Rice held a 4-0 lead going into the bottom of the last inning (7th). Captain Blair deBart started the rally with a lead off single to left. Tulane then loaded the bases with nobody out. Gray Halliburton worked a walk to score deBart and put the Green Wave on the board. Brett Salomon then roped a bases loaded double off the top of the left-center field wall, plating two. With one man out, Ben Froman singled to right, giving the Green Wave the comeback victory in walk-off fashion.
Matt Kogan got the win for Tulane University. He allowed four runs over seven innings. He struck out five, walked two and surrendered eight hits.
Turner couldn't get it done on the rubber for Rice, taking a loss. He lasted 6 1/3 innings, walked 10, struck out seven, and allowed five runs.
The top of the third saw Rice take an early lead, 2-0. The Owl attack began with a double from Hernandez. Kendall singled, plating Monahan. Rice then tacked on more runs when Hernandez scored on an RBI single by Gopalkrishanan.
Game 2:
Brett Salomon went 2-3 at the plate, but Tulane fell 8-2 to Rice at The Fly on Saturday.
Gildan got it done on the hill on the way to a win. He allowed two runs over five innings. Gildan struck out three, walked one and gave up six hits.
Ben Froman was on the bump for the Green Wave, taking a loss. He allowed eight runs in seven innings, walked four and struck out five. Only three of the eight runs allowed were earned, however.
The game's last lead went to Rice thanks to a second inning rally that saw seven runs cross the plate on a two-run double by Kendall, an error, a fielder's choice, and three singles.
One run in the bottom of the fourth put Tulane on the board. An error sparked Tulane's rally. But, Gildan got Matt Kogan to ground out to end the inning.
One Tulane run crossed the plate in the bottom half of the fifth, making the score 8-2. An RBI double by Dan Capone set off the rally. Finally, Gildan induced an inning-ending strike out from Nick Bader.
Game 3:
Tulane University outlasted Rice on Sunday after several lead changes, squeaking out a 4-2 win at The Fly.
The Green Wave pulled out the win thanks to a strong sixth inning. Tulane scored on an RBI single by Dan Capone off Vatcher, scoring Johhny Wachtel.
Ian Sutton was the MVP of the day, racking up two RBIs on three hits for the Green Wave. He doubled in the second inning and singled in the fourth and sixth innings.
Adam Friedant worked out of three difficult moments for Tulane. He pitched seven innings and allowed just one earned run on seven hits. Adam faced his toughest moment in the seventh inning, but calm heads prevailed, as Friedant induced a game ending 4-6-3 double play with the bases loaded.
Vatcher ended up on the wrong side of the pitching decision, charged with the loss. He lasted six innings, walked two, struck out four, and allowed four runs.
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