RUSTON, La. – Louisiana Tech dropped both games of the doubleheader against Tulane on Sunday afternoon at J.C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park 4-1 and 13-5. After winning its first five games, LA Tech falls to 5-2 concluding the opening homestand.
GAME 1
In a tightly contested pitchers duel early on, LA Tech (5-2) pitcher
Ryan Jennings, was impressive on the mound. Jennings hurled 4.2 scoreless innings until Ethan Groff singled up the middle and Trevor Minder connected with one for a two-run homer down the left field line. Jennings totaled 6.2 innings on the day, striking out five and allowing four earned runs.
Tulane (6-1) left-hander, Dylan Carmouche, was lights out in his second start of the season. The southpaw went all seven innings for a complete game, striking out four and allowing just the one earned run. Carmouche retired the first 10 batters he faced, until
Philip Matulia singled in the fourth inning.
All four of the Bulldog hits came in the fourth inning, consecutively, as
Jorge Corona had the lone RBI with a single through the left side of the infield.
The Green Wave tacked on some insurance in the top of the seventh from a two-out single by Brady Hebert driving in two runs to extend the lead 4-1.
GAME 2
Jarret Whorff made his second start of the season for LA Tech and ran into trouble early on. The right-hander only lasted 1.0 inning on Sunday, giving up four runs while only one was earned.
The Green wave put up 12 of their 13 runs in the second and third inning. Eight of the 13 runs scored all came with 2 outs.
Adarius Myers was 2-for-2 off the bench and driving in three runs with a double and a two-run single.
Kyle Hasler pinch hit for the Bulldogs in the sixth inning and came up a second time in the seventh, recording singles in both at-bats.
Riggs Easterling also came off the bench and recorded his first hit as a Bulldog.
Left-handed pitcher,
Jackson Lancaster, threw two perfect innings in relief for LA Tech. Lancaster punched out five of the six batters he faced.
QUOTABLES
Head Coach
Lane Burroughs
"We are not defined by three or four bad innings, and that is what it was today. Offensively we weren't good. Truly we did not pitch good for three or four innings out of the 14. We didn't defend the field very well in those innings. We have got to put it behind us, come to work tomorrow and lift some weights."
"There's some positives from today.
Jackson Lancaster threw the ball great.
Kyle Hasler has been out with surgery and he steps up there and got two big hits for us. You have to find the positives, it's still early in the year."
UP NEXT
LA Tech begins its five-game road trip Tuesday night at Nicholls State (4-4) at Ben Meyer Diamond at Ray E. Didier Field at 6:30 p.m.
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