Tulane Edges No. 6 East Carolina In Series Finale

Sunday, May 12

New Orleans, La.

2:00 p.m.

East Carolina University

37-13, 0

Tulane

29-23, 0

East Carolina

Tulane Green Wave

May 12, 2024 | Baseball

Box Score

NEW ORLEANS, La. – Connor Rasmussen hit a walk off single in the bottom of the 10th inning Sunday afternoon to lift Tulane past No. 6 East Carolina 10-9 inside Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.

The Pirates (37-13, 18-6 AAC) hold a one-game lead in the league standings over UTSA who travels to Florida Atlantic for its final regular season series while ECU hosts Rice.

Jacob Moore (5-3) grabbed the win in relief with a 3.2-inning outing, allowing two earned runs on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts. Jackson DiLorenzo (1-2) was saddled with the loss after surrendering the winning run in an inning of work.

Jackson Linn was the offensive hero for the Green Wave (29-23, 13-11 AAC), going 2-for-4 with three runs scored, three RBI and two home runs. Ryan McCrystal and Jacob Jenkins-Cowart posted three hits apiece for the Pirates while also combining for six runs driven in.

Tulane took the early upper hand with a five-run bottom of the second, highlighted by a three-run blast off the bat of Colin Tuft. East Carolina responded right away with a two spot in the top of the third thanks to a McCrystal RBI single and subsequent Jenkins-Cowart RBI double.

Dixon Williams put the Pirates in business in the top of the fourth, leading off with a double to left before scoring on a Cam Clonch RBI groundout. Linn would stretch the home side's lead back to three with a leadoff solo homer in the bottom of the fourth.

ECU rallied all the way back to knot the score in the top of the fifth with a three spot. Cunningham led things off with a solo shot to left center before Jenkins-Cowart belted a two-run long ball off the scoreboard with one away to make it a 6-6 contest.

Gavin Schulz restored the Green Wave's advantage in the home half of the fifth with a leadoff solo home run while back-to-back doubles by Bristol Carter and Jenkins-Cowart forged another deadlock in the top of the seventh. East Carolina then grabbed a two-run advantage in the top of the eighth via a McCrystal RBI single and Jenkins-Cowart sacrifice fly, but Tulane took advantage of a throwing error with one out in the bottom of the frame as Linn connected on a 1-2 offering and cleared the wall in center for a two-out game-tying round tripper.

The Green Wave found the winning tally in the 10th as Linn drew a leadoff walk, stole second and scored on Rasmussen's double down the right field line.

East Carolina finished the regular season with a 13-9 record in true road games.
The Pirates lost for the first time in extra innings this year after winning its first three extra-inning affairs.
ECU got it done with runners in scoring position, going 4-for-10 (.400) while Tulane was 5-for-14 (.357).
The Pirates lost for just the fourth time this campaign when scoring six or more runs.
Jenkins-Cowart increased his career RBI total to 166 and is now seventh on the program top 10 list.

Up Next: East Carolina hosts its final non-conference contest of the regular season Tuesday evening when the Campbell Camels head to Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.