at Wichita St.
2
USF USF 29-17, 11-8 AAC
17
Winner Wichita State WSU 32-16, 7-12 AAC
USF USF
29-17, 11-8 AAC
2
Final
17
Wichita State WSU
32-16, 7-12 AAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
USF USF 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 1
Wichita State WSU 2 1 3 2 3 3 0 3 17 17 0

W: HEUER, Codi (6-5) L: McClanahan, Shane (5-6)

Game Recap: Baseball |

No. 22 Bulls Fall in Game 1 at Wichita St.

WICHITA ST., KS., May 11, 2018 – The University of South Florida baseball team had double-digit hits for the 25th time this season in Friday's 17-2 loss to Wichita St. to start the three-game series.

The Bulls (29-17, 11-8 The American) fell behind in the first, as the Shockers (32-16, 7-12 The American) hit a two-run homer. JD Dutka (Suwanee, Ga.) laced a double down the left field line in the second, then Kyle Phillips (Orlando) got USF on the board with an RBI single in the next at-bat, making it 2-1.

Wichita St. scored four runs over the next two innings to make it 6-1. In the top of the fourth, Dutka smashed a triple off the right-center wall, then Phillips again scored him to make it 6-2.

But the Shockers scored two runs in the bottom half and three runs in both the fifth and sixth, making it 14-2. Wichita added three more in the eighth to win 17-2.

Key Stats

10 – The Bulls tallied 10 hits, the 25th they had double-digit hits in 2018.
4 – Four Bulls had multiple hits.

Notables
  • Along with Dutka and Phillips, Coco Montes (Miami) and Duke Stunkel Jr. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) each had two hits.
  • Montes and Stunkel Jr. each have five hits in the first two games of the week.
Up Next
The Bulls and Wichita St. play the middle game of this weekend's series Saturday at 3 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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