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Photo by: Parker Waters
Baseball Falls 6-3 To Eastern Kentucky on Saturday
Feb 28, 2026 | Baseball
NEW ORLEANS -Â The Tulane baseball team (7-4) lost a 6-3 contest to Eastern Kentucky (3-7) on Saturday, Feb. 28, on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium to see the series evened at a game apiece. The team's pitching staff kept the squad in the game despite 12 walks by stranding 16 total runners.
Beau Sampson (0-2) started for Tulane and surrendered three runs on three hits and three walks with three strikeouts in 1.1 innings thrown. Blaise Wilcenski went the next 1.2 and allowed two runs (one earned). He also walked three. JD Rodriguez pitched effectively in 2.1 innings of relief. He allowed just one hit plus two walks with four strikeouts. Jake Toporek went the next 1.2 innings with two hits allowed and one unearned run. He also walked a pair and struck out two. LuisPablo Navarro went 1.1 innings with one hit and an unearned run allowed along with two walks. Julius Ejike-Charles thew the final 0.2 of a frame to close things out for the Green Wave.
Kaikea Harrison led the offense with two hits and an RBI. Tanner Chun had a hit, an RBI and a run scored. Nate Johnson totaled a pair of hits and an RBI. Matthias Haas picked up a hit. Trent Liolios came off the bench to record a hit and a run scored. Jason Wachs, Hugh Pinkney, Nolan Nawrocki and Johnny Elliott all drew a walk.
The win was earned by EKU's Jacob Price (1-1). Price went seven innings strong with eight hits and three runs allowed. He struck out six without walking a man. The save was earned by Jack Bell with 1.1 scoreless innings of relief.
EKU started the scoring with a solo home run from Dylan Littlefield in the opening inning. Later in the frame, the Colonels added a second run on a bases loaded hit by pitch by Silas Shaffer.
Tulane cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the frame on a Chun sacrifice fly to score Harrison. Harrison started the game with a double and moved to third on a Wood bunt single.
The Colonels got the run back, 3-1, with a bases loaded walk from Khaleel Pratt in the second inning.
EKU added two more to the advantage in the third inning, 5-1, on an RBI ground out from Moreno and a Littlefield sacrifice fly.
The Green Wave cut into the deficit by a tally, 5-2, on Nate Johnson's base hit through the right side in the bottom of the frame.
The Colonels added an insurance run in the seventh, 6-2, on a sacrifice fly from Littlefield.
The bottom of the frame saw Tulane again draw to within three, 6-3, on Harrison's single in what would ultimately be the final margin.
Next, Tulane plays the rubber game of the series against Eastern Kentucky on Sunday, March 1, starting at 12:30 p.m.
Notables
Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to 37 games from the end of last season and the first 11 games this year with a walk today against Eastern Kentucky…The 37 games is a career high…Tye Wood has now reached base safely in all 11 games this season…The loss was the first time that Tulane has fallen in game when Hugh Pinkney started behind the plate. Â
TICKETS
Tickets for the baseball season and the upcoming football and volleyball campaigns can be purchased by calling 504-861-WAVE (9283), logging on to TulaneTix.com or visiting the ticket office at the James W. Wilson Jr. Center.
GREEN WAVE CLUB
Giving to the Green Wave Club provides Tulane Athletics with the resources student‑athletes need to excel in competition and in the classroom. Your support directly improves the lives of current and future Green Wave student‑athletes and enhances Tulane's competitiveness in intercollegiate athletics. Make a gift today by calling (504) 865‑5356, emailing greenwaveclub@tulane.edu, or visiting GreenWaveClub.com.
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Beau Sampson (0-2) started for Tulane and surrendered three runs on three hits and three walks with three strikeouts in 1.1 innings thrown. Blaise Wilcenski went the next 1.2 and allowed two runs (one earned). He also walked three. JD Rodriguez pitched effectively in 2.1 innings of relief. He allowed just one hit plus two walks with four strikeouts. Jake Toporek went the next 1.2 innings with two hits allowed and one unearned run. He also walked a pair and struck out two. LuisPablo Navarro went 1.1 innings with one hit and an unearned run allowed along with two walks. Julius Ejike-Charles thew the final 0.2 of a frame to close things out for the Green Wave.
