Baseball Continues Road Swing and Heads To Texas

Tuesday, April 7

Beaumont, TX

6:05 p.m.

Tulane University

Lamar

Photo by: Parker Waters

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TULANE GAME NOTES

NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane baseball team (17-16, 4-5 American), after taking two of three road games in the weekend series against conference rival Wichita State, keeps the road swing going and takes on Lamar (17-15) in Beaumont, Texas in a non-conference contest on April 7 at Vincent-Beck Stadium starting at 6:05 p.m.

Media
The game against Lamar will be broadcasted on ESPN +. The Voice of the Green Wave, Corey Gloor, will call the action on the Tulane Sports Network from Learfield on WRBH 88.3 FM/ Varsity Network on Tuesday. Airtime for the radio/stream for the game is 15 minutes before first pitch.

Pitching Matchup
Neither team has announced a starting pitcher for the non-conference midweek contest.

Scouting Lamar
Lamar arrives at the midweek game on a four-game losing streak after games to TCU last Tuesday, 8-6, and then all three of the weekend series to No. 6 Oregon State at home by scores of 2-0, 8-0 and 10-3.

Tab Tracy leads the team with his .333 batting average, 41 hits and 13 stolen bases.

Beau Durbin is hitting .284 with 27 runs, 38 hits, four home runs, and 27 RBIs.

Fabian Ramirez has been the top reliever with a 1.50 ERA plus 10 strikeouts in 12 innings pitched.

Chris Oliver is 4-1 this season with 62 strikeouts in 47.1 innings pitched plus a 1.71 ERA

Nathan Darden works at the program's closer with three saves and 18 strikeouts in 13.2 innings worked.

The team is 10-5 in the Southland Conference this season and has an overall mark of 11-8 in home games.

Will Davis coaches the program. Davis is in his 10th year with the Cardinals. He has an all-time record of 272-221

Series History
Tulane leads the all-time series with Lamar 14-7 since the first meeting in 1973 when the teams split the two game series. The Cardinals defeated Tulane by a 14-4 score in the last meeting between the schools last year (3/18/25).

Against the Southland Conference
The road game against Lamar is the fifth of seven games against a Southland Conference opponent this season for Tulane. The program went 5-4 against Southland Conference (SLC) opponents last season and have started this year's games against SLC opponents with a 3-2 mark with both losses coming on the road. The school's all-time mark is 310-168 against current schools in the SLC.

Coming In On A Streak
Jason Wachs, despite seeing his hitting streak snapped at 23 games following the opening game of the season against LMU, has still now reached base safely in 59 consecutive games dating back to the end of last season.

Who's Hot in the Last Five Games
Tye Wood is hitting .500 with four runs, eight hits, a double, two home runs, five RBIs, 15 total bases, three walks, and three stolen bases.

Jason Wachs sports a .353 batting average, three runs scored, six hits, two doubles, a home run, two RBI, 11 total bases, a .647 slugging percentage, and .542 on-base percentage.

Kaikea Harrison is hitting .292 with two runs, seven hits, and two doubles.

James Agabedis has a pair of home runs and four RBIs.

Trent Liolios has a pair of doubles, five RBIs, and four walks.

J.D. Rodriguez is 1-0 with 1.42 ERA with four strikeouts in 6.1 innings.

Jake Toporek is 1-0 with 2.25 ERA along with eight strikeouts in eight innings pitched.

LuisPablo Navarro is 1-0 with 2.25 ERA with seven strikeouts in 3.1 innings worked.

Beau Sampson has pitched in three games with six strikeouts in 5.1 innings worked.

Trends
Dating back to the end of last season, five of last eight hits that James Agabedis III has are home runs.

Jason Wachs has reached base safely in all 33 games this season

Nate Johnson is hitting .320 with three home runs and 24 RBIs in the games he starts this year.

Kaikea Harrison leads the team with 11 multiple run scored games.

Tulane sports an 13-7 record this year in games that Hugh Pinkney starts behind the plate.

The program is also 4-2 in games that Matthias Haas starts as the designated hitter.

Haas has started at four different positions this season with five games at first, eight games at third, eight games in right field, and six games as the designated hitter.

Nate Johnson has started at three different spots on the infield with seven starts at first, eight at second, and three at third. He also has batted in eight different spots in the starting lineup order (2nd - 9th).

Tye Wood (LF), Kaikea Harrison (SS) and Tanner Chun (CF) are the only three players on the team to start all the team's games at the same position all season long.

Nate Johnson leads the club with 11 two-out RBIs.

Trent Liolios is batting .750 (3-for-4) with the bases loaded.

The Green Wave are 5-1 in games that Jack Frankel starts on the mound.

