April 26, 2008

Box Score

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -

Tulane 15, Memphis 3

Tulane (28-13-1; 8-5-1 C-USA)   110 306 220 - 15 18 1
Memphis (16-27; 4-10 C-USA)     002 000 010 -  3  5 2

For the second consecutive outing, Memphis was unable to stay with Tulane as the Green Wave raced to a 15-3 win to take the series on Saturday. Tulane used an 18-hit offensive attack and its pitcher limited Memphis to just five hits in the contest.

The game was close through five innings of play, with Tulane clinging to a 5-2 lead, but the Green Wave bats broke things open with six runs in the sixth and two more in both the seventh and eighth to take control, 15-3.

For the second consecutive game, Memphis got all of its run production from one player. Friday night it was Tyler Huelsing's grand slam that brought in all four runs. Saturday it was freshman Chad Zurcher who drove in the Tigers three scores. Zurcher, the Tigers' leading hitter, tied the game at 2-2 in the third with a two-run single that plated Brett Bowen and Daniel Kaufmann. That would it for the Tiger offense until the eighth inning, when Zurcher's infield single scored Eric Farrell.

However, while the Tiger offense was held scoreless from the fourth to seventh innings, the Green Wave attack came alive. TU struck for three runs in the fourth to take a 5-2 lead, before blowing the game open in the sixth. In the fourth, Sam Honeck walked to lead off the inning and back-to-back doubles by Anthony Scelfo and Seth Henry made it 4-2. Henry came around to score on a single by Rob Segedin.

A two-run shot to right by Honeck highlighted the Wave's sixth inning.

Brach Davis took the tough loss for Memphis. The southpaw gave up five runs on eight hits and struck out three. Wave starter Matt Petiton went six innings and gave up two runs on three hits to pick up his fifth win in as many decisions.

Tulane was led offensively by Scelfo, who went 5-for-6 with five runs scored. Segedin and Andrew Rodgers had three hits each.

Memphis will look to salvage a game in the series on Sunday, when they take on the Green Wave in the finale. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. at Nat Buring Stadium.