Daniel Cantu 220226 MBA v STON
Mary Holt/South Florida Athletic
6
Winner Stetson STET 24-28
4
South Florida USF 26-26
Winner
Stetson STET
24-28
6
Final
4
South Florida USF
26-26
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Stetson STET 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6 11 0
South Florida USF 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 4 8 1

W: AMARAL, A. (4-2) L: Kerkering, Orion (4-6) S: DURGIN, N. (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bulls’ late rally comes up short against Stetson

Daniel Cantu went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles in Tuesday’s 6-4 loss.

TAMPA (May 17, 2022) – The University of South Florida Bulls (26-26) scored twice in the bottom of the ninth inning and brought the winning run to the plate with one out, but the Stetson Hatters (24-28) held off the home team's rally for a 6-4 victory on Tuesday night at USF Baseball Stadium.

South Florida trailed 6-2 heading to the bottom of the ninth when Daniel Cantu (Jacksonville) recorded his second double of the night to spark a late comeback bid. Two batters later, Jackson Mayo (St. Johns) walked and Ben Rozenblum (Coral Springs) followed with a two-run double to make it a two-run ballgame.

Bobby Boser (Wesley Chapel) was next with a walk to put the tying runs on base with only one out, but the Hatters held on by keeping both runners in place and recording the final two outs of the contest.

Mayo and Boser, both true freshman, each homered for USF in the fifth inning.

Notable

  • Cantu finished the night 3-for-4 for his 13th multi-hit game of the year (second-most on the team).
  • Carmine Lane (Lake Placid) tallied his American Athletic Conference leading 73rd hit.
  • Rozenblum has hit safely in six of eight games since returning from a broken foot that forced him to miss 13 games.
  • Hunter Mink (Palm Harbor) and Jack Cebert (Tampa) each turned in scoreless relief appearances from the bullpen.

Up Next

The Bulls wrap up the regular season with a three-game series against Wichita State beginning on Thursday, May 19 at 6 :30 p.m. in Tampa.     

For tickets, please visit usfbullstix.com or call 1-800-Go-Bulls.

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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