Ninth Inning Rally Not Enough For Cougar Baseball, Fall 6-2 to Tulane

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA (March 27, 2009) The University of Houston baseball team loaded the bases, with no outs in the ninth inning, trailing 6-1, but was only able to convert one run as they lost the series opener to Tulane, 6-2, on Friday night at Turchin Stadium.

Rain hampered much of the game, twice halting play for several minutes. However, with no outs in the ninth inning, Houston loaded the bases, looking to chip away at the deficit in their final at bat. Chase Dempsay singled to short stop, Caleb Ramsey doubled down the left field line and William Kankel walked to put runners on all bases. Ty Stuckey struck out but Taylor White plated Dempsay with a walk. Unfortunately, that would be all the run support that the Cougars would be able to put together as the final two batters struck out and Houston would go home with the loss.

Houston scored their first run of the night in the first winning. After Blake Kelso flied out to left field to start the game, Zak Presley hit a double to right field and scored on a single from Chase Dempsay through the left side to give Houston the 1-0 lead in the first inning.

The Green Wave responded in the bottom of the inning scoring two runs to take a 2-1 lead.

In the third inning, Josh Prince of Tulane walked in his second at bat and after scoring both runners in the first on a double, Seth Henry scored both runners with a home run to left field in the third, extending their lead to 4-1.

They would add a lone run in the fifth to take a 5-1 lead over the Cougars.

Houston recorded at least one hit in every inning except for the seventh on their way to a 10 hit game. It marks the second consecutive game the Cougars have registered a double-digit hit game. They are 3-7 in those games.

LOOKING AHEAD
Houston will continue the series against Tulane tomorrow at 2 p.m. and it will conclude on Sunday at 1 p.m. Following this weekend's games, Houston will play a mid-week game at Texas-San Antonio on April 1 before a weekend series against Texas-Pan American on April 3-5.