NEW ORLEANS – Owen Magee went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a triple and the Privateers allowed just six hits in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to Tulane University (14-20) at Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. Despite falling in the final game of the series, the University of New Orleans (16-17) took home the Pelican Cup and
Jay Robinson was named Most Valuable Player with a grand slam, triple, double and six RBI.
The road trip concludes tomorrow at Southern. New Orleans is 7-2 in its last nine games.
Darren Willis went 2-for-4,
Beau Bratton scored twice and
Christopher DeMayo allowed just one run in 4.0 innings.
DeMayo allowed a run in the first but settled down and did not allow a baserunner until the fourth, pitching himself out of a bases loaded jam with a groundout to preserve the 2-1 UNO lead.
Magee led off the fourth with his second double of the game and Bratton walked to put runners on first and second.
Orynn Veillon tied it at 1, ripping a single to left and with two outs,
Devin Morrill found the hole through the right side to give New Orleans a 2-1 lead and drive in his first run of the year.
Bratton singled to begin the sixth and came around to score on
Scott Crabtree's single/throwing error by Acy Owen to extend the UNO lead to 3-1. In the bottom frame, Tulane took advantage of a wild pitch to put runners in scoring position and Owen avenged his throwing miscue, tying the game at 3-3 on a two-run single. Tulane won on a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth.
PITCHING
DeMayo allowed one run and two hits while striking out four in 4.0 innings.
Zach Thompson tossed a scoreless fifth.
Rafael Martinez went an inning and was followed by
Rafe Schindler's three strikeouts in 2.1 innings. The freshman stranded the go-ahead run in scoring position in the seventh and eighth but picked up the loss to fall to 2-2 on the year. Ben White improved to 1-3 after a scoreless ninth.
NEXT UP
UNO heads to Baton Rouge to take on Southern tomorrow at 6 p.m. at Lee-Hines Field.
Kyle Arjona gets the nod as the Privateers look for a three-game sweep over the Jaguars.
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