Bulls Welcome FGCU Tuesday Night

[Brad]

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MATCHUP: USF vs. FGCU
SCHEDULE: Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Tampa, Fla., USF Baseball Stadium
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Bulls Welcome FGCU Tuesday Night 
USF hasn’t had a home midweek game since defeating No. 5 Florida on Feb. 19 

TAMPA, April 1, 2019 – The USF baseball team hosts Florida Gulf Coast University on Tuesday in the first home midweek game since defeating then-No. 5 Florida on Feb. 19.

The Bulls (12-14, 1-5 The American) are coming off of a tough home series against No. 11 ECU, dropping three to the first-place team in The American. Senior first baseman Joe Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.) hit .300 in the series with a double, a RBI and two runs. Redshirt sophomore Jake Sullivan (Tampa) batted .571 (4-for-7) with a RBI in two games. Senior catcher Tyler Dietrich (Naples, Fla.) had a season high three hits in the series finale on Sunday.  

The Matchup

Tuesday will be the 17th all-time meeting in the series between the Bulls and Eagles. The Bulls got their first-ever win over FGCU in Tampa on March 13 of last year, a 10-3 victory. This week’s visitors hold an 11-5 edge in the all-time series. 

Genord is hitting .400 in three career games against the Eagles with a run, a homer and three RBI. 

Know the Foe
Winners of five straight, the Eagles enter Tuesday at 19-8, 1-2 in the ASUN. FGCU leads the conference in hitting (.294), hits (275), scoring (8.0) and on base percentage (.406). Freshman Joe Kinker leads the ASUN with a .400 average. He has five homers, 24 RBI and 29 runs scored. Senior Jay Hayes is hitting .392 with six home runs and a league best 12 doubles & 31 RBI. Junior catcher Alex Brait is hitting .352 with a team high 30 runs.

Junior left hander Trey Vickery will make his first start Tuesday. He’s 3-0 in 17.1 innings out of the bullpen with a 3.12 ERA. 
 

Nota-Bulls

·   11 different Bulls have home runs this season.

·   Junior Jordan Santos (Tampa) is 19^thnationally with 1 walk per game this year.

·   Genord is just one home run away from moving into fourth on USF’s all-time list.

·   Genord is batting .667 in five midweek games this year with four home runs, eight RBI and seven runs.

·   Senior Kyle Phillips (Orlando) is batting .476 in those five midweek 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 can't watch midweeks but with our lack of a midweek starter this is gonna be tough. FGCU isn't really a bad program. 

[Guest Jonesy Bull]

5 hours ago, BrassBulls12 said:

I can't watch midweeks but with our lack of a midweek starter this is gonna be tough. FGCU isn't really a bad program. 

Our lack of weekend starters are not helping either.

[chapelbull]

Offensive explosion tonight.  Don't need no stinking arms ....

[Brad]

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Bats Come to Play in 15-4 win over FGCU Tuesday

USF clubs its most hits since 2013; 10 Bulls had hits 

TAMPA, FLA., April 2, 2019 – The USF baseball team erupted for 20 hits, as 10 different players recorded a base knock in Tuesday’s 15-4 drubbing of FGCU.

 

The Bulls (13-14, 1-5 The American) were trailing the Eagles (19-9, 1-2 ASUN), 3-2, in the bottom of the third. Seven hits and eight runs later, things changed rather quickly. USF loaded the bags on three-straight singles with no outs. Senior Chris Chatfield (Riverview, Fla.) made it four-straight singles to score Joe Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.) from third, tying the game. Freshman Nick Gonzalez (Tampa) recorded the Bulls’ fifth-straight single in the next at-bat, scoring Austin Bodrato (Northvale, N.J.) to give the home side a 4-3 edge.

 

After an Alex Bello (Miami) RBI and Jordan Santos (Tampa) walk with the bases loaded, Genord stepped into the box for the second time in the inning. He unloaded on a fast ball and drove it over the fence in center for his first career grand slam, blowing the game open to make it 10-3. USF would have 13 at-bats in the frame.

 

FGCU loaded the bases in the first and grabbed a 1-0 lead early. USF responded with two runs in the bottom half. The Eagles retook the lead with two more runs in the second before the Bulls gained control for good in the third. The Bulls tacked on three runs in the sixth and two in the eighth to lead by as much as 12.

 

Key Stats

20 – USF’s season high for hits and it ties for the most in a game since doing the same on Feb. 16. 2013. 
10 – Bulls that recorded hits.  
12 – Every Bull that played reached base safely. The team also walked eight times on top of the 20 hits. 
4 – Genord’s grand slam was the first for USF since David Villar on March 19, 2017. 
7 – Seven Bulls had multiple hits.  
 

Nota-Bulls

·   Genord finished 3-for-5 with three runs and had four RBI for the third time this season.

·   Classmate Kyle Phillips (Orlando) went 3-for-6 with two runs and two RBI. He has multiple hits in seven of the last nine games.

·   Bodrato had three hits, and Bello, Gonzalez, Santos and senior Tyler Dietrich (Naples, Fla.) each had two hits. 

·   The USF bullpen tossed the final seven innings, allowing seven hits and one run. 

Up Next

The War on I-4 resumes Friday in Orlando. First pitch in the latest installment is set for 6 p.m.