GAMEDAY INFORMATION
University of South Florida Bulls (18-31, 6-12 AAC) at Wichita State Shockers (27-20, 10-7 AAC)
SCHEDULE: Friday, May 12 – 7 p.m. | Saturday, May 13 – 3 p.m. | Sunday, May 14 – 12:30 p.m. (all times ET)
BALLPARK: Eck Stadium | Wichita, Kan.
ALL-TIME SERIES: WSU leads, 10-8-1
TV: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: Here
TWITTER UPDATES: @USFBaseball
GAME NOTES: South Florida | Wichita State
2023 MEDIA GUIDE: View
WICHITA, Kan. (May 11, 2023) – The University of South Florida Bulls wrap up their longest road swing of the season with a three-game series at Wichita State this weekend. Following this seven-game stretch of road games, South Florida returns to Tampa for a four-game homestand to conclude the regular season.
Last season, USF ended the regular season with a series win over Wichita State that saw Drew Brutcher blast a walk-off homer in the 10th inning of the finale. The Bulls and Shockers split a four-game set in Wichita in 2021. This weekend marks USF's third visit to play the Shockers in Wichita.
Brutcher enters the weekend ranked seventh all-time in program history with 31 home runs. The junior has belted seven homers over his last 14 games.
Sophomore Bobby Boser leads USF with 14 dingers this season and will crack the program's single-season Top 10 with his next home run.
Daniel Cantu, who was enjoying a career year at the plate, suffered a broke hand this week and will miss the remainder of the 2023 campaign.
Collectively, the Bulls' 62 home runs this season and their most since 2005 (63). The next highest total was 71 homers in 1997.
Pitching Matchups
Friday – RHP Jack Cebert (3-3, 4.05 ERA) vs. RHP Clark Candiotti (7-2, 3.84 ERA)
Saturday – RHP Hunter Mink (6-5, 6.55 ERA) vs. LHP Payton Tolle (8-2, 3.89 ERA)
Sunday – TBA vs. RHP Grant Adler (4-3, 2.49 ERA)
Up Next
The Bulls close out the regular season next week with four games at USF Baseball Stadium. USF will host Stetson on Tuesday, May 16 followed by a three-game series with nationally-ranked ECU on May 18-20.
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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