Stunkel Jr., Duke (A.ECU.18.Puzzo)
8
Winner Memphis MEM 15-29
2
Bulls USF 28-15
Winner
Memphis MEM
15-29
8
Final
2
Bulls USF
28-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Memphis MEM 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 8 8 0
Bulls USF 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0

W: BOWLAN, Jonathan (2-6) L: Strzelecki, Peter (6-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bulls Drop Game Two against Tigers Saturday

TAMPA, APRIL 28, 2018 – The University of South Florida baseball team led 2-0 in the fifth, but seven unanswered runs and a dominant outing on the mound gave Memphis a 7-2 win to tie the weekend series Saturday. 

After a quick first two innings, the Bulls (28-15, 10-7 The American) finally got to the Tigers (15-29, 2-12 The American) and their junior righty Jonathan Bowlan in the bottom of the third. Garrett Zech (Naples, Fla.) smashed a double off the right-center wall, then two batters later was brought home on a Coco Montes (Miami) single. In the next at-bat, Duke Stunkel Jr. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) singled to score Montes, making it 2-0.

Memphis jumped ahead in the fifth with four runs on four hits. The Tigers added to the lead with a run in the sixth, two in the seventh, and another in the ninth. By that point, Bowlan had settled down and limited USF to just four hits on the afternoon, going the distance with 18 strikeouts to no walks.

Notables
  • Montes and Stunkel Jr. led the way offensively with the two RBI and two of the four hits.
  • Zech's double was his eighth of the year.
  • USF has had a rubber match in every series of conference play, and is 4-1 in such series.
  • The Bulls are 8-2 on Sunday's this year, having only lost two series in 2018.
Up Next
The Bulls and Tigers conclude the weekend with tomorrow's senior day, set to begin at 11 a.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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