Cincinnati, Houston and Tulane picked up midweek wins in American Athletic Conference baseball action April 5-6.

Tuesday, April 5
Houston 8, Sam Houston 6 - Box Score
North Florida 13, South Florida 10 - Box Score
North Alabama 10, Memphis 0 - Box Score
Florida Atlantic 5, UCF 3 - Box Score
Oklahoma State 5, Wichita State 3 - Box Score

Wednesday, April 6
Cincinnati 7, Wright State 4 - Box Score
Tulane 19, Southern 5 - Box Score
Old Dominion 8, East Carolina 7 - Box Score

Houston 8, Sam Houston 6 - Box Score
HOUSTON – Houston left fielder Brandon Uhse clubbed a go-ahead, three-run home run in the eighth inning, erasing a one-run deficit as the Cougars claimed the Don Sanders Cup with an 8-6 win over Sam Houston on Tuesday night from Sanders Field at Schroeder Park.
 
Uhse, who entered the eighth 0-for-4, smacked his fifth home run of the season 423 feet, helping the Cougars improve to 8-0 in the midweek. With the result, Houston (20-9) captured its second straight Sanders Cup and notched its 20th victory on the season.
 
Zach Arnold (3-for-5) crushed a two-run, 411-foot home run over the left field wall to put Houston ahead 5-3 in the sixth. The redshirt sophomore's team-leading sixth homer of the season was his fourth in the last eight contests. Sam Houston (16-13) answered back with two runs in the seventh and another in the eighth.
 
Cougar closer Ben Sears (5-0) earned the victory, allowing three hits and one run while striking out a pair. Houston used seven pitchers on the night with Cameron Prayer and Taylor Parrett each tossing 0.2 scoreless frames.

North Florida 13, South Florida 10 - Box Score
TAMPA – The University of South Florida Bulls (18-11) dropped their first midweek game in four weeks, falling to the University of North Florida (11-19) on Tuesday night at USF Baseball Stadium, 13-10.

South Florida scored nine or more runs in a game for the 10th time this season, but suffered its first loss in such a contest.

Carmine Lane went 3-for-6 in the setback with three runs scored and three RBI. The redshirt-sophomore leads the American Athletic Conference with 36 RBI this season. Each of Lane's hits on Tuesday went for doubles and he became the first Bulls since 2018 to record a trio of doubles in a game.

Lane's third two-bagger of the night cleared the bases as part of a five-run seventh inning for USF which cut its deficit to 11-9 at the time. The Bulls trailed 3-1 after the opening inning of the ballgame and cut the Ospreys' lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the third, but USF was never able to fully dig its way out from behind.

North Alabama 10, Memphis 0 - Box Score
FLORENCE, Ala. – A road trip to face the North Alabama Lions (8-19, 2-7) got off to a poor start for the Memphis Tigers (12-13, 0-3) and never got any better, as Memphis fell behind 5-0 after one inning in an eventual 10-0, seven inning loss. The defeat was the eighth straight for the Tigers and the second shutout loss over that stretch.
 
David Warren didn't record an out in the start, as all four batters that he faced reached base and eventually scored. JT Durham relieved Warren after a bases loaded walk and walked each of the first two batters that he faced, which each forced in a run, while Zak Majer followed with a two-run single that gave the Lions a 5-0 lead in the first inning

Florida Atlantic 5, UCF 3 - Box Score
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic (20-10) hit three home runs on Tuesday evening to down UCF Baseball (18-11) 5-3, snapping the Knights five game winning streak. Chase Centala was credited with the loss allowing three runs on two hits.
 
UCF opened the scoring in the first, as Ben McCabe singled to right field to score Noah Orlando. FAU responded with a solo home run in the bottom half, before the Knights regained the lead in the top of the second. Gephry Pena hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Tom Josten and give the Knights a 2-1 lead.
 
In the fifth, UCF extended the lead on a strikeout wild pitch, as Pablo Ruiz was able to beat the throw home as the catcher threw to first to complete the strikeout. FAU chipped away at the lead once again in the fifth, homering for the second time to cut it to 3-2. In the eighth FAU hit a two-run home run to take the lead and added a third to defeat UCF 5-3.

Oklahoma State 5, Wichita State 3 - Box Score
WICHITA, Kan. – For a second straight game, Wichita State was not able to hold a 3-1 eighth inning lead, as #6 Oklahoma State scored three runs with two outs and tacked on an insurance run in the top of the ninth for a 5-3 victory on Tuesday night at Eck Stadium. 

With the Shockers leading 3-1 in the eighth, Wichita State reliever Adam Ketelsen (1-1) retired the first two men he faced to open the inning. But a walk and a single put two on for Aidan Meola, who yanked a double down the left field line to bring the Cowboys within 3-2 and put runners at second and third. The Shockers summoned reliever Caden Favors to face pinch-hitter Brett Brown, who lined a two-run single over a leaping Brock Rodden at second base to give Oklahoma State a 4-3 lead. 

