
Baseball Loses 9-5 Road Game to Lamar
Apr 7, 2026 | Baseball
Jude Abbadessa (2-2) gave up a pair of hits, a run, a walk, and a strikeout in his 0.1 of an inning in taking the relief loss. LuisPablo Navarro started for the Green Wave and allowed three runs (two earned) with two walks and two strikeouts in 2.1 innings. Jack Brafa was the first man in out of the bullpen. He allowed a run on three hits in 1.1 innings worked. Tom Vincent surrendered a run without allowing a hit in 2.0 innings. Beau Sampson allowed two runs in his 0.1 of an inning with three walks and a strikeout. Sam Larson threw 0.2 of an inning with a strikeout. Jacob Moore allowed a run without giving up a hit with two strikeouts in throwing the eighth inning.
Ethan Oceguera (3-1) earned the win with 2.1 scoreless inning of relief.
Jason Wachs led the offensive attack with two hits, two RBIs, and a run scored. Nate Johnson crossed the plate twice with a hit and a walk. Hugh Pinkney totaled an RBI. Tye Wood picked up a run and a hit plus a walk. Matthias Haas had a hit. James Agabedis totaled an RBI. Tanner Chun was hit by a pitch and walked plus scored a run. Kaikea Harrison doubled for his hit.
Lamar scored first with an unearned run in the opening frame as a Tulane fielding error allowed the Cardinals' Beau Durbin to score.
The Green Wave tied the game at one on a squeeze bunt from Agabedis to score a charging Wood from third in the second inning.
Tulane grabbed the lead in the third with the two runs, 3-1. The first run came in on the throwing error from the Lamar catcher off the Liolios sacrifice bunt. The second run scored on a sacrifice fly by Pinkney.
Lamar took the lead back in the bottom of the frame, 4-3, on Hector Rodriguez's single to the gap. a Jake Wagnor RBI base hit and a sacrifice fly from Brayden Evans.
The back-and-forth continued in the fourth as Tulane took the lead back, 5-4, on a Wachs' bloop double.
The Cardinals took the lead with two runs in the sixth inning on A.J. Taylor's RBI single followed later in the frame by a wild pitch to score Taylor from third.
Lamar added two insurance tallies, 8-5, to the advantage in the seventh on a Durbin ground out and a wild pitch.
The Cardinals tacked on another run via the wild pitch in the eighth, 9-5, in what would be the final score. It was the third straight inning that the team scored a run on a wild pitch.
Next, Tulane returns home to host East Carolina (22-12-2, 6-3 American) from April 10-13 on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. Game times are 6:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 1 p.m.
Notable
Jason Wachs extended his on-base streak to 60 games from the end of last season and the first 34 games this year with two hits and a walk against Lamar… The Green Wave are now 13-8 in games that Hugh Pinkney starts behind the plate…The program is 3-2 when Nate Johnson's bats in the second spot in the lineup…The dropped Tulane to 6-11 in true road games this season.
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.
---TulaneGreenWave.com---
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Oceguera, Ethan (3-1)
L: Abbadessa, Jude (2-2)

Batting:
2B: Harrison, Kaikea 1 ; Haas, Matthias 1 ; Wachs, Jason 1
RBI: Agabedis, James 1 ; Wachs, Jason 2 ; Pinkney, Hugh 1
SH: Agabedis, James 1 ; Liolios, Trent 1
SF: Pinkney, Hugh 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wood, Tye 1 ; Chun, Tanner 1 ; Wachs, Jason 1 ; Johnson, Nate 2
HBP: Chun, Tanner 1

Batting:
2B: Durbin, Beau 1
RBI: Durbin, Beau 1 ; Taylor, A.J. 1 ; Sparks, Lane 1 ; Rodriguez, Hector 1 ; Evans, Brayden 1
SH: Tracy, Tab 1
SF: Evans, Brayden 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wagoner, Jake 1 ; Durbin, Beau 1 ; Taylor, A.J. 2 ; Rodriguez, Hector 1 ; Evans, Brayden 1 ; Tracy, Tab 1 ; Kummer, Theo 1 ; Sunday, Ayden 1
SB: Taylor, A.J. 1 ; Sparks, Lane 1 ; Tracy, Tab 1
HBP: Tracy, Tab 1


