Nolan Nawrocki, Brett Rowell, James Agabedis, and Matthias Haas have the team's only successful pinch hits on the year. On the flip side, the team's pitching staff has limited opponents to 3-for-22 (.136) in pinch-hitting opportunities.

After leading the American Conference last season with 131 doubles as team, Tulane is again among the leaders this season and are currently the league leader in two-baggers with 73 in the first 33 games.

The Green Wave lead the conference in walks (192) and in sacrifice bunts (23). The program is third in stolen bases (50) and sacrifice flies (18)

Tulane is third in hit by pitches (47) and ERA (4.79). The team is fifth in double plays (23) and sixth in fielding percentage (.974)

The program's pitching is averaging an impressive 9.4 strikeouts per game to place fourth in the American Conference. Tulane ranked second in the league in strikeouts a year ago with an average of 9.75 per contest.

The Tulane pitching staff has recorded 13 games with double figure strikeout totals this season.

The program is fourth in shutouts (1) and strikeout to walk ratio (1.98).

Of the 23 new players on the roster this season, 19 have already made their Tulane debuts following the first 33 games of the season. The only newbies that have not appeared in a game, yet this season are RHP Max Mazinter, OF Cole Berge, OF/3B Matthew Major, and RHP Owen Geiss.

Individual Conference Leaders
Tanner Chun leads the American Conference in walks (33). He is fourth in hit by pitches (11) and sixth in doubles (10) and seventh in stolen bases (12)

Jason Wachs leads in doubles (12) and is seventh in walks (26).

Kaikea Harrison is second in doubles (11) and seventh in runs (33).

Jack Frankel leads in complete games with one.

Sam Larson is second in appearances (17) and tied for eighth in saves (2)

Jude Abbadessa is fifth in appearances (15).

J.D. Rodriguez is fifth in wins (4) and sixth in ERA (3.44).

James Agabedis leads in sacrifice bunts (5).

Trent Liolios is tied for sixth in sacrifice bunts (4) along with Tye Wood

Wood is fifth sacrifice flies (4), tied for seventh in stolen bases (12), and eighth in hit by pitches (9).

Tom Vincent is tied for eighth in saves (2).

Trey Cehajic is tied for the lead in starts (8).

Toporek Honored By the American
Jake Toporek, after helping the team win the road conference series over Wichita State over the weekend, was named to the American Conference's Weekly Honor Roll, the league office announced on April 6.

He started in conference play for the second time this season (4/2) and limited the Shockers to no runs in 5.1 innings with four strikeouts while surrendering just three hits and no walks. He also allowed just two men to get as far as second base. His start of 5.1 innings was only the sixth time, at that point, that a Tulane starting pitcher worked past the fifth inning this season. He limited

Wichita State to a .156 batting average against on the week.

This is the first time Toporek has been selected in his Tulane career. Overall, this is the sixth time that Tulane baseball has been honored weekly by the conference this season.

Notables from Wichita State Series - 4/2-4
Tulane took two of three on the road against Wichita State.

Jake Toporek's 5.1 inning performance in the series opener (4/2) was only the sixth time a Tulane starter has pitched five innings or more and only the fourth time a starter has gotten past the fifth. He was the first Tulane starter to record an out in the sixth inning since Trey Cehajic against No. 17 TCU (3/6).

Matthias Haas recorded the team's fourth successful pinch hit of the season in the first game (4/2).

The win in the first game of the three-game series was the first for the program in the last five opportunities and the first time since the team defeated Eastern Kentucky by a 5-4 margin (2/27).

Tye Wood's four hits in the series opener (4/2) were a season best for him and for the team.

Trent Liolios's three walks in the second game of the series (4/3) was his second time recording three bases on ball in a game this season (vs. Memphis – 3/20).

The 7-4 loss (4/3) 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.

J.D. Rodriguez's 6.1 inning performance in the series finale (4/4), besides being a career-high, was only the seventh time a Tulane starter has pitched five innings or more, only the fifth time a starter has gotten past the fifth and the third time a Tulane starter has thrown more than six innings. He was also the first Tulane starter to record an out in the seventh inning since Trey Cehajic against Eastern Kentucky (2/27).

Tulane improved to 12-5 this year when scoring first.

The program is 3-1 when Nate Johnson's bats in the second spot in the lineup.

The Saturday victory (4/4) improved Tulane to 6-10 in true road games this season.

James Agabedis and Jason Wachs' s home runs in the third game (4/4) were their third blasts of the season.

Tulane is 21-15 all-time against Wichita State.

Green Wave Chosen For Fourth and Has Two Named Preseason All-Conference
In a vote of the league's coaches, Tulane was picked for fourth and had two players selected as American Preseason All-Conference. The Green Wave were chosen for fourth overall with 57 points. The team also saw outfielder Jason Wachs and designated hitter Matthias Haas chosen as Preseason American All-Conference.

