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CLEARWATER, Florida – Strong pitching and key late hitting propelled No. 2 Tulane to a 4-1 win over No. 7 Houston in the third game of the 2021 American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Tuesday, May 25 at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Fla.
Tulane’s Trent Johnson and Houston’s Robert Gasser battled in a pitcher’s duel early that saw only two hits allowed by each pitcher through five innings. The Green Wave (29-22) were able to score at least a run in the sixth, seventh and eighth to pull away for the win.