USF Baseball opens eight-game homestand with weekend series against Brown
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
University of South Florida (5-3) vs. Brown University (1-2)
SCHEDULE: Friday, March 4 – 7 p.m. | Saturday, March 5 – 6:30 p.m. | Sunday, March 6 – 1 p.m.
BALLPARK: USF Baseball Stadium | Tampa, Fla.
ALL-TIME SERIES: USF leads, 1-0
TV: ESPN+
RADIO: iHeart Radio Bulls Unlimited (Channel 2 on Sunday)
TWITTER UPDATES: @USFBaseball
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TAMPA (March 3, 2022) – The University of South Florida Bulls continue a stretch of five games this weekend by opening an eight-game homestand against the Brown University Bears this weekend.
Following a three-game sweep of Stony Brook last weekend, where the Bulls outscored the Seawolves, 29-7, South Florida is coming off a split of its first two midweek games this season. USF tossed its first shutout of the season on Tuesday against FIU, 7-0, before losing on a walk-off homer the following night, 2-1, at North Florida.
Carmine Lane enters the weekend having hit safely in all eight ballgames to date, and leads the Bulls in batting average (.469), extra-base hits (6) and RBI (12). Drew Brutcher tallied a career-high five RBI last Sunday against Stony Brook and hit a game-tying homer at UNF on Wednesday before the Ospreys walked off in the ninth.
Pitching Matchup
Friday – RHP Jack Jasiak (0-0, 2.25 ERA) vs. LHP Zach Fogell (x)
Saturday – RHP Brad Lord (2-0, 3.48 ERA) vs. RHP Tobey McDonough (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Sunday – TBD vs. RHP Santhosh Gottam (1-0, 4.05 ERA)
Scouting Brown
The Bulls and Bears have only met once before with South Florida coming away with a victory in Tampa, 20-7, on March 28, 1984. Brown opened the season with a three-game series at Memphis, winning the finale, in what was their first action since March 8, 2020 after the Ivy League suspended play during the 2021 season.
McDonough tossed six scoreless innings against Memphis last weekend and struck out eight over 6.0 IP and Gottam earned the win in a 7-6 ballgame where he allowed three runs on six hits with three strikeouts over 6.2 IP.
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About USF Baseball
The USF Baseball program played its first season in 1966 and is entering its 57th season in 2022. Head coach Billy Mohl is entering his fifth season at the helm. The Bulls have made 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, including four since 2015, and earned their first-ever Super Regional berth in 2021. USF was ranked in the Top 25 by five different publications in the final 2021 polls, checking in as high as No. 16. The Bulls have won five conference tournament titles (3 Sun Belt, 1 Metro and 1 American) and six regular season championships (3 Sun Belt, 2 Metro and 1 C-USA). USF baseball players have been recognized with All-America honors 12 times, most recently with third baseman David Villar in 2018, and 18 have earned Freshman All-America accolades, most recently Drew Brutcher and Carmine Lane in 2021. Four players were selected in the 2018 MLB Draft, including the program's fourth first-round selection in pitcher Shane McClanahan, who made his Major League debut with the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2020 World Series and was the Rays' postseason game one starter in 2021.
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