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NEW ORLEANS – Tulane homered four times to defeat the University of South Alabama baseball team 11-1 in a game shortened by the 10-run mercy rule Tuesday at Turchin Stadium.

The loss snapped South Alabama's win streak at eight games, marking the first Jaguar loss since April 27 at Georgia Southern.

South Alabama (29-23) will return to action Thu., May 16, when it hosts Troy in game one of a three-game Sun Belt Conference East Division series at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.
 
GAME FACTS
- Tulane scored the game's first run in the bottom of the second. Grant Mathews led off the inning with a walk, and scored one batter later on an RBI double to left-center field by Frankie Niemann for a 1-0 Greene Wave lead. Kobie Owen delivered a one-out, two-run home run off the right field foul pole later in the inning for a 3-0 Tulane advantage.
- The Green Wave extended its lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the third on an RBI single to right-center field by Mathews. Niemann followed with a three-run home run to left-center field for a 7-0 advantage.
- South Alabama scored its first run of the game in the top of the fifth. Dakota Dailey drew a one-out walk, moved to third on a double to right-center field by Santi Montiel and scored on an RBI groundout to third by Kaleb DeLaTorre to cut the Tulane lead to 7-1.
- Owen extended the Green Wave lead to 8-1 in the bottom of the fifth with a solo home run to left field.
- A two-run home run by Luke Glancy in the bottom of the sixth pushed the Tulane lead to 10-1.
- Tulane loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the seventh on a hit by pitch to Hoese to lead off the inning, a walk by Hudson Haskin and bunt single by Jonathan Artigues. Mathews followed with a walk to score Hoese with the game's final run.

NOTES
- Santi Montiel extended his on-base streak to five games with a walk in the top of the third, and extended his hitting streak to five games with a one-out double in the top of the fifth.
- Dailey extended his on-base streak to six games with a one-out walk in the top of the fifth.
- Lewis extended his on-base streak to six games with a leadoff walk in the top of the sixth. 
- Sandle's on-base streak was snapped at 15 games, while his hitting streak was ended at nine games. 
- Davis and Montiel recorded the lone Jaguar hits in the game, while DeLaTorre drove in the only Jaguar run.
- All nine Tulane starters hit safely in the game, led by Niemann who finished 3-for-3 with a double, one home run, four RBIs and three runs scored. 
- The Jaguars fell to 26-23 all-time against Tulane with the loss. Tulane snapped a two-game losing skid in the series with the win.

Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the loss:
"It was disappointing. We didn't play well, and got outplayed in every aspect and that includes me. I didn't think our at-bats were competitive enough, we weren't competitive enough on the mound; we weren't as competitive as we should have been tonight. We didn't just get beat, we got beat handily tonight. That's disappointing, but we need to let this one go and move on; tomorrow is our most important day. We need to have a great day at practice and get back on it. We will go short, get after it hard, get some work in and be ready to go on Thursday."

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Thu., May 16, when it hosts Troy in game one of a three-game Sun Belt Conference East Division series at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field.

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