Baseball Loses 8-6 in Extra Innings in Series Opener to Creighton

Friday, March 13

New Orleans, LA

6:30 p.m.

Tulane University

9-9

Creighton

6-8

Creighton University

Tulane

Baseball Loses 8-6 in Extra Innings in Series Opener to Creighton

Mar 14, 2026 | Baseball

Box Score

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane baseball team (9-9), after falling behind 6-0 in the first inning, stormed all the way back to tie the game up in the bottom of the ninth before falling in extra innings to Creighton University (6-8) on Friday night, March 13, on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

Trey Cehajic started for Tulane and surrendered six runs in 0.2 of an inning. The team's first six relievers were up to task in keeping the Bluejays off the scoreboard all the way into the 12th inning. Jake Toporek (0-1) was tagged with the loss after surrendering a two-run home run in the 12th. LuisPablo Navarro began the strong relief work with 3.1 scoreless with four strikeouts. Jacob Moore had a scoreless frame with two strikeouts. Caden Tarango threw 0.2 without being scored upon. Julius Ejike-Charles allowed just one hit in his 1.1 innings. Jude Abbadessa threw a pair of innings with three strikeouts. Sam Larson pitched the 10th and the 11th inning with four strikeouts. Toporek finished the game allowing two runs on a pair of hits and a walk but also striking out three.

Tanner Chun led the offensive attack with three hits and two RBIs plus a walk and a run scored. Jason Wachs drew a pair of walks and scored a run. Nolan Nawrocki drove in three runs and scored a run. He also hit his first home run of the season. Tye Wood walked twice, had a hit and drove in a run. Bryson Ayala tallied a hit; Hugh Pinkney totaled a pair of hits. Nate Johnson walked as did James Agabedis.

The win was earned by Jakob Ruhl (1-1). Ruhl struck out two in two innings.

Tulane's offense went 1-for-14 with runners in scoring position and stranded 12 runners while also totaling 10 hits and eight walks.

The team's pitching staff allowed just two runs after a rocky first inning while recording 17 total strikeouts.

Creighton scored first with six runs in the opening inning on a two-run Ben North single, an RBI ground out from Connor Capece, a run-scoring single from Lew Rice, and a two-run base hit from Chris Baillargeon.

The Green Wave answered with a pair of runs in their half of the opening frame, 6-2, on a fielder's choice by Nawrocki and a sacrifice fly from Wood.

Nawrocki brought Tulane to within two, 6-4, with his two-run home run in the sixth inning.

Tulane finally caught up and tied the score in the ninth on the two-run double by Chun.

Nate McHugh untied the game in the 12th with a two-run home run to put the Bluejays up 8-6 in what would be the final score.

Next, Tulane plays the second game of the series against the Bluejays on Saturday, March 14, starting at 2 p.m.

Notables
Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to 44 games from the end of last season and the first 18 games this year with a walk against Creighton…The 44 games is a career high…The loss was the first time that the Green Wave have had a losing streak longer than two games on the season… The game marked the ninth time this season that Tulane's pitching staff has reached double digits in strikeouts (17)…The extra inning game was the first for the program since the team played 10 innings against Charlotte in the final game of the 2024 regular season (5/17/24)…The 12 innings played was the most innings for the team since 2020 when they team played 13 against Cal State Fullerton (2/23/20)…The 17 strikeouts recorded by the Tulane pitching staff is tied for seventh-most in a single game in school history…Nolan Nawrocki's home run was his first in a Tulane uniform…Bryson Ayala's single was the second base hit of his career.

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