Basebulls beat Pitt

[Cubanbull]

4-2 to open Big East play

[JoeB]

Great job.  It looks like Danny O was back in prime form tonight, going 8 innings only giving up two runs on 7 hits.  Great job Danny.  We only had six hits so the Offense needs to step up the rest of the weekend.  Good to get that first Big East win under our belts.

14-6 looks good, but 15-6 will look even better after tomorrow.  

Happy St. Paddy's Weekend Bulls fans, wear your green out at the Red tomorrow!

[South_Florida_Flip]

Keep it up boys.

[Matt]

how does a college starting pitching rotation work?  5 days rest just like the pros? or do they just start every friday game to open a series?

[Wags]

Right now, we have it set up like this:

#1 Friday starter

#2 Saturday starter

#3 Sunday starter

#4 Tuesday starter

Weekend series are (later in the year) all conference games which are relatively more important, while tuesday games are non-conference games. They try to get on a regular rotation where each day of the week is preparation for their weekend start.

[Brad]

Courtesy USF SID

Otero Earns First BIG EAST Victory As USF Beats Pittsburgh 4-2

TAMPA, Fla. (March 16, 2007) – Senior right handed pitcher Danny Otero picked up his fourth win of the season Friday night at Red McEwen Field as the University of South Florida (14-6, 1-0)  beat Pittsburgh (6-9, 0-1), 4-2, in the BIG EAST season opener for both teams.

Otero struck out eight in 8.0 innings, allowing seven hits and two earned runs.  

Freshman RHP Shawn Sanford picked up his fourth save of the season, allowing no hits and no runs scored in the ninth, helping the Bulls to their first BIG EAST Conference win under Coach Lelo Prado.

Junior shortstop Walter Diaz was 2-for-3 at the plate while juniors Brad Karns and Brandin Daniel each picked up an RBI in the game.  

USF, who failed to score in the opening inning for first time in six games, trailed early in the contest after the Panthers scored two in the second.

The Bulls cut the lead in half in the bottom of the sixth, scoring one run off of back-to-back doubles to right field from junior Dexter Butler and Daniel. Daniel picked up his 28th RBI of the season on the play.  

Two innings later, the Bulls took the 4-2 lead after senior Ty Taborelli hit a single to right field, then sophomore Addison Maruszak reached on an error by the Pittsburgh short stop. After a Panther error on Butler’s sac bunt, Taborelli and Maruszak crossed home plate to give USF the one-run lead.  Butler then scored on a sac fly from the designated hitter Karns, who was playing in his fourth game of the season, to give USF the 4-2 win.  

The Bulls and Panthers meet again Saturday at 6 p.m., then at noon on Sunday, March 18.

[Matt]

Right now, we have it set up like this:

#1 Friday starter

#2 Saturday starter

#3 Sunday starter

#4 Tuesday starter

Weekend series are (later in the year) all conference games which are relatively more important, while tuesday games are non-conference games. They try to get on a regular rotation where each day of the week is preparation for their weekend start.

thanks...im gonna have to make it out there for the next friday home game.  fridays and sundays are really the only games i can make, unless you play saturday nights or mondays.

[Reliabull]

Saturday games are at 6 p.m. now.

[Matt]

sweet.....do they sell beer?  if not, can i bring a cooler?

[Eric_Soncrant]

No and no on the beer.  They are still working on a license to sell it.