Baseball swept by Tulane

The Wright State Raiders were swept away by the Tulane Green Waves in a three-game series, with a 5-4 (13 Innings), 9-8, and a 4-1 scoring.

In the first game, the Raiders gave the ball to senior pitcher Garret Holleran. Holleran pitched for 7 1/3 innings, with three earned runs, five hits, and five strikeouts.

Wright State got on the board during the first inning, but Tulane tagged the lead in the bottom of the fourth.

Holleran was replaced by Jason Bennion in the seventh, who pitched the next two outs and was replaced by Nate Stevens. Stevens gave up two hits and a run, but struck out five.

Erich Schanz got the ball to pitch, but not for more than two innings. He gave off the winning run for Tulane and two hits. He was also saddled with the loss (0-2). Taylor Rogers got the win for Tulane.

The Raiders looked for a little payback in the next two games, but couldn't get it done, with a comeback effort in the Saturday game.

The Green Waves led as much as 9-1 in the seventh, but the Raiders surged back with six straight hits with three doubles, to cut the lead to 9-6. The Raiders added two more runs and that's as close as the Green and Gold came.

All the Raiders could do now was to avoid the sweep if they won the third game.

The Green and Gold took a 1-0 early lead, but was doomed with four single runs in four different innings.

Kyle Kearcher (1-1) pitched six innings and gave up the four runs of the game. Kearcher struck out one and pitched 69 times.

The highlights for the game included Ross Oeder extending his hit streak to six games, with a fifth inning single.

The Raiders left 11 on base on Sunday while Tulane only stranded six.

Wright State returned to Ohio to play at Nischwitz Stadium for their home opener against Wilmington (Ohio) on Tuesday. However that game was canceled do to poor weather and playing conditions.

Wright State will now have to wait until March 23 to play their home opener.

The Raiders will now take on Air Force in Colorado this upcoming weekend.