Tulane evens FAU series with big Saturday effort

BOCA RATON, FL – Strong pitching and seven unanswered runs helped the Tulane Baseball team even its Florida Atlantic series with an 8-3 victory Saturday afternoon at the FAU Baseball Stadium.

The win improved Tulane to 20-13 overall and 6-8 in the American Athletic Conference, while the Owls fell to 20-16 and 7-7 in the league.

Green Wave starter Chandler Welch (5-1) allowed three runs in the second inning but was strong after that, allowing four hits and three walks on the day with seven strikeouts. He gave way to Carter Benbrook and Jacob Moore, who fanned six batters and yielded four hits over the final three shutout innings.

FAU starter Tyler Murphy (3-1) suffered his first loss, giving up four runs (two earned) on six hits with three strikeouts and no walks.

Tulane first baseman Brady Marget went 2-for-5 on the day and drove in three runs, while catcher Colin Tuft and center fielder Teo Banks each scored three times. Banks also blasted his team-leading ninth homer of the season, a solo shot, in the top of the seventh inning.

That gave the Green Wave a 5-3 lead before Tuft (two-run double) and second baseman Connor Rasmussen (RBI single) put the game away with insurance tallies in the ninth.

Tuft also stole his team-high ninth base of the season in the first inning and came around to score the game’s first run in the top of the first on a Marget base knock.

The home team had four doubles on the day and right fielder John Schroeder, second baseman Christian Adams and designated hitter Carter Brady all had two hits.

Tulane’s pitching staff stranded 11 Owls on Saturday and recorded strikeouts on 10 different FAU batters.

With Saturday’s performance, Marget has now taken over the team’s RBI lead (32). He has hit safely in 11 straight games, while Rasmussen has reached base in 15 consecutive contests.

The Green Wave is now 15-1 this season when leading after the fifth inning.

The final game of the series will be Sunday at noon ET/11 a.m. CT.

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