TicketsNEW ORLEANS – University of Cincinnati baseball edged out Tulane 1-0 on Sunday afternoon as a trio of Bearcats shutout the Green Wave, led by a career performance from starter Cam Alldred.
Alldred struck out a personal best nine batters in 7.0 innings of work. He allowed only two free bases on a hit batter and a walk and gave up just two hits. The bullpen kept the theme of the day going behind him. A.J. Kullman pitched a scoreless eighth with no hits. Jarod Yoakam earned the save by throwing a scoreless ninth, only allowing one hit.
The sole run of the contest came in the very first inning. Kyle Mottice led off the game with a walk on a ten-pitch at-bat. Manny Rodriguez then hit him home with a double.
// NOTABLES
• Cincinnati improves to 10-12 and earns its first conference win, moving to 1-2
• Tulane drops to 11-14 overall and 2-1 in conference action
• The Bearcats only had two hits in the contest – both coming from Rodriguez as he belted two doubles.
• Rodriguez continued his reach base safely streak to 24 games. He has reached safely in every game this season and reached in the final two games of 2017
• The win for Alldred is his first this season
• Yoakam earned his first save of the season while keeping his unblemished 0.00 ERA in 15.1 frames this year
// UP NEXT
• The Bearcats will remain on the road in midweek action to take on Louisville Tuesday, March 27
• UC hosts Houston next weekend with games set to be played Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Marge Schott Stadium
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Alldred struck out a personal best nine batters in 7.0 innings of work. He allowed only two free bases on a hit batter and a walk and gave up just two hits. The bullpen kept the theme of the day going behind him. A.J. Kullman pitched a scoreless eighth with no hits. Jarod Yoakam earned the save by throwing a scoreless ninth, only allowing one hit.
The sole run of the contest came in the very first inning. Kyle Mottice led off the game with a walk on a ten-pitch at-bat. Manny Rodriguez then hit him home with a double.
// NOTABLES
• Cincinnati improves to 10-12 and earns its first conference win, moving to 1-2
• Tulane drops to 11-14 overall and 2-1 in conference action
• The Bearcats only had two hits in the contest – both coming from Rodriguez as he belted two doubles.
• Rodriguez continued his reach base safely streak to 24 games. He has reached safely in every game this season and reached in the final two games of 2017
• The win for Alldred is his first this season
• Yoakam earned his first save of the season while keeping his unblemished 0.00 ERA in 15.1 frames this year
// UP NEXT
• The Bearcats will remain on the road in midweek action to take on Louisville Tuesday, March 27
• UC hosts Houston next weekend with games set to be played Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Marge Schott Stadium
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Stay connected with Bearcats Baseball on Facebook (GoBearcatsBase), Twitter (@GoBearcatsBase) and Instagram (GoBearcatsBase)