Team (A.18.UNC.TP)
2
Central Michigan CMU 2-11-1
3
Winner Bulls USF 8-6
Central Michigan CMU
2-11-1
2
Final
3
Bulls USF
8-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Central Michigan CMU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 3
Bulls USF 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 10 1

W: Perez, Andrew (1-2) L: COLLINS, Jack (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bulls Walk Off Chippewas in the 10th to Take Series Opener

TAMPA, FLA., MARCH 9, 2018 – The University of South Florida baseball team provided the late-inning drama with its first walk-off win of the season, defeating Central Michigan, 3-2, in 10 innings Friday to open a three-game series.

The Bulls (8-6) scored in the fifth and seventh innings, and rode another strong outing from lefty All-American Shane McClanahan (Cape Coral, Fla.) into the eighth with a 2-0 lead. The Chippewas (2-11-1) only had one hit in the eighth, but took pitches and were able to tie the game in the top half.

After USF had a runner just 90 feet from home in the ninth, it used a small two-out rally in the 10th to win the game. Junior David Villar (Pembroke Pines, Fla.) smoked the game's only extra-base hit, a double down the left field line. Then classmate Joe Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.) followed with a hot-shot single up the middle to score him and give his team a thrilling win.  

Key Stats

0 – For the fourth time this year, McClanahan allowed no runs.
6.2 – McClanahan tossed a season-high 6.2 innings. He gave up only four hits and struck out nine.
3 – Three Bulls had multi-hit nights. Villar, the reigning conference player of the week, had two.  
10 – USF reached 10 hits for the eighth time this season.

Notables
  • Junior catcher Tyler Dietrich (Naples, Fla.) had a game-high three hits to go along with a run and a RBI. He's now hitting .392 on the year.  
  • Kyle Phillips (Orlando) went 2-for-4.
  • Andrew Perez (Orlando) logged 3.0 innings out of the bullpen. Though Central Michigan tied things while he was in, the lefty struck out three and got his first win of the year.
Up Next
USF and Central Michigan continue the three-game series Saturday at 6:30 p.m.  

About USF Baseball
The University of South Florida baseball team is one of the fastest rising programs in the country. The Bulls reached the NCAA Regionals in 2015 for the first time in 13 years and followed that success with a 42-19 record and second NCAA regional trip in three years in 2017. The Bulls earned just their second and third wins over top-five ranked teams with victories against then-No. 3 Florida State and at then-No. 5 Florida during the 2017 season. During the 2017 season, USF reached the 40-win mark for the first time since 1996 and entered the top-25 in the major collegiate baseball polls for the first time since 2013. The USF Baseball program has won five conference titles and the Bulls have made 12 NCAA appearances.
 
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