Dramatic Ninth Inning Home Run Leads Baseball to Doubleheader Sweep Over Rice

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Matthias Haas

Connor Rasmussen

Kaikea Harrison

Tanner Chun

Will Clements'

Carter Benbrook

Michael Lombardi

(4-1) started for Tulane and earned the victory with five innings worked, three runs allowed with four strikeouts.worked the final four scoreless innings with seven strikeouts for the first save of his career.Rasmussen had three hits in the contest. Agabedis totaled four hits plus three RBIs. Bryant tallied three hits, two RBIs and two runs scored. Slaton had a pair of hits as did Harrison.After Rice took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on an Aric Anderson home run, Tulane wrestled the lead back for good with three runs in the bottom of frame on Slaton's two-run double and a fielding error from the Rice center fielder as he attempted to throw the ball back in after a base hit.Tulane added a run to the lead, 4-1, in the third inning on Bryant's RBI single.Rice answered with two runs, 4-3, in the top of the fifth inning on a Blaine Brown RBI double and a Jacob Devenny RBI single.The Green Wave extended the lead with two runs in the bottom of the sixth, 6-3, on Bryant's home run and Schulz's RBI single.The team added another run in the seventh, 7-3, on Agabedis' bunt single.Tulane finished the scoring off with three runs in the eighth inning on aRBI double and an Agabedis two-run RBI double.started for the Green Wave in the second game and struck out 10 while allowing just two hits and one run in 4.1 innings.surrendered three runs on four hits in his inning.threw 1.2 scoreless innings with a strikeout.was tagged with a run and struck out three in his inning.(2-0) struck out three in throwing the ninth inning. He also earned the win after Tulane's walk-off home run in the bottom of the inning.had two hits, two runs scored and three RBIs in the game.picked up a pair of hits and an RBI.had a home run.andboth had hits and RBIs.Tulane scored first with a run in the opening inning on a throwing error by the Rice shortstop on a single from Rasmussen.After Rice tied in the game in the bottom of the fifth inning on an RBI double from Anderson, Tulane took the lead back, 3-1, on the RBI ground out from Haas and the Rasmussen RBI single.Rice wrestled the lead back again in the sixth inning, 4-3, with three runs on the two-run home run from Michael Zito and the Devenny RBI single.Tulane tied the game back up, 4-4, in the eighth inning on Chun's two-out home run.Rice again took the lead back, 5-4, in the top of the ninth on Hiram Bocachica's RBI single.The bottom of the ninth was a series of little plays that led to the big blast from Haas. Wachs started the inning with a single. He moved to second on a sacrifice bunt from Harrison and took third on a ground out from Schulz before Haas walked off the game with his two-run home run to right field.Next, Tulane gets out of conference play and host Southeastern Louisiana on Tuesday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m.Tickets for the baseball season and the upcoming football campaign can be purchased by calling 504-861-WAVE (9283), logging on to TulaneTix.com or visiting the ticket office at the James W. Wilson Jr. Center.Tulane University is located in the city of New Orleans. It is a city built on tradition and resiliency. The lessons Green Wave student-athletes have learned through their connection with this university and city have BUILT doctors, lawyers, business leaders, conference champions, all-conference players, All-Americans, professional athletes, and NCAA tournament teams. The city of New Orleans has shaped us into who we are today. We are One City. We are Tulane. We are NOLA BUILT. Check out our story at NolaBuilt.com

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