UNO clips Tulane

• Published: May 7, 2008 - UPDATED: 6:58 a.m.

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NEW ORLEANS — UNO got home runs from Ryan Eden and Josh Vander Hey, and closer Ryan O’Shea tossed a pair of perfect innings, as the Privateers defeated Tulane, 9-8, in game three of the cross-town rivalry Tuesday evening at Turchin Stadium.

Tulane jumped out to an early 4-1 lead after plating four runs in the bottom of the first, but UNO answered with three runs in the third and fifth innings. and got single tallies in the sixth and seventh. Tulane battled back with a three-run sixth and got another in the seventh, but O’Shea shut things down over the final two stanzas to pick up his 11th save of the year.

With the loss, Tulane falls to 32-15-1 on the year. UNO, meanwhile, improves to 35-13 overall. The Green Wave return to action on Wednesday, May 6, when the travel to Baton Rouge to take on Southern University at 6 p.m. The game will be televised live on Cox Sports Television (local channel 37).