Tulane earned a sweep and Cincinnati picked up a series win in American Athletic Conference baseball action on Sunday, April 18.

Sunday, April 18
Tulane 8, Wichita State 7 - Box Score
Cincinnati 8, Memphis 4 - Box Score

Tulane 8, Wichita State 7 - Box Score
NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane University baseball team (17-13) took down Wichita State University (19-12) in a tight 8-7 ballgame on Sunday inside Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
 
The freshman tandem of Bennett Lee and Chase Engelhard combined for six hits, three RBIs, and four runs scored as Tulane completed the three-game sweep to collect its sixth straight win.
 
Junior Tyler Hoffman started for the Wave and allowed two runs on three hits over 2.1 innings of work.
 
Senior lefty Spencer Hynes took the mound for the Shockers and allowed five runs on six hits over three and a third innings.

Cincinnati 8, Memphis 4 - Box Score
MEMPHIS, TENN. – The University of Cincinnati baseball team doubled up Memphis 8-4 on Sunday at FedExPark to earn an American Athletic Conference series win over the Tigers.
 
Cincinnati (17-17, 6-7 AAC) belted four home runs and got a quality start from Jalen Wade who went 6.0 innings, giving up a pair of runs on five hits with five strikeouts, no walks and got the win. Max Bergmann came in with the bases loaded and got the final two outs of the ninth for his third save of the campaign. 
 
The Bearcats jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first after Cole Harting scored on a wild pitch after leading off with a single. A three-run second inning build on the lead after Griffin Merritt homered to left to score Ryan Nicholson who was hit by a pitch and Jace Mercer hit a two-out, RBI single to center to score Joe Powell.
 
It was Nicholson's turn for a round tripper in the third when he hit the second pitch he saw to right field with two outs to score Paul Komistek. UC added single runs in the seventh and eighth on deep solo shots by Mercer and Komistek, respectively.
 
Mercer was 3-for-5 with a run scored, 2 RBIs and his home run while Merritt had two hits, two RBIs, a double, run scored and home run.