Pitching Match-ups Announced

Pitching matchups were announced for the Owls weekend opening series against Tulane beginning on Friday night. It will be the

opener for the Owls, while Tulane is currently 4-0, ranked 19th in this week's Baseball America's rankings. Prior to the start of the

season, the Green Wave were also ranked 25th by Baseball Weekly.

Friday

Temple: Greg Powell (2000 stats)

YEAR ERA G-GS W-L IP R ER H SO BB

2000 5.98 21-10 6-7 87.1 75 58 124 64 35

Tulane: Beau Richardson ... The junior-college transfer will be making his third appearance and second start of the young season. He

is 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA.

Saturday

Temple: Jeff Rugg (2000 stats)

YEAR ERA G-GS W-L IP R ER H SO BB

2000 4.22 19-11 5-5 81.0 47 38 81 44 25

Tulane: Andrew Corona ... The junior-college transfer is 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA.

Sunday

Temple: Mike Caron (2000 stats)

YEAR ERA G-GS W-L IP R ER H SO BB

2000 7.44 11-8 2-5 42.1 42 35 59 17 20

Tulane: Either Red-shirt Freshman Keith Hennegan or true freshman Michael Aubrey.

Whoever starts, it will be their first collegiate start. Aubrey, however, doubles

as the Green Wave left fielder, and is currently hitting at a .400 clip.

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