GAMEDAY INFORMATION
University of South Florida Bulls (19-34, 7-14 AAC) vs. No. 15 ECU Pirates (38-15, 15-6 AAC)
SCHEDULE: Thursday, May 18 – 6:30 p.m. | Friday, May 19 – 5 p.m. | Saturday, May 20 – 10:30 a.m.
BALLPARK: Red McEwen Field at USF Baseball Stadium | Tampa, Fla.
ALL-TIME SERIES: ECU leads, 26-15
TV: ESPN+
RADIO: Bulls Unlimited (TuneIn app)
LIVE STATS: Here
TICKETS: Purchase
TWITTER UPDATES: @USFBaseball
GAME NOTES: South Florida | East Carolina
2023 MEDIA GUIDE: View
*NOTE: Friday's game time has been moved up to 5 p.m. and Saturday's to 10:30 a.m. due to inclement weather forecast on each day.
TAMPA (May 17, 2023) – The University of South Florida Bulls conclude the 2023 regular season with a three-game series against the No. 15-ranked ECU Pirates. After the conclusion of the series, South Florida will have played 10 games this season against Top 25 opponents.
ECU swept a three-game series from the Bulls in Greenville last season, and the teams split a four-game set in Tampa in 2021.
Bobby Boser has reached base safely in 15 consecutive games and is riding a career-best 11-game hitting streak entering the weekend. Boser's 15 career highs are also a career high and the most by a Bull since Joe Genord (16) in 2018. His 15 home runs are tied for ninth all-time in program single-season history.
Boser leads the AAC during league play in slugging (.790) and homers (9), while ranking third in OBP (.469) and RBI (24).
Drew Brutcher has 31 career home runs which rank seventh all-time in program history.
Collectively, the Bulls have launched 65 homers this season, their most since 1997 (71).
True freshman Eric Snow has blasted all seven of his home runs in Tampa this season. Snow leads USF with a .352 batting average and is hitting .389 over 26 games since April 1st.
Pitching Matchup
Thursday – RHP Jack Cebert (4-3, 4.43 ERA) vs. LHP Zach Root (3-2, 4.46 ERA)
Friday – LHP Nolan Hudi (1-4, 6.02 ERA) vs. RHP Josh Grosz (4-2, 3.21 ERA)
Saturday – LHP Ethan Brown (1-4, 5.87 ERA) vs. RHP Trey Yesavage (6-1, 3.00 ERA)
Up Next
The Bulls will travel to Clearwater for the AAC Tournament beginning on Tuesday, May 23 at BayCare Ballpark.
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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