game of the series (5/4) was his team leading fifth of the season. Theo Bryant IV has now hit all four of his home runs this season in conference games. He is hitting .342 in league-only games this season. Jacob Moore's save in the third game (5/4) was his first of the season and the seventh of his career. He is now five saves from moving into the top-10 in career saves at Tulane. Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to a career-high 16 games with hits in all three games. In that period of time, Wachs is hitting .408 with 19 runs, 20 hits, eight doubles and 13 walks plus an on-base percentage of .523. The grand slam hit by Gavin Schulz in the first game on Friday (5/2) was the team's sixth of the season by six different players (1 for Connor Rasmussen vs. Nicholls – 3/11, 1 for Jackson Linn vs. Wichita State – 3/22, 1 for Tanner Chun vs. UNO – 3/25, 1 for Hugh Pinkney vs. Rice – 4/4, 1 for Michael Lombardi vs ECU – 4/25 and 1 for Schulz vs. FAU – 5/2). Schulz's five RBIs in the first game were a new career high. Tracy Mitchem recorded his first hit of the season with his pinch hit single in the second game (5/3). The Green Wave improved the team's record to 6-2 in two-run games this season with a victory in the series finale against FAU (5/4). Tulane's 21 home wins this year are the most for the program since the 2019 season (22). The Green Wave improved their record to 9-3 in the final game of a three-game series this year. Tulane's record is now 5-3 all-time against Florida Atlantic with all eight games being played the last two years. The series loss for the program against the Owls was the first for the team in a home weekend series this season and ended the streak of eight consecutive home series victories dating back to the end of last year. The second game on Saturday (5/3) was the first time that Tulane has lost a game when leading after seven innings this year.
Next
Following the Memphis series, Tulane has the team's final home regular season series of the season and welcomes in Charlotte (28-20, 12-9 AAC) for the three-game set from May 15-17. The game times are 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
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Tulane Game Notes
New Orleans - The Tulane baseball team (27-18, 10-8 AAC), after the final midweek of the season against UNO was canceled due to severe weather, goes on the road for the final time during the regular season with a trip to take on Memphis (20-28, 7-14 AAC) for a three-game conference set from May 9-11. The game times are 6:05 p.m. on Friday, May 9, 2:05 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, and 1:05 p.m. on Sunday, May 11 at FedEx Park Avron Fogelman Field.
Media
The series will be streamed on ESPN+. The Voice of the Green Wave, Corey Gloor, will call the action on the Tulane Sports Network from Learfield on 88.3 WRBH/Varsity Network. Airtime for radio is 15 minutes before first pitch.
Pitching Matchup
Tulane is slated to start lefty Luc Fladda in the opener on Friday evening against the Tigers. Fladda has been the team's series opening starter in each of the first 12 weekends of the season. He is 3-5 on the campaign with 55 strikeouts in 61.2 innings worked and only nine walks. He had worked at least seven innings in four starts this year (vs. Pepperdine – 2/28, vs. Xavier – 3/14, vs. UAB – 4/11 and vs. ECU – 4/25). The 6-1 lefthander went 5-3 last year in his first season as a member of the Green Wave, sporting an earned run average of 4.77 with 61 strikeouts and 21 walks in 83 innings.
On Saturday, in the second game of the series, Tulane starts 6-8 righty Trey Cehajic. Cehajic is 4-2 on the year with a 5.24 ERA with 43 strikeouts in 46.1 innings pitched. He worked as the team's Sunday starter in each of the first two weekends but has been the regular second game weekend hurler since then. His best starting performance of the season came against North Dakota State as he worked a career-high six innings against the Bison in limiting them to two runs. Cehajic hails from Shreveport, Louisiana and is in his second year with the program. As a junior he worked exclusively out of the bullpen in his 19 appearances. He placed second on the team with four saves while totaling 15 strikeouts in 27.1 innings thrown and a 0-2 record.
The Sunday starter for Tulane is to be determined at this point depending on the results and bullpen usage in the two earlier games of the series.
Memphis is starting Seth Garner on Friday. Garner is 3-6 on the season with a 4.11 ERA. This will be his 13th start of the season. He leads the club with his 65.2 innings worked. Garner has also recorded 39 strikeouts and only walked 17. David Chase will be the starting pitcher on Saturday for the Tigers. Chase, a lefty, is 1-6 on the year with 56 strikeouts in 48.1 innings worked. Memphis, just like Tulane, will determine the team's Sunday starter following Saturday's game.
