Bulls Head to DeLand for Midweek Matchup With Hatters

[Brad]

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WMATCHUP: USF at Stetson
SCHEDULE: Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: DeLand, Fla., Melching Field at Conrad Park
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Bulls Head to DeLand for Midweek Matchup With Hatters  
USF was last in DeLand for the 2018 NCAA Regional

TAMPA, March 26, 2019 – The USF baseball team heads east for a meeting with Stetson Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

The Bulls (12-10, 1-2 The American) fell to Cincinnati in the final two games of the opening American Athletic Conference series. Each game was close, as the Bearcats outscored USF, 12-10 in the series.

Junior righty hander Collin Sullivan (Randolph, Mass.) picked up his second win of the year on Friday, tossing a season long 7.0 innings with a career best 11 strikeouts. He was named to The American Weekly Honor Roll on Monday.   

Senior Kyle Phillips (Orlando) hit .462 over the weekend, tallying two hits in each contest. He led the Bulls with a .366 average during league action last season and is hitting .330 through the first 22 games.  

The Matchup

Stetson holds a slim 87-84 edge in the all-time series against the Bulls. The teams have played each year going back to 1966. Stetson leads the series in DeLand, 44-37 and has won three-straight in the series. Though they didn't meet, USF was in DeLand for last year's NCAA Regional. It was the first time that Stetson hosted a regional in program history.

Phillips was named to the DeLand Regional All-Tournament team, hitting .455 in three games. 

Know the Foe
On the heels off one of their best seasons in program history, the Hatters have yet to find last year’s magic that produced 48 wins and a trip to the NCAA Super Regionals. Stetson is 9-14 entering Wednesday, recently coming off a three-game swing in Lubbock, Texas where the team played what was a ranked Michigan squad and No. 18 Texas Tech. The Hatters defeated the Red Raiders on Sunday, but fell, 5-4, on Monday night.

Senior Baylen Sparks leads the team with a .296 average. Junior Jorge Arenas is hitting .275 and has a team high 17 RBI and classmate Austin Bogart is batting .274 with 13 runs.

Freshman righty Danny Garcia has been the team’s most reliable arm, holding a 1.93 ERA out of the bullpen with 14 strikeouts in 18.2 innings. Sophomore righty Chris Gonzalez leads the starters with a 2.67 ERA and is 3-0 on the year, while Garcia is 2-0.   

Nota-Bulls

·   The Bulls are second in The American with a 3.88 ERA.

·   11 different Bulls have home runs this season.

·   Junior Jordan Santos (Tampa) is 12^thnationally with 1.10 walks per game.

·   Sullivan is second in The American with 44 strikeouts and second with 5.40 hits allowed per nine innings.

·   Phillips is batting .381 over his last five games.

·   Senior Joe Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.) is batting .615 with two doubles, two homers, five runs and four RBI in four midweek games this year. He has also walked seven times and has a .750 on base percentage.

·   Phillips is right behind, hitting .421 in those four games.

 

Bulls Bits

·   DID YOU KNOW?: USF has the only Division I coaching staff in the state of Florida in which every member was selected in the MLB Draft – head coach Billy Mohl (2006, Philadelphia); assistants Chuck Jeroloman (2004, Boston), Chris Cates (2007, Minnesota), Brian Jeroloman(2006, Toronto). The Bulls' coaching staff has a combined 25 years of playing experience in pro baseball.

[BrassBulls12]

I'm liking that we are getting a lot of these mid-week games on espn +

[BrassBulls12]

8 hours ago, Brad said:

  The Bulls are second in The American with a 3.88 ERA.

The pitching can't be that bad. 

[BrassBulls12]

Off to a good start 

[BrassBulls12]

4-0 bulls. Top 2. Stetson going to the pen

[BrassBulls12]

Phillips legged out an infield hit and was pulled for Chatfield.  Hopefully, that is a precautionary move.

[BrassBulls12]

Doudican loses the strike zone in the 2nd and loads the bases on 2 walks and a double the Zech tried to make a play on and let it get behind him. Chatfield drops a line drive, add a couple of hits and the game is tied at 5 

[BrassBulls12]

Genord hits his second home run of the game. 7-6, The second was crushed. 

[BrassBulls12]

Bulls fall 10-9 thanks to a collapse in the second inning that gave up 7 runs. We don't have anyone to start midweek games. I'm guessing Stuart is hurt now. 

[NewEnglandBull]

Put a fork in them....