Summer baseball update.

BrassBulls12 · July 3, 2018

TAMPA, Fla., JULY 2, 2018 – With the calendar flipping to July, summer ball is heating up and members of the USF baseball team are showing no signs of cooling down.

Redshirt freshman catcher Jake Sullivan (Tampa) played in five games last week for the Savannah Bananas of the Coastal Plain League. He went 5-for-14 with a double, home run, five RBI and three runs scored. Sullivan had a homer, two RBI and two runs in game one of a Saturday doubleheader. He is batting .403 with 13 RBI and 14 runs scored in 19 games so far this summer.

Sophomore Carson Ragsdale (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) appeared in two games out of the bullpen last week for the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League. He logged two innings on Thursday, faced the minimum and struck out four. Ragsdale holds a 0.69 ERA in nine appearances with 23 strikeouts.

Junior Joe Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.) played in six games with the Amsterdam Mohawks of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League last week. Genord hit in the last four games of the week, going 6-for-17 in from June 28 – July 1. He hit a double and a home run and finished with two runs and five RBI. Genord is hitting .267 with four doubles, two home runs, nine runs and 16 RBI.

Redshirt sophomore lefty Connor Eason (Chesapeake, Va.) appeared in two games with the Peninsula Pilots of the Coastal Plain League. He totaled 3.2 innings pitched allowing three hits and a run with five strikeouts. Eason tossed two perfect innings on Friday, striking out three.

Juniors JD Dutka (Suwanee, Ga.) and Kyle Phillips (Orlando) will also be competing this summer. Dutka will be playing in the Sunbelt League in Georgia and Phillips will be in the Florida League.