Fowler’s Dominant Start Not Enough in 5-2 Loss to Tulane

Saturday, April 2

Memphis, Tenn.

2 P.M.

University of Memphis

12-11, 0-2

Tulane

18-9-1, 2-0

Tulane

Memphis

Photo by: Matthew Smith

Fowler’s Dominant Start Not Enough in 5-2 Loss to Tulane

Apr 02, 2022 | Baseball

Box Score

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Behind the best starting pitching performance of the season, a 13-strikeout, eight-inning outing from LHP Dalton Fowler (ND), the Memphis Tigers (12-11, 0-2) were four defensive outs away from snapping a five-game losing streak before the Tulane Green Wave (18-9-1, 2-0) got a game-tying two-out eighth inning home run from LF Simon Baumgardt and then scored three times in the ninth to win the middle game of the weekend set 5-2 over the Tigers. Fowler allowed two runs on four hits and walked three in the no-decision.

Memphis: 2, Tulane: 5
WP: Chandler Welch (3-0)
LP: Blake Wimberley (1-3)
SV: Zach DeVito (6)

How it happened:

Fowler walked the first batter that he faced, as RF Ethan Groff drew the free pass and later scored on an RBI groundout by C Bennett Lee
The Memphis starter then worked out of a bases loaded jam in the third and faced just one over the minimum from the fourth through seventh innings
The Tigers tied the game in the home half of the second, as 1B Chris Swanberg's RBI single made it 1-1
LF Braden Webb led off the bottom of the third with a base hit off of LHP Dylan Carmouche (ND) and scored on a two-out RBI single by DH Jacob Compton, which gave the Tigers their only lead of the day, 2-1
A quartet of Tulane relief pitchers faced just one over the minimum over the final 4.1 innings
After two quick outs in the eighth, Fowler surrendered the game-tying home run to Baumgardt, though the left-handed starter got the final out of the inning to close out his dominant performance
After Wimberley retired the leadoff hitter in the ninth, the Green Wave used three straight singles, a wild pitch, and an error, to plate three runs and take a 5-2 lead into the bottom of the ninth
As the fifth pitcher of the day for Tulane, DeVito gave up a one-out single to Swanberg, his fourth hit of the game, but struck out the side for his conference-leading sixth save and Tulane's 5-2 victory

Notables:

Swanberg's four hits match the most by a Memphis player this season and it was just the second four-hit performance of the season for the Tigers
The four-hit game extended Swanberg's hit streak to nine games and on-base streak to 13 games
With his RBI single in the third, Compton has now reached base in 18 straight games, which matches the longest streak for a Tigers player this season

Up Next:

The Tigers will aim to avoid the sweep in the series finale Sunday, with first pitch set for 1 p.m.
Memphis will then hit the road for midweek matchups at North Alabama and Middle Tennessee State

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