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Tulane Finishes Off Cardinals 9-3
May 12, 2001 | Baseball
May 12, 2001
Tulane first baseman James Jurries supplied the prolific Green Wave offense with two two-run home runs in a 9-3 win over Louisville in game one of the three-game series. The game began Friday, was suspended due to rain and lightning, and was completed on Saturday prior to the scheduled Saturday game.
Jurries homered to right in the first, scoring Andy Cannizaro to give the Green Wave a 2-0 lead. In the third, Tulane center fielder Jon Kaplan reached on a single, advanced to third on a failed pick-off attempt, and scored on a passed ball to up the lead to 3-0.
Louisville got on the board in the bottom of the fifth when right fielder Bill Gatti Jr. blasted his third home run of the season over the bullpen left field with one out, to make it a 3-1 Tulane lead.
The Green Wave responded with Jurries' second two-run longball of the game, this one to deep right center, scoring third baseman Jake Gautreau who reached on an error, upping the advantage to 5-1 Tulane before the delay.
When play resumed in the top of the seventh, the Green Wave struck for four more runs on an RBI single by Kaplan and a three-run home run by third baseman Jake Gautreau. It was his 20th home run of the season, and gave him 80 RBI for the year, leading the conference in both categories.
The Cards fought back for a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth on a two-run single by third baseman Mike Budak, but could do no further damage.
Michael Aubrey(3-0) was the winner, tossing the first six innings on Friday, giving up one run on three hits, while striking out four. Dirck Hoaglund earned his first save, throwing the final three innings, surrendering two runs in three hits. He struck out one.
Louisville's Denny Williams(7-7) took the loss in a staff start, getting touched for two earned runs on three hits to go with three strikeouts. The start was his 15th of the season, tying him for the second highest total in a school history. Carlos Fernandez followed with three innings of relief, giving up one earned run on three hits, striking out two, and Derek Davis was touched for four runs on five hits in the final three frames. He struck out one.
Centerfielder Mike Hook had the only multi-hit game for U of L with a single and a double.
Tulane is 44-8 overall and ranked sixth in the nation with a national best 15-game winning streak. They are 20-5 in Conference USA play, good for first place. Louisville is 30-26 overall with a 12-13 conference mark, putting them in sixth place in this the last weekend of the regular season.
