Series Info and Discussion: Bulls vs WSU

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• MAY 11 (FRI) 7:00 PM

  AMERICAN

  AT WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY

  WICHITA, KS

   

   
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  MAY 12 (SAT) 3:00 PM

  AMERICAN

  AT WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY

  WICHITA, KS

   

   
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  MAY 13 (SUN) 11:30 AM

  AMERICAN

  AT WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY

  WICHITA, KS

   

   
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Edited May 9, 2018 by BrassBulls12

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Matchup: USF (29-16, 11-7 The American) at Wichita St. (31-16, 6-12 The American) 
Dates: Friday, May 11 – Sunday, May 13
Times: 7 p.m. | 3 p.m. | 11:30 a.m.

Location: Wichita, Ks. | Eck Stadium (7,851)
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Bulls Make First Trip to Wichita for Three-Game Series
USF is in a three-way tie for second place in The American and only three games back of Houston with six league contests remaining

 

TAMPA, May 10, 2018 – The University of South Florida baseball team makes its first ever trip to Wichita, Ks., for a three-game series beginning Friday at 7 p.m. EST. All three games this weekend can be seen on ESPN3.

The Bulls (29-16, 11-7 The American) nearly took down top-ranked Florida on the road Tuesday, but fell in an offensive battle, 11-8. USF led 6-0 after the second and 8-4 at one point and tallied 13 hits against the SEC’s top pitching staff. Coco Montes(Miami) and Duke Stunkel Jr. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) each had three hits and Chris Chatfield (Riverview, Fla.) had a career-high four RBI. 

For a third-straight week, the Bulls find themselves in the top-25 of four major polls, which includes a No. 22 ranking according to Perfect Game, a No. 23 ranking according to Baseball America and the 24^th spot in D1Baseball’s top-25.

Lefty All-American Shane McClanahan (Cape Coral, Fla.) will get the start on Friday. He on went a season and career-long 7.0 innings in Game 1 against Memphis on April 28, striking out 13 and allowing only three hits. McClanahan leads the country with 15.21 strikeouts per nine innings, is seventh nationally with 107 strikeouts and sixth with 4.97 hits allowed per nine innings.

Redshirt senior righty Peter Strzelecki (Lake Worth, Fla.) will again start Saturday. He’s fifth in The American with 78 strikeouts. SophomoreCollin Sullivan (Randolph, Mass.) will start Sunday with his 2-0 record. 

SERIES HISTORY

The Bulls are making their first trip to Wichita St., and the teams have played just three times previously. The Shockers are 3-0 against USF, most recently meeting in 2005 when both sides faced in Honolulu, Hawaii. The first two contests were neutral site games in New Orleans.

SCOUTING REPORT

The Shockers have struggled somewhat in their first season within The American (6-12), but the offense has powered them to 31 wins. Wichita St. is second in the league with a .289 average and leads the conference with 455 hits, 46 home runs and 6.5 runs per game.

A pair of preseason All-Americans in third baseman Alec Boehm and outfielder Greyson Jenista highlight the deep lineup. Boehm is hitting a team-high .335 with 10 homers, 45 RBI and 46 runs scored. Jenista is 12^th nationally with 43 walks, and has 43 runs scored. Luke Ritter is second on the team with a .322 average and is tied for the team lead with 46 runs.

Righty Codi Heuer will start Friday night. He is 5-5 in 13 appearances (12 starts) with a 4.48 ERA and a team0best 65 strikeouts. Righty Tyler Davis will start Saturday, making his fifth start and 18^thappearance. He has a 2.47 ERA with 36 strikeouts. 

NOTA-BULLS

·   Junior David Villar (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) continues to lead the Bulls with a .370 average to sit second in The American. He is second in the league with 17 doubles and third with his 11 home runs.

·   The Bulls are tops in The American with a .292 team average and a .456 slugging percentage. They are second in scoring at 6.2 runs per game. USF is also second with 448 hits and it is fifth nationally with 111 doubles.   

