GAMEDAY INFORMATION
University of South Florida Bulls (4-9) at Long Beach State Dirtbags (7-4)
SCHEDULE: Saturday, March 11 – 9 p.m. ET | Sunday, March 12 (DH) – 2 p.m. ET, Game 2 40 mins. after Game 1
BALLPARK: Bohl Diamond at Blair Field
ALL-TIME SERIES: First meetings
TV: ESPN+ (Sunday Only)
LIVE STATS: Here
TWITTER UPDATES: @USFBaseball
GAME NOTES: South Florida | Long Beach
2023 MEDIA GUIDE: View
LONG BEACH, Calif. (March 10, 2023) – The University of South Florida Bulls embark on a cross-country trip to Long Beach State over the weekend. The Bulls and Dirtbags will meet on the diamond for the first time during the three-game series. Due to rain forecast on Friday, the schedule has been adjusted with a doubleheader on Saturday and a single game on Sunday.
The Dirtbags have appeared in 22 NCAA Regionals and made four trips to the College World Series.
The trip marks the final non-conference road series for the Bulls, who will play their next 18 games in the Sunshine State.
Bobby Boser enters the weekend in California leading the team in batting average (.383) and has reached base safely in all 13 games to begin the season. Jackson Mayo and Eric Snow are tied for the team lead with 11 RBI.
Drew Brutcher (9) and John Montes (8) are both riding respective hitting streaks and Daniel Cantu has reached base safely in 11 consecutive games. Cantu, Boser and Mayo each have three home runs on the season.
Montes is batting .412 with four extra-base hits and six RBI over his last 10 games and Snow is hitting .438 with two doubles, two homers and 10 RBI over his last five games.
Pitching Matchup
Saturday Game 1 – LHP Ethan Brown vs. LHP Graham Osman
Saturday Game 2 – RHP Hunter Mink vs. RHP Nico Zeglin
Sunday – RHP Jack Cebert vs. LHP Myles Patton
Up Next
The Bulls return to Tampa for a five-game homestand beginning with a pair of midweek games against Dartmouth on March 14-15. USF will then welcome Army to Tampa for a three-game weekend series beginning on Friday, March 17.
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 58th season in 2023 under head coach Billy Mohl (sixth season). 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 Bulls were selected in the 2022 MLB Draft. Former 2018 first-round selection, Shane McClanahan, became the program's first-ever MLB All-Star in 2022 and was the starting pitcher for the American League.
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