Scouting Memphis
The Tigers come in hot having won four in a row after an 11-1 run-shortened game victory on Wednesday over Mississippi Valley State and sweeping conference rival UAB over the weekend. Shane Cox has been the top hitter with a .280 batting average, 29 runs, 46 hits, 10 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 28 RBIs. Justin Fogel sports a .278 batting average with 15 runs, 27 hits, six doubles, three home runs. Will Vasser is right behind him at .277 with 21 runs, 36 hits, two home runs and 20 RBIs. Chase Nixon leads the club in RBIs (31), doubles (12) and walks (25). Davis Oswalt has been the top reliever with a 3-0 record, a 3.03 ERA plus 32 strikeouts in 32.2 innings worked. Will Howell has also been impressive out of the bullpen with a 1-1 mark and 28 strikeouts in 23 innings pitched. The Tigers are coached by former Southeastern Louisiana head coach and former Tulane assistant Matt Riser. Riser is in his second year in charge and sports a 43-60 mark. Overall, he is 363-284 in 12 seasons as a head coach.
Series History
This will be the 125th – 127th all-time meetings between the teams in a series that began in 1976. Tulane leads the series by a 74-50 mark. Last year Memphis took 2-out-3 from Tulane in New Orleans. The Tigers have won six of the last nine games against the Green Wave following the Tulane sweep of the four-game set in 2021.
Last Time Out
The Tulane baseball team (28-20, 11-10 AAC) won the third game of the series over visiting Florida Atlantic (31-16, 12-9 AAC) by a 6-4 score on Sunday, May 4, on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
Blaise Wilcenski (5-3) started and went the first 4.1 innings to earn the win in a pre-determined pitch count. He allowed four hits and one walk with four strikeouts. Carter Benbrook took over in the fifth and threw 2.2 innings with four runs allowed (three earned) and two strikeouts. Julius Ejike-Charles was unable to retire man in allowing a walk and a hit. Jacob Moore closed the game out with two scoreless innings with two strikeouts.
Theo Bryant IV had two hits and two RBIs plus a run scored. Kaikea Harrison tallied a three hit performance with a run scored. James Agabedis III had a hit, a walk, a run scored and an RBI. Tanner Chun totaled a hit and a run scored plus a walk. Hugh Pinkney had a pair of hits. Matthias Haas had a hit and a walk. Gavin Schulz scored a run and had a walk. Connor Rasmussen drove in a run. Jason Wachs reached base safely four times with a hit and three walks plus scored a run. Â
Notables from the FAU Series
The win by Blaise Wilcenski in the third game of the series (5/4) was his team leading fifth of the season. Theo Bryant IV has now hit all four of his home runs this season in conference games. He is hitting .342 in league-only games this season. Jacob Moore's save in the third game (5/4) was his first of the season and the seventh of his career. He is now five saves from moving into the top-10 in career saves at Tulane. Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to a career-high 16 games with hits in all three games. In that period of time, Wachs is hitting .408 with 19 runs, 20 hits, eight doubles and 13 walks plus an on-base percentage of .523. The grand slam hit by Gavin Schulz in the first game on Friday (5/2) was the team's sixth of the season by six different players (1 for Connor Rasmussen vs. Nicholls – 3/11, 1 for Jackson Linn vs. Wichita State – 3/22, 1 for Tanner Chun vs. UNO – 3/25, 1 for Hugh Pinkney vs. Rice – 4/4, 1 for Michael Lombardi vs ECU – 4/25 and 1 for Schulz vs. FAU – 5/2). Schulz's five RBIs in the first game were a new career high. Tracy Mitchem recorded his first hit of the season with his pinch hit single in the second game (5/3). The Green Wave improved the team's record to 6-2 in two-run games this season with a victory in the series finale against FAU (5/4). Tulane's 21 home wins this year are the most for the program since the 2019 season (22). The Green Wave improved their record to 9-3 in the final game of a three-game series this year. Tulane's record is now 5-3 all-time against Florida Atlantic with all eight games being played the last two years. The series loss for the program against the Owls was the first for the team in a home weekend series this season and ended the streak of eight consecutive home series victories dating back to the end of last year. The second game on Saturday (5/3) was the first time that Tulane has lost a game when leading after seven innings this year.
Next
Following the Memphis series, Tulane has the team's final home regular season series of the season and welcomes in Charlotte (28-20, 12-9 AAC) for the three-game set from May 15-17. The game times are 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m. on Saturday on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
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