University of Memphis Athletics
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Photo by: Matthew Smith
Tigers Top Tulane to Win Series in Run-Rule Fashion
May 20, 2023 | Baseball
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis baseball team defeated Tulane, 12-2, in seven innings to win its final American Athletic Conference series of the season at FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field on Senior Day on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers walked 15 times to tie a program record (Middle Tennessee, 1998).
With the win, the Tigers improve to 28-26 (10-14 AAC) on the season. The Green Wave fell to 15-39 (8-16) on the year with the win. 28 wins for Memphis is the most in a season since 2017.
"Great job by our guys today to come out and rebound after what happened yesterday," head coach Kerrick Jackson said. "We got that final conference-series win and evened things up with Tulane this season. Now we have to take the momentum we've created into the conference tournament and make a run deep into this thing and see if we can't find ourselves playing on championship Sunday."
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Tigers scored three runs in the first inning on a single-inning program record seven walks and no hits. Will Spears walked to force in the first run and the next two Tigers came in to score on wild pitches.
• Memphis piled on five more runs in the second inning. An RJ Jimerson sac-fly scored Jake Curtis to start the scoring, then a pair of two-run, two-out hits by Shane Cox and Brennan DuBose made it an 8-0 Tiger lead.
• Tulane got on the board with a solo home run from Simon Baumgardt in the fourth inning.
• Cox muscled up for his third home run of the year to left-center field to get that run right back in the bottom of the fourth and make it a 9-1 game.
• Cox wasn't done at the plate and drove in his fourth and fifth runs of the game with his second double in the bottom of the sixth, driving in Spears and Braden Webb.
• The Green Wave cut Memphis' lead to nine with a sac-fly in the top of the seventh, but Memphis walked off in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI single by Austin Baskin that scored Tyler Heckert.
NOTABLES
• Cox ended the game 3-for-3 with three extra-base hits (two 2B, one HR) and drove in five runs for the second time this season (Feb. 22 vs. MVSU).
• 15 walks by the Tigers tied a program record set against Middle Tennessee in 1998. Memphis also set a single-inning program record with seven walks in the first inning. The Tigers were also hit by two pitches in the game to gain a total of 17 free bases.
• JT Durham got the start on the mound and was excellent, going six innings and allowing just two runs on four hits while striking out seven to earn the win and improve to 4-3 on the season.
• Chase Kessinger and Dalton Kendrick combined to pitch a hitless seventh inning.
• DuBose ended the day 1-for-3 with a walk and two RBI.
• Curtis, Baskin and Logan Kohler all recorded a hit.
• Memphis' 28 wins are the most since 2017 (30).
• The Tigers locked up a sixth-place finish in the American, the highest finish since 2016.
UP NEXT
• The Tigers head to Clearwater, Fla., tomorrow to prepare for the AAC Tournament, where they will play the No. 3 seed Tuesday night.
With the win, the Tigers improve to 28-26 (10-14 AAC) on the season. The Green Wave fell to 15-39 (8-16) on the year with the win. 28 wins for Memphis is the most in a season since 2017.
"Great job by our guys today to come out and rebound after what happened yesterday," head coach Kerrick Jackson said. "We got that final conference-series win and evened things up with Tulane this season. Now we have to take the momentum we've created into the conference tournament and make a run deep into this thing and see if we can't find ourselves playing on championship Sunday."
HOW IT HAPPENED
• The Tigers scored three runs in the first inning on a single-inning program record seven walks and no hits. Will Spears walked to force in the first run and the next two Tigers came in to score on wild pitches.
• Memphis piled on five more runs in the second inning. An RJ Jimerson sac-fly scored Jake Curtis to start the scoring, then a pair of two-run, two-out hits by Shane Cox and Brennan DuBose made it an 8-0 Tiger lead.
• Tulane got on the board with a solo home run from Simon Baumgardt in the fourth inning.
• Cox muscled up for his third home run of the year to left-center field to get that run right back in the bottom of the fourth and make it a 9-1 game.
• Cox wasn't done at the plate and drove in his fourth and fifth runs of the game with his second double in the bottom of the sixth, driving in Spears and Braden Webb.
• The Green Wave cut Memphis' lead to nine with a sac-fly in the top of the seventh, but Memphis walked off in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI single by Austin Baskin that scored Tyler Heckert.
NOTABLES
• Cox ended the game 3-for-3 with three extra-base hits (two 2B, one HR) and drove in five runs for the second time this season (Feb. 22 vs. MVSU).
• 15 walks by the Tigers tied a program record set against Middle Tennessee in 1998. Memphis also set a single-inning program record with seven walks in the first inning. The Tigers were also hit by two pitches in the game to gain a total of 17 free bases.
• JT Durham got the start on the mound and was excellent, going six innings and allowing just two runs on four hits while striking out seven to earn the win and improve to 4-3 on the season.
• Chase Kessinger and Dalton Kendrick combined to pitch a hitless seventh inning.
• DuBose ended the day 1-for-3 with a walk and two RBI.
• Curtis, Baskin and Logan Kohler all recorded a hit.
• Memphis' 28 wins are the most since 2017 (30).
• The Tigers locked up a sixth-place finish in the American, the highest finish since 2016.
UP NEXT
• The Tigers head to Clearwater, Fla., tomorrow to prepare for the AAC Tournament, where they will play the No. 3 seed Tuesday night.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Durham, JT (4-3)
L: Colin Reilly (0-1)
Batting:
HR: Simon Baumgardt 1
RBI: Simon Baumgardt 1 ; James Agabedis III 1
SF: James Agabedis III 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Simon Baumgardt 1 ; Jake LaPrairie 1
SB: Brady Hebert 1 ; Jake LaPrairie 1
HBP: James Agabedis III 1
Batting:
2B: Cox, Shane 2
HR: Cox, Shane 1
RBI: Baskin, Austin 1 ; Jimerson, RJ 1 ; Spears, Will 1 ; Cox, Shane 5 ; DuBose, Brennan 2
SF: Jimerson, RJ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Curtis, Jake 1 ; Kohler, Logan 1 ; Heckert, Tyler 1 ; Hansen, Anthony 1 ; Baskin, Austin 2 ; Jimerson, RJ 1 ; Webb, Braden 1 ; Spears, Will 2 ; Cox, Shane 2
SB: Curtis, Jake 1
CS: Curtis, Jake 2
HBP: Spears, Will 1 ; Skinner, Brayland 1
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