In the ninth, Oklahoma State added cushion when Zach Ehrhard led off the inning with a single, moved to second on an error and to third on a groundout, before Griffin Doersching rapped an RBI single into left for the game's final margin.

The late rally spoiled an excellent start from freshman lefty Jace Miner, who held the Cowboys to just one run over a career-best five innings. Miner struck out four and walked only one, allowing seven hits. The lone run he surrendered came in the first when Ehrhard singled, moved to third on a throwing error, and came in to score on an RBI groundout from Jake Thompson.

The Shockers (12-16) quickly got the run back and then some in the bottom of the second. Sawyre Thornhill singled and Xavier Casserilla doubled to put two on with nobody out; one batter later, Gage Williams plated Thornhill with a groundout and Jordan Rogers followed with an RBI single that made it 2-1.

Wednesday, April 6
Cincinnati 7, Wright State 4 - Box Score
CINCINNATI -- The Cincinnati Bearcats took a 2-1 lead in the first inning and never trailed from there on the way to a 7-4 victory against the Wright State Raiders on Wednesday night at UC Baseball Stadium. 

Redshirt junior pitcher Jackson Murphy (2-2) picked up the victory out of the bullpen for Cincinnati (11-16). The right-hander went two shutout innings while giving up two hits, allowing no walks and striking out two. Redshirt sophomore pitcher Alex Shea was also dynamite out of the bullpen for the Bearcats, throwing three shutout innings while allowing no hits, with one walk and four strikeouts.

Redshirt sophomore infielder Ryan Nicholson led the way offensively for the Bearcats, going 2-for-4 in the ballgame with a double, a home run and three RBI. Sophomore outfielder Cole Harting put together a standout day at the plate as well, going 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. Redshirt freshman infielder Kerrington Cross also helped out, going 1-for-2 for Cincinnati with two RBI.

Tulane 19, Southern 5 - Box Score
BATON ROUGE – The Tulane University baseball team (20-9-1) defeated Southern University (9-19) by a score of 19-5 in seven innings on Wednesday night inside Lee-Hines Stadium. 
 
Every Tulane hitter had reached base by the top of the fourth inning and Tulane's three arms silenced the Jaguars' bats in the Green Wave's fourth straight win.
 
Freshman Chandler Welch got the start for Tulane and matched his career high in innings pitched with five solid frames. The right-hander allowed two runs, one earned, and struck out three. It was the second start of Welch's career, the other coming in another midweek clash with Nicholls.
 
The two hitters at the top of Tulane's lineup both had monster, and near identical, days at the plate. Ethan Groff and Luis Aviles both had three hits, four RBIs, and walked once. Groff scored five runs and hit one home run and Aviles scored three times and sent two balls out of the ballpark.
 
The Green Wave scored early and often, starting with two runs in the top of the first that didn't require a single hit from Tulane. Tulane put up a crooked eight runs in the top of the second, highlighted by back-to-back home runs from Groff and Aviles on consecutive pitches. Groff now has home runs in consecutive games for the second time this season and Aviles' hitting streak has reached eight games. Jared Hart also had a two-RBI triple in the frame.

Old Dominion 8, East Carolina 7 - Box Score
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Robbie Petracci's three-run home run in the ninth inning gave No. 29 Old Dominion an 8-7 come from behind win over East Carolina Wednesday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. With the victory, the Monarchs improved to 21-6 on the season while the Pirates dropped to 16-14.
 
Trailing by three going to the ninth frame, ODU scored four runs on four hits to take its first and only lead of the contest. Carter Trice led off with a double down the right field line and scored on Andy Garriola's single down the left field line. Matt Coutney registered his fourth hit of the contest with a shot through the right side before Petracci's home run to right-center cleared the bases.
 
Vincent Bashara (1-0) earned the win on a bullpen day allowing one hits and striking out one in a one inning. Noah Dean notched his fifth save of the year surrendering a walk and striking out two in the ninth stanza. Starter Tommy Gertner gave up one run (earned) on one hit with a walk and a punch out in 1.1 innings. From there until Bashara took over in the eighth, the Monarchs used seven pitchers out of the bullpen in Henry Hersum (0.2 IP), Joey Rodriguez (0.1 IP, 2 Rs), Trey Fisher (1.1 IP, 2 Hs), John Keane (0.1 IP, 2 Rs), Pete Nielsen (1.0 IP, 1 R), Joey DeChiaro (1.0 UP, 1 H, 1 K) and Brad Dobzanski (1.0 IP, 1 UER, 2 Ks).
 
Josh Grosz (2-3) suffered the loss giving up four runs (all earned) on four hits with one strikeout in one inning of relief work. Starter C.J. Mayhue tossed two scoreless frames surrendering three hits and striking out a pair. The Pirates would use six additional arms out of the pen in Trey Yesavage (1.0 IP, 1 H), Garrett Saylor (1.2 IP, 3 Rs, 3 Ks), Carter Spivey (0.2 IP, 1 R), Zach Agnos (0.2 IP, 1 BB, 1 K), Ben Terwilliger (1.0 IP, 2 Ks) and Jake Hunter (1.0 IP, 2 Ks).