Kaikea Harrison led the offense with two hits and an RBI. Tanner Chun had a hit, an RBI and a run scored. Nate Johnson totaled a pair of hits and an RBI. Matthias Haas picked up a hit. Trent Liolios came off the bench to record a hit and a run scored. Jason Wachs, Hugh Pinkney, Nolan Nawrocki and Johnny Elliott all drew a walk.
The win was earned by EKU's Jacob Price (1-1). Price went seven innings strong with eight hits and three runs allowed. He struck out six without walking a man. The save was earned by Jack Bell with 1.1 scoreless innings of relief.
EKU started the scoring with a solo home run from Dylan Littlefield in the opening inning. Later in the frame, the Colonels added a second run on a bases loaded hit by pitch by Silas Shaffer.
Tulane cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the frame on a Chun sacrifice fly to score Harrison. Harrison started the game with a double and moved to third on a Wood bunt single.
The Colonels got the run back, 3-1, with a bases loaded walk from Khaleel Pratt in the second inning.
EKU added two more to the advantage in the third inning, 5-1, on an RBI ground out from Moreno and a Littlefield sacrifice fly.
The Green Wave cut into the deficit by a tally, 5-2, on Nate Johnson's base hit through the right side in the bottom of the frame.
The Colonels added an insurance run in the seventh, 6-2, on a sacrifice fly from Littlefield.
The bottom of the frame saw Tulane again draw to within three, 6-3, on Harrison's single in what would ultimately be the final margin.
Next, Tulane plays the rubber game of the series against Eastern Kentucky on Sunday, March 1, starting at 12:30 p.m.
Notables
Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to 37 games from the end of last season and the first 11 games this year with a walk today against Eastern Kentucky…The 37 games is a career high…Tye Wood has now reached base safely in all 11 games this season…The loss was the first time that Tulane has fallen in game when Hugh Pinkney started behind the plate. Â
TICKETS
Tickets for the baseball season and the upcoming football and volleyball campaigns can be purchased by calling 504-861-WAVE (9283), logging on to TulaneTix.com or visiting the ticket office at the James W. Wilson Jr. Center.
GREEN WAVE CLUB
Giving to the Green Wave Club provides Tulane Athletics with the resources student‑athletes need to excel in competition and in the classroom. Your support directly improves the lives of current and future Green Wave student‑athletes and enhances Tulane's competitiveness in intercollegiate athletics. Make a gift today by calling (504) 865‑5356, emailing greenwaveclub@tulane.edu, or visiting GreenWaveClub.com.
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Team Stats
Batting:
2B: Douglas, Jay 1
HR: Littlefield, Dylan 1
RBI: Moreno, Pedro 1 ; Phillips, Tyler 1 ; Littlefield, Dylan 3 ; Pratt, Khaleel 1
SH: Benson, Kobe 1 ; Douglas, Jay 1
SF: Littlefield, Dylan 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Moreno, Pedro 1 ; Benson, Kobe 1 ; Phillips, Tyler 1 ; Littlefield, Dylan 1 ; Bittner, Carson 1 ; Alvarez, David 1
SB: Moreno, Pedro 1 ; Benson, Kobe 2
CS: Moreno, Pedro 1
HBP: Phillips, Tyler 1 ; Pratt, Khaleel 1
Batting:
2B: Harrison, Kaikea 1 ; Liolios, Trent 1
RBI: Harrison, Kaikea 1 ; Chun, Tanner 1 ; Johnson, Nate 1
SF: Chun, Tanner 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Harrison, Kaikea 1 ; Chun, Tanner 1 ; Liolios, Trent 1
SB: Wood, Tye 1
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RBI
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