Baseball

Tulane Takes Down No. 6 LSU; Houston Wins 11th-Straight in Midweek Games



Tuesday, March 28 Results:
 
No. 16 Kentucky 13, Cincinnati 7 RECAP BOXSCORE
No. 25 East Carolina 8, Liberty 6 RECAP BOXSCORE
rv UCF 10, Jacksonville 1 RECAP BOXSCORE
No. 25 USF 9, Stetson 4 RECAP BOXSCORE
No. 23 Houston 8, Incarnate Word 1 RECAP BOXSCORE
Tulane 7, No. 6 LSU 6 RECAP BOXSCORE
Mississippi State 8, Memphis 3 RECAP BOXSCORE
 
Highlights
 
- Tulane got two home runs from Jake Willsey and a two-run home run from Lex Kaplan as the Green Wave beat No. 6 LSU in Baton Rouge on Tuesday night. Christian Colletti picked up his second save of the season getting the final out with the tying run on third base for LSU.
 
- Houston won its 11th-straight game as Trey Cumbie delivered another strong midweek performance on the mound. The reigning American Pitcher of the Week went seven shutout innings only allowing four hits and striking out five. Joe Davis led all Cougars with three RBIs.
 
- East Carolina picked up a midweek win over Liberty as the Pirated pounded out 16 hits with three players each collecting three hits. Dwanya Williams-Sutton went 2-for-4, hitting a solo home run and driving in another run.
 
- UCF beat Jacksonville 10-1 to win the season series with the Dolphins 3-1. Rylan Thomas led the way for the Knights, going 3-for-5 at the plate with a double and a home run. Thomas also drove in four runs and scored two.
 
- USF used a four-run eighth inning to separate itself from Stetson in a 9-4 win over the Hatters. Joe Genord led all Bulls hitters with three RBIs and Kevin Merrell finished 3-for-4 with two RBIs.
 
- Ryan Noda hit two home runs and finished with five RBIs but Cincinnati fell to No. 16 Kentucky 13-7.
 
Schedule
 
Wednesday, March 29
UConn at Fairfield              3 p.m.
 
Friday, March 31
Memphis at Cincinnati*    6 p.m.
Houston at UCF*                6:30 p.m.
UConn at East Carolina*   6:30 p.m.
USF at Tulane*                   7:30 p.m.
 
Saturday, April 1
Memphis at Cincinnati*    4 p.m.
UConn at East Carolina*   4 p.m.
USF at Tulane*                   5 p.m.
Houston at UCF*                6:30 p.m.
 
Sunday, April 2
UConn at East Carolina*   Noon
Houston at UCF*                1 p.m.
Memphis at Cincinnati*    1 p.m.
USF at Tulane*                   2 p.m.
 
 
All times Eastern and subject to change
* Denotes American Athletic Conference game