Memphis picked up a midweek in win in American Athletic Conference baseball action.

Tuesday, April 25
Memphis 4, UT Martin 2 - Box Score
Florida Gulf Coast 14, South Florida 3 (7 innings) - Box Score
NC State 5, East Carolina 4 - Box Score
Southern Miss 11, Tulane 10 - Box Score
Lamar 4, Houston 2 - Box Score

Wednesday, April 26
Kansas 7, Wichita State 5 - Box Score

Memphis 4, UT Martin 2 - Box Score
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis baseball team was victorious in the annual W.S. Babe Howard Classic at FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field on Tuesday night, defeating UT Martin 4-2. The win marked the 10th-straight for the Tigers over the Skyhawks dating back to 2011.
 
Back-to-back singles to lead off the second inning by RJ Jimerson and Cameron Benson sparked Memphis (21-20) for its first run of the game. A well-placed sac-bunt by Shane Cox moved both runners into scoring position for Brayland Skinner, who drove in Jimerson with a sac-fly to center field to put the Tigers up 1-0.

Solo home runs for the Skyhawks in the third and fourth innings gave them a brief 2-1 lead over the Tigers.

Memphis responded with a three-run fourth inning to jump back into the lead. The Tigers got their first run of the frame when Benson stole second base, and Logan Kohler, who was occupying third base, took off for home and scored on the throw down to second. Then, a two-out, two-run single by catcher Brennan DuBose brought in Benson and Skinner to give Memphis a 4-2 lead – a score that proved final.

Florida Gulf Coast 14, South Florida 3 - Box Score
TAMPA (April 25, 2023) – After erasing a 2-0 deficit in the first inning, the FGCU Eagles (30-11) exploded for seven runs in the fifth inning and five more in the seventh frame en route to a 14-3 victory over the University of South Florida Bulls (17-25) in seven innings on Tuesday afternoon at USF Baseball Stadium.

Daniel Cantu (Jacksonville) staked South Florida to an early 2-0 lead with his 11th home run of the season in the bottom of the first inning.

Nolan Hudi (Safety Harbor) retired the Eagles in order in the top of the first frame before surrendering single tallies in the second and third innings. Hudi exited the game with the score tied at 2-2 after four innings. The southpaw allowed a pair of runs on four hits and struck out nine batters.

NC State 5, East Carolina 4 - Box Score
RALEIGH, N.C. – NC State scored in just one inning Tuesday evening, but it was enough to propel the Wolfpack to a 5-4 non-conference victory over No. 12 East Carolina at Doak Field.
 
NC State (26-14) earned a split of the season series after the Pirates (29-12) topped the Wolfpack 13-9 in Greenville earlier in the year.
 
P.J. Labriola (3-0) earned the win in relief, tossing a scoreless inning with three strikeouts. Zach Root (3-2) took the loss, allowing three runs on five hits with a walk and strikeout in 2.1 frames. The ECU bullpen trio of Jake Hunter, Garrett Saylor and Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman were lights out, throwing the final 5.2 innings and combining to yield just three hits and strike out six batters against one walk.

Southern Miss 11, Tulane 10 - Box Score
NEW ORLEANS – Visiting Southern Miss scored three runs in the top of the ninth inning Tuesday evening to take a wild, back-and-forth affair, 11-10, over Tulane on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
 
The Golden Eagles improved to 24-15 with the win, while the Green Wave, who homered a season-high five times Tuesday, fell to 12-29 in the loss.
 
USM reliever Isaiah Rhodes (2-2) got the win, striking out four in two and two-thirds innings. He allowed two runs and two hits. Closer Justin Storm nailed down his fifth save, hurling a clean ninth inning with two strikeouts.
 
Tulane's Michael Fowler (0-2) took the loss, allowing one run on one hit with two strikeouts.
 
USM center fielder Matthew Etzel, designated hitter Slade Wilks, third baseman Danny Lynch, right fielder Reece Ewing and second baseman Nick Monistere drove in two runs apiece. Wilks and catcher Blake Johnson recorded two hits and Wilks and first baseman Christopher Sargent. 
 
Tulane shortstop Gavin Schulz had a big day, blasting two home runs in a 3-for-5 effort that saw him post four RBI and two runs scored. First baseman Brady Marget and designated hitter Jackson Linn had two hits each, while Marget and Hebert also scored twice.
 
After the Green Wave put up single runs in the first (Hebert scoring on an error) and second (Schulz's solo homer to left) innings, the Golden Eagles struck back in a big way with eight runs in the top of the third. 
 
Schulz cut the margin in half with a three-run shot to center in the fifth frame and Hebert and catcher Brennan Lambert each ripped two-run shots in the sixth to the put Tulane back in front, 9-8.
 
Center fielder Teo Banks tacked on a solo homer down the left field line in the bottom of the ninth to push the Wave's lead to two (10-8).
 
USM, though, wouldn't be denied as Wilks clobbered a two-run homer on a 3-1 offering by Tulane's Billy Price to knot the score at 10 and Sargent's solo bomb to right off Fowler proved to be the game-winner. The Green Wave went in order in the bottom half of the inning against Storm.

Lamar 4, Houston 2 - Box Score
HOUSTON – University of Houston Baseball was limited to six hits by 10 Lamar pitchers, falling 4-2 in the program's home midweek finale on Tuesday night from Sanders Field at Schroeder Park. The defeat was Houston's first in midweek action in nearly one month. 
 
The Cougars (23-18) struggled with two outs (1 for 10) but found themselves in a position to rally, scoring one on a one-out double from freshman Thomas Lyssy in the ninth inning to trim the deficit to two before Lamar junior reliever Kole Tauzin used three pitches to record two outs and strand Lyssy at third while earning his second save.
 
Lamar (22-18) produced 12 hits and batted .412 (7 for 17) with runners aboard. Houston sophomore starter Kyle Ayers (1-1) was saddled with the loss, allowing one run on five hits alongside three walks and a pair of strikeouts. 

Kansas 7, Wichita State 5 (10 innings) - Box Score
WICHITA, Kan. -- Wichita State came from behind twice, including to force extra innings, but Kansas prevailed, 7-5, in 10 innings Thursday night.

Jack Little tied the game in the bottom of the ninth with an RBI single that drove in Kyte McDonald, but Kansas scored two runs on a single by Michael Brooks.

Thaniel Trumper (W, 3-3) earned the win for the Jayhawks (20-21) and Kolby Dougan pitched a scoreless 10th for his first save, while Matt Wilkinson (1-1) took the loss for the Shockers, 24-16.