Game Info and Discussion: USF vs UNF

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[Brad]

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Matchup: USF (23-13, 7-5 The American) vs. UNF (18-18, 4-5 ASUN) 
Date: Tuesday, April 17
Time: 6:30 p.m.

Location: Tampa, Fla. | USF Baseball Stadium (3,211)
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Bulls Begin Final Homestand Tuesday against UNF
USF is fresh off a series win at No. 7 ECU and defeated the Ospreys, 12-5, on March 21

 

TAMPA, April 16, 2018 – The University of South Florida baseball team returns to town for the start of its final home stand, beginning with the University of North Florida Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

The Bulls (23-13, 7-5 The American) are fresh off their series win at No. 7 ECU over the weekend. After dropping Friday’s contest, 15-2, USF flipped the script with a 13-1 drubbing in Game 2 before clinching the series with a 5-4 victory Sunday.

Redshirt senior Peter Strzelecki (Lake Worth, Fla.) gave the Bulls a sensational effort Saturday nightwith his second career nine-inning complete game, allowing just one run on five hits. He was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Monday.

The offense hit .322 over the weekend and juniorDavid Villar (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) had a pair of multi-hit games against ECU. He hit .467 in four games last week with two doubles, five runs scored and a pivotal solo home run which ultimately turned out the be the difference in Sunday’s win. He was named to The American Weekly Honor Roll Monday.  

Tyler Dietrich (Naples, Fla.) hit .462 over the weekend with a team-high six hits, three RBI and two doubles and Kyle Phillips (Orlando) hit .455. 

USF will start freshman righty Baron Stuart(Okeechobee, Fla.) Tuesday. He’s 2-2 on the year. 

SERIES HISTORY

The Bulls lead the series with the Ospreys, 9-7. USF tallied 16 hits in a 12-5 win at North Florida on March 21. The Bulls are 6-4 against UNF in Tampa and have won three-straight meetings. Junior JD Dutka (Suwanee, Ga.) went 4-for-5 with four runs scored and a triple against UNF in the first matchup of the year. Coco Montes (Miami) went 3-for-5 with three RBI and a double in that game. All nine in the USF lineup recorded a hit. 

SCOUTING REPORT

The Ospreys are 18-18 on the year and have been carried offensively by Tanner Murphy, who leads the ASUN with a .370 average, 54 hits, 10 home runs, and a .658 slugging percentage. He’s second with 32 runs scored and third with 12 stolen bases. Dalton Board and Blake Voyles have started just 22 games apiece, but are hitting .337 and .326, respectively.

Matt Vaka will start for UNF on Tuesday. He has appeared in 12 games with one start and holds a 3.33 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 27.0 innings of work. 


NOTA-BULLS

·   USF’s RPI jumped from 53 to 29 thanks to the big series win at the Pirates. The Bulls have five wins over teams currently ranked in the top-25, having beaten No. 15 UNC, taken 2-of-3 from No. 24 UConn and the two wins against now-No. 12 ECU.   

·   The Bulls are tops in the conference with a .298 team average, a .466 slugging, 242 runs scored, 372 hits, 95 doubles and 14 triples. They sit third nationally in doubles and eighth in triples.  

·   Villar is third in the conference with a .389 average and is sixth in the NCAA with 16 doubles. 

[BrassBulls12]

Did Stuart get hurt? 

[chapelbull]

Doesn't sound like it.  Mohl said he struggled out of the gate so the brought in Yager.

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Bulls Strike Early, Bullpen Strong in 7-1 Win Over UNF

Coco Montes had four hits and Noah Yager struck out a career-high 10 in relief
 

TAMPA, APRIL 17, 2018 – The University of South Florida baseball team scored five runs in the first three innings and a strong bullpen effort helped aid in Tuesday’s 7-1 win over North Florida.  

After the Ospreys (18-19, 4-5 ASUN) took a 1-0 lead in the first, The Bulls (24-13, 7-5 The American) responded with two runs in the bottom half before the first out was recorded. Coco Montes (Miami) and Duke Stunkel Jr. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) hit consecutive doubles, thenDavid Villar (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) gave USF a lead it wouldn’t relinquish with a RBI single to left.

Stunkel Jr. singled in the second with Montes on first, bringing him home and making it 3-1. In the third, after Chris Chatfield (Riverview, Fla.) singled, Kyle Phillips (Orlando) smashed a two-run homer to right, putting the Bulls up 5-1.

USF added two more runs, but it was plenty, as the bullpen combined for 7.1 scoreless innings allowing only six hits with 11 strikeouts.

Key Stats

13 – USF had 13 hits, the 21^st time it recorded double-digit hits this year and the third-straight game.  

10 – Sophomore lefty Noah Yager (Davie, Fla.) was outstanding, tossing 5.1 innings out of the bullpen with a career-high 10 strikeouts and only one walk.

4 – Montes had a career-best four hits, while scoring two runs. 

Notables

-   Stunkel Jr. went 3-for-4 with a run and two RBI.

-   Sophomore Carson Ragsdale (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) went 2-for-4 in the DH spot. 

-   Junior Garrett Zech (Naples, Fla.) made it 7-1 in the eighth inning with a solo home run. It was his fifth of the season. He also has six doubles and six triples this season.

-   Villar and Phillips each had two RBI.

Up Next

The War on I-4 comes to Tampa, as a three-game series with rival UCF begins Friday at 7 p.m. 

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