The 2026 Schedule
The Green Wave hosts 27 games at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium, along with one neutral-site game in Mississippi and 28 road contests in 2026. Tulane will compete across seven states, including matchups in California, Alabama, Texas, Mississippi, Kansas, Florida, and North Carolina. Notable opponents include seven teams that participated in the 2025 NCAA Tournament: Southern Miss (2 games), UTSA (3), Creighton (3), East Carolina (3), TCU (3), Mississippi State (1), UCLA (1), and LSU (1).

The 2026 Schedule - Part Two
Tulane is playing games against five teams this season that are ranked in the USA Today's Preseason Coaches' Poll in No. 1 LSU, No. 2 UCLA, No. 6 Mississippi State, No. 10 TCU, and No. 20 Southern Miss.

Uncommon Road Start
Tulane's start on the road this season is the first for the program since 2023 and only the 11th time since 1979 the program has not started the season with games in New Orleans (1979, 1980, 1982, 1993, 2002, 2006, 2013, 2015, 2023, and 2026)

A Brotherly Connection
Tulane has a pair of brothers on the 2026 roster in sophomore infielder Nate Johnson and graduate student infielder Jake Johnson. The two are Tulane's first set of brothers on a team since 2017 when twins Paul Gozzo, a catcher, and Sal Gozzo, an infielder, were playing for the Green Wave. The 2016 team also had brothers on the squad in Ross Massey, a left-handed pitcher, and Alex Massey, a right-handed pitcher.

Who is Back?
The Green Wave return 14 players from the 2025 squad that a made a run to the 2025 American Championship Game for the third straight season this season in James Agabedis (infielder), Kaikea Harrison (infielder), Matthias Haas (infielder/outfielder), Tanner Chun (outfielder), Julius Ejike-Charles (left-handed pitcher/outfielder), Jason Wachs (outfielder), Hugh Pinkney (catcher), J.D. Rodriguez (right-handed pitcher), Nate Johnson (infielder), Will Clements (right-handed pitcher), Michael Devenney (right-handed pitcher), Jacob Moore (right-handed pitcher), Blaise Wilcenski (right handed pitcher), and Trey Cehajic (right-handed pitcher)

Inside the Numbers of the Returners
The team's 14 returning players accounted for 52.7 percent of the runs (204/387), 53 percent of the hits (287/541), 55 percent of the doubles (72/131), 58 percent of the triples (7/12), 45 percent of the home runs (23/51), 49 percent of the RBIs (178/360), 52 percent of the total bases (442/849) and 55 percent of the walks (159/287). On the mound, the club returns 48.4 percent of the wins (16/33), 53 percent of the game started (31/58), 43 percent of the innings (212/532) and 34 percent of the strikeouts (308/547).

Newcomers
Tulane added 23 new players to the roster this year. The list includes seven graduate students (Tye Wood, Brett Rowell, Trent Liolios, Jack Johnson, Jake Toporek, Tom Vincent and Aidan Rath), a senior (Nolan Nawrocki), seven juniors (Jude Abbadessa, Sam Larson, Caden Tarango, Jack Brafa, Beau Sampson, Owen Geiss, and Max Maxinter), four sophomores (AJ Groeneveld, Jack Frankel, Johnny Elliott, and LuisPablo Navarro) and four true freshmen (Bryson Ayala, Cole Berge, Evan Burg and Matthew Major).

The 2025 Season Quick Hitters
Tulane went 33-25 last season and had five American All-Conference selections on the year in Michael Lombardi (P – 1st), Connor Rasmussen (2B – 1st), Gavin Schulz (DH – 2nd), Jason Wachs (All-Freshman) and Tanner Chun (All-Freshman). The five selections are tied with the 2024 team for the most for the program since 2016 (seven).

The team also had three chosen for the league's All-Tournament Team in Schulz, Tayler Montiel and Theo Bryant IV plus a pair on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) All-State Team in Lombardi and Rasmussen.

Additionally, the program had three players selected in the 2025 MLB Draft in Lombardi (Kansas City Royals – 2nd round), Montiel (Arizona Diamondbacks – 12th round), and Rasmussen (Kansas City Royals – 15th round).

2025 Fun Stat Facts
Jason Wachs was ninth in the conference in batting average (.335) and on-base percentage (.457). Wachs and Tanner Chun were tied for 10th in the league in triples (2). Matthias Haas ranked second in the conference in doubles (21) and 26th in batting average (.303). Kaikea Harrison was tied for the conference lead in sacrifice bunts (8) and 38th in batting average (.283). Trey Cehajic and Blaise Wilcenski were tied for 10th in the league in wins (5).

Up Next
Next, Tulane returns home to host conference rival East Carolina (20-12-1, 6-3 American) from April 10-12 on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. Game times are 6:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 1 p.m.

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