This weekend, the Spring football game was on the mind of most Greenie faithful. Many die-hard Tulane baseball fans didn’t even bother to follow the weekend series in which Tulane played well and won the Friday game against one of the better teams we face all year. The Thursday game was a beat-down, and the Saturday game may have been the worst defeat in Tulane’s 132 year baseball history. I know we’ve allowed more runs. We lost to Pepperdine in 2002 by a score of 30-21 when Tulane still had a very good team, so it was the second most ever. But I don’t believe we’ve ever lost by 18 or more runs. We probably have never issued 19 free passes (15 walks and 4 HBP) either. Still, there were some good moments.
Our best two pitchers, Montiel and Lombardi, held serve on Friday to win a tough game 5-3, and Elke-Charles, after being demolished on Thursday, looked great on Saturday. The rest of our pitchers, and I mean all 13 others who saw action, were terrible on each and every opportunity.
At bat, we were much better, going 35 for 104 (.337) for the weekend with two HR’s . That UTSA hit .343 with seven HR’s doesn’t take away from our hitting; it just adds more detrimental information about our pitching. Still, our effort raised our season-long batting average to .275. Three weeks ago, we were at .259.
The two freshmen, Chun (4 for 9, 1 HR) and Wachs (6 for 13), continued solid rookie seasons. Rasmussen (5 for 12), Haas (4 for 12), Harrison (3 for 9), Pinckney (4 for 10, 1 HR), and Bryant (3 for 9) also had good series at the plate.
At this point, Boyd’s World says we can’t reach a 45 RPI even if we win the rest of our games. Warren Nolan predicts a 33-22 finish with an RPI of 99. So, as many of us have said for a while, we’re once again looking to the conference tournament for a regional bid. Not what I want from Tulane baseball.
Roll Wave!!!
Our best two pitchers, Montiel and Lombardi, held serve on Friday to win a tough game 5-3, and Elke-Charles, after being demolished on Thursday, looked great on Saturday. The rest of our pitchers, and I mean all 13 others who saw action, were terrible on each and every opportunity.
At bat, we were much better, going 35 for 104 (.337) for the weekend with two HR’s . That UTSA hit .343 with seven HR’s doesn’t take away from our hitting; it just adds more detrimental information about our pitching. Still, our effort raised our season-long batting average to .275. Three weeks ago, we were at .259.
The two freshmen, Chun (4 for 9, 1 HR) and Wachs (6 for 13), continued solid rookie seasons. Rasmussen (5 for 12), Haas (4 for 12), Harrison (3 for 9), Pinckney (4 for 10, 1 HR), and Bryant (3 for 9) also had good series at the plate.
At this point, Boyd’s World says we can’t reach a 45 RPI even if we win the rest of our games. Warren Nolan predicts a 33-22 finish with an RPI of 99. So, as many of us have said for a while, we’re once again looking to the conference tournament for a regional bid. Not what I want from Tulane baseball.
Roll Wave!!!
