NEW ORLEANS, La. – Senior Jacob Newberry
“You have to make your own breaks on the road and we didn’t do that tonight,” head coach Craig Cozart
Newberry scattered eight hits and a walk over his eight innings of work on Friday while also striking out five. The senior right hander allowed just three runs in the hard-luck loss.
The game turned in the bottom of the sixth inning when the umpires reversed a call that would have ended the inning and the Green Wave took advantage, scoring the go-ahead run. Garner hit a grounder up the middle that senior Willie Medina
Following the reversal, Tulane loaded the bases with a single by Blake Crohan and a walk by Garrett Cannizaro. The Green Wave’s Tim Yandall then put Tulane ahead with a two-strike single up the middle to make the score 3-2.
The Panthers were aggressive early in the game, swinging early in the count against Tulane starter Tony Rizzotti and the strategy paid off with four hits and two runs in the first inning. Sophomore Josh Spano
Tulane tied the game in the bottom of the second inning with a two-run single by Cannizaro. The Green Wave put the first two runners on in the inning with a hit batter and a single by Garner. After a sacrifice bunt advanced the runners, Cannizaro hit a single back up the middle to drive in the pair.
Rizzotti got the win for Tulane after pitching eight innings and allowing two runs on five hits and a walk. Ian Gibaut earned the save for the Green Wave with a scoreless ninth.
Retz had a strong game for the Panthers, going 3-4 at the plate and driving in both HPU runs. Spano extended his hitting streak to 13 games with his first-inning single.
The loss drops High Point to 6-8 on the season while Tulane improves to 8-7.
The Panthers will look to even the series when they return to Turchin Field on Saturday, March 9, for the second game of the three-game set against Tulane. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. CST.