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1
|
2
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3
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4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
R
|
H
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E
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|
USF
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2
|
6
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1
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SFA
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0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
X |
3
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8
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2
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| Pitching |
IP
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H
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R
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ER
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BB
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SO
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| W - Heriage (2-0) |
7.0
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3
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0
|
0
|
2
|
3
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| L - Stull (0-1) |
4.1
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5
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3
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3
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3
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4
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| SV - West (2) |
2.0
|
2
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2
|
1
|
0
|
1
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| Batting Leaders |
AB
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R
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H
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RBI
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BB
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3B
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| SFA - Smith |
4
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0
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3
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
| USF - Carlin |
5
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
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Up Next:
at Oklahoma | March 6 | 4 p.m. | Norman, Okla
vs. Western Illinois | March 7 | Noon | Norman, Okla
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NORMAN, Okla. - A feverish ninth-inning rally came up short as the University of South Florida baseball team scored two runs in the in the final frame before falling to Stephen F. Austin, 3-2, in the second game of the Sooner Classic.
Down 3-0 to start the ninth, junior outfielder
Stephen Hunt reached base on a two-base error by SFA left fielder Ryan Priest. After junior
Eric Sim was hit by a pitch, USF had the tying run at the plate in pinch-hitter
Alex Mendez, who singled through the left side to load the bases.
USF would finally get on the board as
Junior Carlin sent a shot off the glove of the pitcher for an infield single to score Hunt.
With the score 3-1, and the bases still loaded, junior
Ryan Lockwood was hit by a pitch, which allowed Sim to walk home and narrow the deficit to one run.
With the bases still loaded, junior
Jonathan Koscso and redshirt-freshman
Sean Buckley ended the game and the Bulls' rally with a pair of pop-ups.
Carlin continued his offensive hot streak. The Riverview native went 3-for-5 on the day and extended his hitting streak to 11 games. Carlin is now hitting a team-best .421 in 2010.
The hit streak is the longest of his career, surpassing the eight-game streak he had from March 1-14 last season.
Stephen F. Austin would get on board in the second inning with three extra base hits off USF starter
Matt Stull. SFA added another run in the fifth inning.
Stull went 4.1 innings scattering five hits and striking out four in his first start of the season. All three SFA's runs were on his bill and were earned.
USF received 3.2 innings of scoreless relief work from the combo of junior
Kevin Quackenbush and senior
Joe Cole. Cole was superb, throwing three scoreless innings and striking out two. In four appearances this season, Cole has given up just one earned run.
USF had its opportunities and left 11 men on base, including two bases runners with no outs in the eighth inning.
Prior to the game, USF head coach
Lelo Prado moved freshman
Ray Delphey to the closer role. That means that junior
Andrew Barbosa will start Saturday's rematch with Oklahoma. The game is scheduled for 4 p.m. Eastern. Barbosa will be opposed by Oklahoma RHP Bobby Shore.
Sophomore
Jimmy Moran is scheduled to make his first start as a Bull Sunday against Western Illinois.
