Tulane overcomes South Florida 9‑5 in AAC baseball
NEW ORLEANS (Interstat) — Jason Wachs drove in three runs with a home run and Tanner Chun added a two-run homer as Tulane defeated South Florida 9-5 Sunday afternoon at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The Green Wave improved to 25-28, while the Bulls fell to 30-20.
Wachs finished 2 for 3 with his seventh-inning blast that erased a 5-3 deficit and put Tulane ahead. Chun went 2 for 3 with a two-run homer in the eighth. Jack Brafa earned the win with 3.1 scoreless innings, striking out one and allowing two hits. LuisPablo Navarro added 2.2 scoreless frames with two strikeouts.
South Florida’s Ethan Sutton allowed three earned runs over six innings with four strikeouts while giving up no hits. Nate Earley homered for the Bulls, plating two. Bradke Lohry recorded two hits and an RBI.
Tulane struck first on a single by Liolios in the first and a double by Wood in the second. James Agabedis homered in the sixth. The Bulls rallied in the seventh on Earley’s two-run homer and Lohry’s RBI double to lead 5-3, but Wachs answered. Chun’s homer and a double by Rowell extended the lead in the eighth. South Florida scored two in the ninth on Lance Trippel’s single.