USF Baseball Summer Ball Update
TAMPA, Fla., JULY 2, 2018 – With the calendar flipping to July, summer ball is heating up and members of the USF baseball team are showing no signs of cooling down.
Redshirt freshman catcher
Jake Sullivan (Tampa) played in five games last week for the
Savannah Bananas of the Coastal Plain League. He went 5-for-14 with a double, home run, five RBI and three runs scored. Sullivan had a homer, two RBI and two runs in game one of a Saturday doubleheader. He is batting .403 with 13 RBI and 14 runs scored in 19 games so far this summer.
Sophomore
Carson Ragsdale (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) appeared in two games out of the bullpen last week for the
Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League. He logged two innings on Thursday, faced the minimum and struck out four. Ragsdale holds a 0.69 ERA in nine appearances with 23 strikeouts.
Junior
Joe Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.) played in six games with the
Amsterdam Mohawks of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League last week. Genord hit in the last four games of the week, going 6-for-17 in from June 28 – July 1. He hit a double and a home run and finished with two runs and five RBI. Genord is hitting .267 with four doubles, two home runs, nine runs and 16 RBI.
Redshirt sophomore lefty
Connor Eason (Chesapeake, Va.) appeared in two games with the
Peninsula Pilots of the Coastal Plain League. He totaled 3.2 innings pitched allowing three hits and a run with five strikeouts. Eason tossed two perfect innings on Friday, striking out three.
Juniors
JD Dutka (Suwanee, Ga.) and
Kyle Phillips (Orlando) will also be competing this summer. Dutka will be playing in the
Sunbelt League in Georgia and Phillips will be in the
Florida League.
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 continued the success under first-year head coach Billy Mohl in 2018, reaching 36 wins and advancing to the semifinals of the conference tournament for the first time since 2012, while being ranked in multiple polls since mid-April. USF earned its third NCAA Regional berth in the last four seasons and had six all-conference selections in 2018. The team had four players drafted in the 2018 MLB Draft, including the program's fourth first rounder Shane McClanahan. Junior third baseman David Villar was taken in the 11th round after tallying 24 doubles and hitting better than .370, being named a first team all-conference and to a pair of All-America lists. The USF Baseball program has won five conference titles and the Bulls have made 13 NCAA appearances.
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