Tigers Fall 11-1 in Weather-Shortened Finale vs. Tulane

Saturday, May 21

New Orleans, La.

1 P.M.

University of Memphis

25-27, 9-15

Tulane

31-24-1, 11-13

Memphis

Tulane

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Tigers Fall 11-1 in Weather-Shortened Finale vs. Tulane

May 21, 2022 | Baseball

Box Score

NEW ORLEANS – In a game that went only 4.5 innings due to inclement weather, the Memphis Tigers (25-27, 9-15) fell 11-1 in the regular season finale to the Tulane Green Wave (31-24-1, 11-13). Memphis fell behind in the first inning and never got closer than three, as the Tigers will be the #7 seed in the AAC Tournament, which gets underway Tuesday in Clearwater, Fla.

Memphis: 1, Tulane: 11
WP: Carter Robinson (3-4)
LP: Connor Shamblin (3-3)
SV:

How it happened:

The Tigers fell behind early, as Tulane got a two-run home run from C Bennett Lee two batters into the bottom of the first, while a solo home run from DH Luis Aviles two batters later made it 3-0 Tulane
Memphis' offense couldn't get anything going against Robinson, as the Tigers didn't send more than four batters to the plate in any of the first four frames
The Green Wave kept up the home run barrage in the third, as LF Simon Baumgardt made it 5-0 with a two-run home run off of LHP Daniel Casto, while SS Gavin Shulz made it 8-0 later in the inning with a two-run home run off of LHP Logan Rushing
Aviles launched Tulane's fifth home run of the game and his second of the afternoon with a solo blast off of Rushing that opened the home half of the fourth, while the Green Wave added two more runs in the inning and led 11-0 after four frames
An error by 1B Brady Marget allowed PH BJ Banyon to reach to open the fifth, and he later scored on an RBI single by PH Tanner Booth, though Memphis left two runners on base and trailed 11-1 after 4.5 innings
Tulane sent four batters to the plate in the bottom of the fifth before a lightning delay paused the game and eventually forced the end of the game shortly thereafter, which erased the bottom of the fifth and wrapped up the game in Tulane's favor 11-1 after 4.5 innings

Notables:

2B Braden Webb (0-2) had his four-game multi-hit streak snapped, while LF Ian Bibiloni (0-2) had his five-game hit streak snapped
With his fourth inning single, SS Ben Brooks extended his on-base streak to 17 games, one shy of his season high

Up Next:

The Tigers will head to Clearwater, Fla. for the AAC Tournament as the #7 seed
Memphis will open the tournament vs. #2 UCF Tuesday at 3 p.m.

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