Baseball Suffers 7-4 Friday Night Loss To Wichita State

Friday, April 3

Wichita, KS

6:05 p.m.

Tulane University

16-16, 3-5

Wichita State

21-11, 5-3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Tulane	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	7	0
Wichita State	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	X	7	11	1

Baseball Suffers 7-4 Friday Night Loss To Wichita State

Apr 3, 2026 | Baseball

Box Score

WICHITA, KS – The Tulane baseball team (16-16, 3-5 American) lost the middle game of the three-game series to Wichita State (21-11, 5-3 American) by a 7-4 margin on Friday night, April 3, at Eck Stadium.

Blaise Wilcenski (1-2) took the loss as he allowed two runs in his 2.1 innings with both being inherited runs that came in after he exited the game in the sixth. Trey Cehajic started for the Green Wave. He went the first 3.1 innings with four runs allowed on seven hits. LuisPablo Navarro threw 0.2 of an inning plus he struck out a pair, but he also surrendered a run of his own and two inherited runs. Jacob Moore closed the game out for Tulane in throwing the final 1.2 innings with a walk and two strikeouts.

Jason Wachs led the offense with a pair of hits and a walk. Trent Liolios drew three walks and scored a run. Kaikea Harrison registered a hit and an RBI. Nate Johnson picked up a base hit. Matthias Haas had a hit, an RBI, and a run scored. Tye Wood picked up a hit, a run scored, an RBI, and a walk. Johnny Elliott totaled a single and a walk. Tanner Chun drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.

Wichita State's Caleb Reed (5-0) earned the win with three scoreless innings in relief. Brady Pasche picked up his fifth save of the season

The Shockers scored first on Owen Washburn's solo blast in the opening frame.

The Green Wave threatened in the second inning with a pair of runners on base with one out via back-to-back walks, but could not capitalize as a ground out and a fly out ended the frame.

Tulane again put multiple runners on base in the third on an infield single and a walk but could not drive them in.

WSU capitalized with back-to-back two-out hits in the third. Jacob Gutierrez had the second of the two hits to drive in the second run of the game.

Tulane broke through and tied the score with two runs in the fourth on a sacrifice fly from Chun and the RBI double from Harrison. Originally the call on the field was that both runners on base scored, but upon review the call was reversed and the runner was ruled to have been tagged out at the plate.

The Shockers capitalized on the loss of momentum from the top of the frame and took a 4-2 lead on Jaden Gustafson's sacrifice fly followed by an RBI infield single from Alex Ulloa.

Tulane tied the score, 4-4, with two runs in the fifth on an RBI fielder's choice from Haas and an RBI ground out from Wood.

Washburn struck again and untied the game with a three-run home run in the sixth inning to give the Shockers a 7-4 advantage that they would not relinquish.

Next, Tulane plays the rubber game of the series against the Shockers on Saturday, April 4, at Eck Stadium starting at 1:05 p.m.

Notables
Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to 58 games from the end of last season and the first 32 games this year with two hits and a walk against Wichita State in the second game…The 58 games is a career high…Trent Liolios's three walks was his second time recording three bases on ball in a game this season (vs. Memphis – 3/20)…The loss dropped Tulane to 2-12 when the opponent scores in the first inning…The program is also only 3-10 when scoring 3-5 runs in a game.

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