·   USF’s pitching leads the conference and is fourth in the country with 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings. 

·   Montes and Stunkel Jr. have been stout at the top of the USF lineup, as they sit second and third on the team with a .325 and .321 average, respectively.

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No. 22 Bulls Fall in Game 1 at Wichita St.

Four Bulls had two hits apiece 
 

WICHITA ST., KS., May 11, 2018 – The University of South Florida baseball team had double-digit hits for the 25^th time this season in Friday’s 17-2 loss to Wichita St. to start the three-game series.

The Bulls (29-17, 11-8 The American) fell behind in the first, as the Shockers (32-16, 7-12 The American) hit a two-run homer. JD Dutka(Suwanee, Ga.) laced a double down the left field line in the second, then Kyle Phillips (Orlando) got USF on the board with an RBI single in the next at-bat, making it 2-1.

Wichita St. scored four runs over the next two innings to make it 6-1. In the top of the fourth, Dutka smashed a triple off the right-center wall, then Phillips again scored him to make it 6-2. 

But the Shockers scored two runs in the bottom half and three runs in both the fifth and sixth, making it 14-2. Wichita added three more in the eighth to win 17-2.

Key Stats

10 – The Bulls tallied 10 hits, the 25^th time they had double-digit hits in 2018.

4 – Four Bulls had multiple hits.

Notables

-   Along with Dutka and Phillips, Coco Montes(Miami) and Duke Stunkel Jr. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) each had two hits.

-   Montes and Stunkel Jr. each have five hits in the first two games of the week.

Up Next

The Bulls and Wichita St. play the middle game of this weekend’s series Saturday at 3 p.m. 

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REDEMPTION SCHEDULE

 

 

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Strzelecki having a hard time getting outs.

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No. 22 USF Uses Early Offense to Even Series at Wichita St.

USF had 17 hits and all nine starters in the batting lineup recorded a hit

WICHITA ST., KS., May 12, 2018 – The University of South Florida baseball team tallied 12 hits and eight runs through the first three innings, and rolled to a 9-6 win in Game 2 at Wichita St. to force a rubber match on Sunday.

The Bulls (30-17, 12-8 The American) flipped the script on the Shockers (32-17, 7-13 The American) with a two-run first, as Coco Montes (Miami), Duke Stunkel Jr. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) and David Villar (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) led off the game with consecutive singles.

After Wichita St. got one back in the bottom half, USF erupted for five runs on six hits, capped by a three-run homer by Joe Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.) that completely left the ballpark and ended up across the street of Eck Stadium.

But the hosts got close in the bottom half once again, scoring three runs to make it 7-4. Peter Strzelecki (Lake Worth, Fla.) escaped the second allowing just three runs, as the bases were left juiced thanks to a strikeout of preseason All-American Greyson Jenista.

Strzelecki retired 10 of 11 from that point on. Though he allowed a run in the sixth, the Bulls scored in the top half as well. USF’s bullpen was lights out, surrendering one hit and one run over the final 3.2 innings.

Key Stats

10 – The Bulls tallied 17 hits, the 26^th they had double-digit hits in 2018 and the third time this week.

12 – USF scored double-digit runs for the 12^th time this year.

27 – The Bulls are 27-0 when leading after seven innings in 2018.

130 – USF has outscored opponents 130-78 over the innings 1-2-3 this season.

6 – USF has won six rubber games this season. Sunday will be the ninth of the year.

9 – All nine USF hitters recorded a hit.

4 – Stunkel Jr. went 4-for-5, a career-high for hits. He has nine hits through the first three games this week.

5 – Five Bulls had multiple hits.

Notables

-       Villar went 3-for-5 with two runs, two RBI and his league-leading 18^th double.

-       The Bulls had four doubles and now have 115 this season.

-       Genord finished 2-for-4 with a run and his 10^th home run of the year.

-       Andrew Perez (Orlando) now has 10 saves this year and needs just one more to tie for 10^th all-time in program history for a single season.

Up Next

The Bulls and Wichita St. will meet in the rubber match at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.