Game 1: Season Opening No-No by veteran Ace Matt Kogan gets the Green Wave on the winning track early.
Game 1 was a game ace Matt Kogan will set aside for the scrapbook as Kogan threw a no-hitter in Tulane Club Baseball's 1-0 victory over Vanderbilt.
No Commodore batter was able to locate Kogan's pitches during the game. Kogan did not allow a hit, striking out 10 batters and walking one while recording his momentous feat. He got Friedman to ground out to second base for the final out of the game.
Ian Sutton reached base three times in the game for the Green Wave, and he also drove in one run. He singled in the fifth inning.
Didfenbach couldn't get it done on the hill for Vanderbilt, taking a loss. He lasted just three innings, walked two, struck out two, and allowed one run.
Game 2: Tulane Club Baseball surges past Vanderbilt thanks to clutch late game hitting.
Vanderbilt jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first. The Commodores got a spark in the form of a Chang single, before before Friedman tripled, bringing home Chang. More runs came home for Vanderbilt when Friedman scored on an RBI single by Jacks and Jacks and Rosenzwerg scored on a two-run error.
Tulane battled back to take the lead for the duration of the game after the sixth inning when Freshman Dan Ivarone drove in the go-ahead run to give Tulane Club Baseball the lead. Jordan Salomon plated an additional run with an RBI single.
Tulane Club Baseball increased its lead with four runs in the seventh. A wild pitch scored Arye Janoff to start the scoring, followed by Gray Halliburton's double, plating Nick Bader and Jake Vollen.
Chris Choppin was also a major contributor, racking up two RBIs on two hits for TUCB; he singled in the fourth and fifth innings.
First year Freshman Eli Otting recorded the win for Tulane University Club Baseball. He threw 3 and 1/3 shutout innings. Otting struck out two, walked two and gave up just three hits.
Granderson couldn't get it done on the bump for Vanderbilt, taking the loss. He lasted just one inning, walked four, struck out none, and allowed four runs.
Green Wave closer Dan Iaverone put away the final five outs to record the save and end the game 9-4 in favor of the Green Wave.
Game 3: Tulane Club Baseball chips away at 5 Run deficit to squeak past Vanderbilt with the help of amazing late-game clutch defensive play by Captain Blair deBart and Brett Solomon.
Things looked bleak for the Green Wave early in this Sunday morning 9-inning affair against Vanderbilt. After jumping out to a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, Vanderbilt scored 6 unanswered runs. With the game remaining 6-1 in favor of the Commodores in the 6th, TUCB began kept chipping away at the deficit with 2 runs in the sixth, 1 in the seventh, and 3 in the eighth.
With Tulane University Club Baseball trailing by one in the eighth inning, Ian Sutton came to the plate and tripled to deep right field, plating Chris Choppin and Ben Froman.
Sutton racked up two RBIs on two hits for Tulane Club Baseball.
Sutton also recorded the win for Tulane. He tossed two innings of shutout relief and struck out one, walked three and gave up two hits.
With Tulane taking a 1 run lead into the bottom of the ninth inning, Vanderbilt was able to put the tying run on third base with 1 away. Tulane Coach Dan Hunoway brought the Green Wave infield in on the grass. Tulane closer Dan Ivarone was able to induce ground ball that hugged the third base foul line. Captain Blair deBart made a diving stop, got to his knees and delivered one hop throw to the plate. Brett Solomon made a phenomenal pick and dive to tag the runner out at plate in a SportsCenter Top-10 esk bang-bang play to keep the Green Wave lead in tact. Ivarone would go on to retire the final out on a strike out to complete Tulane's season opening sweep of Vanderbilt on the road.
