NEW ORLEANS -- Wichita State hit six home runs, including two from Chuck Ingram in the nightcap, earning a split of the doubleheader against Tulane on Friday at Turchin Stadium. The Shockers dropped game one, 9-7, before rallying for a win in game two, 10-9.

Game One

Wichita State struck for single runs in the first and second innings to take a 2-0 lead, but Tulane erased the early deficit and then some with five in the bottom of the second. A leadoff home run from Simon Baumgardt and five singles against Wichita State starter Payton Tolle (6-1) gave the Green Wave a 5-2 lead.

The Shockers twice trimmed the deficit to two runs on solo homers, one from Jack Little in the fourth and the other from Sawyre Thornhill in the sixth, but the Green Wave answered with a single run in the bottom of the inning each time.

Trailing 9-4 into the eighth, WSU began chipping away against the Tulane bullpen. Little slapped a two-out RBI single to score Kyte McDonald, cutting the Tulane lead to 9-5. In the ninth, Mauricio Millan hooked a two-run double against Gavin Smith, making the score 9-7 and bringing the tying run to the plate.

The Green Wave called upon reliever Chandler Welch, who induced a ground out and then struck out pinch-hitter Alex Birge to nail down his first save of the season.

Dylan Carmouche (3-5) earned the win for Tulane, striking out nine over seven innings while allowing four runs.

Matt Wilkinson turned in 1.1 innings of scoreless relief for the Shockers.

Game Two

The nightcap began with a bang for Wichita State (19-15, 4-4), as Chuck Ingram sent the fourth pitch of the night over the wall in center for a leadoff solo home run. The ball traveled a Trackman-confirmed 501 feet, easily the longest home run of the season for a Shocker hitter.

But Tulane (10-25, 4-4) came right back with four runs of their own in the bottom of the inning, getting a three-run shot from Teo Banks followed by a Jake LaPrairie solo homer for a 4-1 lead.

The Shockers went back-to-back themselves in the third. Ingram smashed his second homer of the night and Brock Rodden followed with a solo blast of his own, slicing the Tulane advantage to 4-3. The two long balls from Ingram represent the first multi-homer game of his collegiate career.

A Brady Marget solo home run and two-run single from James Agabedis in the home half of the inning gave Tulane their largest lead of the night at 7-3.

Wichita State turned the game around in the top of the fourth, all with two outs. Ingram continued his monster day with a run-scoring double that made it 7-4, then Tulane elected to intentionally walk Rodden to load the bases for Garrett Pennington. The junior slugger made the Green Wave pay with a towering grand slam to left, his second grand slam of the season, giving WSU an 8-7 edge.

Clark Candiotti (5-2) settled down after the rocky beginning to earn the win, battling through 5.1 innings with four strikeouts. Reliever Nate Snead induced a big double play to escape the sixth with the lead still intact, getting Jackson Linn to bounce into a 6-4-3 with runners at the corners and one out.

The Shockers added two critical insurance runs in the eighth on bases-loaded walks to Ingram and Rodden, which proved key when Linn got those runs right back for Tulane in the bottom of the eighth with a two-run homer that cut the Wichita State lead to 10-9.

Snead bounced back to set the side down in order in the ninth, securing his second save.

Ricky Castro (2-5) took the loss for Tulane, allowing eight runs in 3.2 innings.

The Shockers and Green Wave conclude the series on Sunday afternoon. First pitch from Turchin Stadium is scheduled for 12:30 PM.