Tulane Takes Series Finale From East Carolina, 7-2

Sunday, April 27

Greenville, N.C.

1:00 p.m.

East Carolina University

25-19, 10-8

Tulane

26-18, 10-8

Tulane

East Carolina

April 27, 2025 | Baseball

Box Score

GREENVILLE, N.C. – Tulane scored five unanswered runs in the middle to late innings Sunday to defeat East Carolina and claim the rubber game of the teams' American Athletic Conference series inside Lewis Field at Clark-LeClair Stadium.

The Green Wave (26-18, 10-8 AAC) held a slight 9-8 advantage in the hit column, but the Pirates (25-19, 10-8 AAC) were just 1 of 12 with runners in scoring position and left nine on base.

Carter Benbrook (2-0) earned the win on the mound, pitching 2.2 scoreless relief innings with a walk and a strikeout. Sean Jenkins (3-4) took the loss after allowing three runs on four hits with two strikeouts in four frames.

Dixon Williams wrapped up a solid series showing with a three-hit performance that included a double and triple as well as a walk. Austin Irby also rapped out a pair of hits while Connor Rasmussen logged two hits, two runs scored and three RBI for the visitors.

Tulane used a pair of leadoff doubles to grab a 2-0 lead moving to the home half of the second inning before Jack Herring drilled a one-out solo home run in the bottom of the fourth to slice the ECU deficit to one. The Pirates got two more on base after that, but a pop up on the infield and looking strikeout terminated the threat.

The Green Wave would hit two-run home runs in the sixth and eighth innings to pull away before a Braden Burress RBI groundout accounted for the final run of the day.

Up Next: East Carolina pays a visit to Elon Tuesday at 6 p.m.