Tulane wins in extra innings over the Cajuns
Tulane starts the 2021 season in winning fashion. (Source: Tulane Univeristy)
By Tulane Sports Information | February 20, 2021 at 10:14 AM CST - Updated February 20 at 10:14 AM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Luis Aviles’ walk-off single and Braden Olthoff’s solid outing led the Tulane University baseball team (1-0) to a 3-2 victory over the University of Louisiana-Lafayette (0-1) in Friday’s opening day matchup inside Greer Field at Turchin Stadium.
With the Ragin’ Cajuns leading 2-1 in the bottom of the 10th, the Green Wave took three walks to load the bases. With two outs, DH Luis Aviles ripped a 1-1 pitch into left that scored junior Jared Hart scored from third and sophomore Ethan Groff came in from second to score the winning run.