Bulls Face The Citadel for the First Time

[Brad]

Game 3 is off to a rough start, Citadel still batting in top of 1st

Team Names	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
The Citadel	6									6	3	0
South Florida										0	0	1

[Brad]

Citadel batting top of inning

Team Names	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
The Citadel	6	0	2	0						8	5	0
South Florida	2	0	1							3	3	1

[Brad]

Bulls pull it out after being down 8-2 ---- sweep The Citadel

 

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
The Citadel	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	9	9	4
USF	2	0	1	6	1	0	2	0	X	12	10	1

 

[Brad]

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Bulls Complete Sweep of The Citadel

USF scored 19 runs Saturday to sweep the doubleheader and series

TAMPA, FLA., April 20, 2019 – The USF baseball team totaled 19 runs on 22 hits to sweep Saturday’s doubleheader and complete the weekend sweep over The Citadel, winning with finals of 7-2 and 12-9.

 

The Bulls (18-20) trailed the Bulldogs (10-28) in the first game, 2-0 heading into the bottom of the third. USF got one back, then erupted for six runs on six hits in the fourth, capped by a three-run homer from senior Joe Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.)

 

In the second game, USF faced a pair of six-run deficits. The Citadel plated six in the first. USF got a pair back in the bottom half, but the Bulldogs answered with two more in the third. Trailing, 8-3, the Bulls again scored six in the fourth to take a 9-8 edge. The Citadel tied things in the fifth before a Jake Sullivan (Tampa) sac fly scoring Alex Bello (Miami) turned into the winning run. Senior righty Richie Cruz (Miami) was lights out in relief, and USF added two more in the seventh. 

 

Key Stats

3 – USF has swept three series this year. 
4 – Senior Kyle Phillips (Orlando) scored a career best four runs in the second game. 
6 – Genord matched a career high with six RBI in the second game. He went 3-for-5 with two doubles. 
13 – Genord’s homer in the first game was his 13^thof the year and 43^rd of his career. He sits in third place on USF’s all-time list. 
14 – The Bulls tallied 12 hits in Game 1 and 10 in Game 2, the 14^th time with double-digit hits this year.

Nota-Bulls

·   Six Bulls had multi-hit days between the two games.

·   Sullivan went 3-for-5 in the two games with four runs and three RBI.

·   Genord had nine RBI in the two games.

·   Cruz tossed 4.2 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits.

·   Bello had two hits and a run in both games.

Up Next

The Bulls travel to Fort Myers for a meeting with FGCU Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. 

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