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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
R
|
H
|
E
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| USF (19-20, 8-7) |
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
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7
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0 |
10
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18
|
1
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| Louisville (22-17, 8-7) |
1
|
0
|
2
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0
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1
|
0
|
1
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0
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0
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5
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13
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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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SO
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BB
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| W - Reed (3-3) |
2.0
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2
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
2
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| L - Koch (3-4) |
3.1
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
| S - Quackenbush (9) |
2.2
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1
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0
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0
|
1
|
0
|
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| Hitting |
AB
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R
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H
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RBI
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Misc.
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| USF - Sam Mende |
6
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
2R-HR
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| UL- Ryan Seiz |
5
|
0
|
3
|
2
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Up Next For the Bulls:
Game 41: at Miami | April 26 | 6:00 p.m. | Coral Gables, Fla. |
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - In a game that had three separate weather delays, junior
Andrew Longley's fifth inning grand slam broke open a tie ball-game propelling the University of South Florida baseball team (19-20, 8-7) to a 10-5 win over Louisville Saturday afternoon at Jim Patterson Stadium.
With the bases loaded, Longley sent one of six pitches sandwiched in between rain delays of 41 and 58 minutes in the fifth inning down the left field line to break a 3-3 tie.
Earlier in the fifth,
Sam Mende tied the game at three with his team-leading fourth homer of the season, a two-run shot, driving in
Junior Carlin, who walked to start the inning.
The homer by Mende was the first of nine hits in the inning and following a
Todd Brazeal strikeout the Bulls would rattle off eight straight hits highlighted by a Mende RBI single to close out the scoring in the inning.
The USF pitching staff combined to use four pitchers to get the win. Junior
Matt Reed's 2.0 innings of relief of starter
Junior Carlin was enough to pick up his third win of the season. Reed scattered four hits, gave up two runs but left as the pitcher of record after Bulls' seven run fifth.
Reliever
Andrew Loynaz held off the Louisville offense working 2.1 to get the ball to
Kevin Quackenbush with one down in the seventh for the first time this weekend. Quackenbush worked 2.2 scoreless innings to record his ninth save of the season allowing one hit and striking out one.
All nine USF starters recorded a hit in the game with the Bulls collecting a season-high 18 hits. Mende led a group of six Bulls with multiple hits as the junior shortstop tied a career-high with four hits, falling a triple shy of the cycle.
Todd Brazeal's RBI single in the first gave the Bulls the 1-0 lead.
USF will now return to Tampa briefly before heading to Coral Gables, Fla. for a mid-week clash against No. 24 Miami on Wednesday. The Bulls will look to sweep the season series against the Canes for the first time in program history.
Game Notes
The game had weather delays of nine, 41 and 58 minutes… USF improves to 38-29 against the Cardinals all-time, registering their first win against the Cards since 2008… USF outhit the Cardinals, 18-12… 18 hits are a season-high… With one out in the fourth, the game was halted because of rain for a nine minute delay…
Junior Carlin extended his hit streak to 19-games with a single in the first inning… Carlin is 25 for 72 over his hit streak… Carlin's start was his second of the year and the third of his career… The multi-hit game for Mende was his first since 4/6 at Jacksonville… Mende's 53rd career multi-hit game and the 16th three hit game of his career… Mende is the team-leader with four homers … It was the 15th homer of his career and third against Louisville…
Alex Mendez's two hits on the day gives him five multi-hit games on the season… …The grand slam by Longley is the first of his career and the first Bull to hit one since
Daniel Rockhold hit one against Rutgers on 4/16/10... It is his third homer of the and the sixth of his career… 2.2 innings save for Quackenbush is the longest of his career… It is ninth of the season and 19th of his career.
