Bulls Walk Off Chippewas in the 10th to Take Series Opener

[Brad]

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Bulls Walk Off Chippewas in the 10^th to Take Series Opener 

Joe Genord and David Villar played hero, as USF put together consecutive hits with two outs

TAMPA, FLA., MARCH 9, 2018 – The University of South Florida baseball team provided the late-inning drama with its first walk-off win of the season, defeating Central Michigan, 3-2, in 10 innings Friday to open a three-game series.

The Bulls (8-6) scored in the fifth and seventh innings, and rode another strong outing from lefty All-American Shane McClanahan (Cape Coral, Fla.) into the eighth with a 2-0 lead. The Chippewas (2-11-1) only had one hit in the eighth, but took pitches and were able to tie the game in the top half.

After USF had a runner just 90 feet from home in the ninth, it used a small two-out rally in the 10^th to win the game. Junior David Villar (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) smoked the game’s only extra-base hit, a double down the left field line. Then classmate Joe Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.) followed with a hot-shot single up the middle to score him and give his team a thrilling win. 

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[BrassBulls12]

Made it through Friday. Hopefully the bates wake up against the rest of the rotation, they could use a sweep here. I feel sorry for Shane. He has given everything and more thus far and deserves more support than he has been given.  

[Brad]

So, I think that is an invite to post this here although I posted it in the club....

So, even if you're a #RaysFan or barely a baseball fan, you should get out on a Friday night to see @Sugar_ShaneM.  He's already considered a Top 5 MLB pick, why wait until he is gone to see this phenom?

[smazza]

a solid win

[chapelbull]

17 hours ago, BrassBulls12 said:

Made it through Friday. Hopefully the bates wake up against the rest of the rotation, they could use a sweep here. I feel sorry for Shane. He has given everything and more thus far and deserves more support than he has been given.  

That's what you get on Friday nights.  Every team is running out their #1 and almost all are going to be very good.  Shane could help himself some.  He's averaging 6 innings a start because he is throwing too many pitches and thus he is leaving it in the hands of a fairly mediocre bullpen.  

[BrassBulls12]

3 hours ago, chapelbull said:

Shane could help himself some.  He's averaging 6 innings a start because he is throwing too many pitches and thus he is leaving it in the hands of a fairly mediocre bullpen.  

Six innings is a quality start, you can't ask for more. 

[chapelbull]

54 minutes ago, BrassBulls12 said:

Six innings is a quality start, you can't ask for more. 

True, but the bullpen looks mediocre at this point so he'll leave a lot up to them

[BrassBulls12]

3 minutes ago, chapelbull said:

bullpen looks mediocre at this point so he'll leave a lot up to them

There's room for improvement for sure. 

[Triple B]

Lights Out Strzelecki Leads Bulls to 6-0 Win Saturday

TAMPA, FLA., MARCH 10, 2018 – Redshirt senior righty Peter Strzelecki struck out a career-high 12 batters to guide the University of South Florida baseball team to a 6-0 win over Central Michigan Saturday night.

The Bulls (9-6) provided some early run support for Strzelecki (Lake Worth, Fla.), plating one in the second. Joe Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.) doubled to lead off the frame, ended up on third with one out, then Tyler Dietrich (Naples, Fla.) drove him home.

As Strzelecki settled in and found a groove - striking out the side in the fourth - the USF offense got to the Chippewas (2-12-1) with five runs over the next two innings. Genord and David Villar (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) both walked to start the bottom of the fourth, then JD Dutka (Suwanee, Ga.) singled to make it 2-0. Dietrich had another RBI scoring Genord, making it 3-0.
 

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[Brad]

1-2 punch 🥊 looking pretty solid right now.