Stewart Puckett NCAT 3B
13
Winner North Carolina A&T NCATBB 11-4
1
South Florida USF 9-6
Winner
North Carolina A&T NCATBB
11-4
13
Final
1
South Florida USF
9-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
North Carolina A&T NCATBB 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 13 13 0
South Florida USF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1

W: HART, Evan (3-0) L: Brown, Matt (1-2) S: CAIN, Avery (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bulls’ win streak snapped in series finale by Aggies

USF won the weekend series, but dropped the finale, 13-1.

TAMPA (March 10, 2024) – The University of South Florida Bulls (9-6) had their four-game winning streak halted on Sunday afternoon with a 13-1 setback to the North Carolina A&T Aggies (11-4) at USF Baseball Stadium. South Florida won the first two games of the weekend series in thrilling comeback fashion before dropping Sunday's finale. USF's six-game home winning streak also came to an end.

The Aggies, who scored first in all three games of the series, took an early 1-0 lead on Sunday in the top of the first inning. An RBI-single by Eric Snow (Forsyth, Ga.) tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the first, but that was all the scoring for the Bulls on the day.

A&T regained the lead with a pair of runs in the second, scored once in the third inning and plated three more runs in the fourth, eighth and ninth innings.

Prior to the loss, USF had been outscoring its opponents 27-1 in the eighth and ninth innings of ballgames over the last four affairs.

Snow finished the day with a pair of hits and Stewart Puckett (DeLeon Springs), who logged his first career start, hit and RBI on Saturday, went 3-for-4 for the Bulls.

Notable

  • The Bulls went 4-1 overall on the week.
  • USF posted a collective 2.77 ERA on the mound last weekend at UCF, but scuffled against North Carolina A&T with an 8.00 ERA.
  • John Montes (Toa Alto, Puerto Rico) went 5-for-10 in the weened series.
  • Drew Brutcher (Lakeland) who entered the weekend leading the NCAA in walks, drew two more free passes on Sunday and now has 23 walks over 15 games this season.
  • Brutcher has reached base safely in all 15 games this year.

Up Next

The Bulls continue their current seven-game homestand with a midweek tilt against Maine on Wednesday, March 13 at 6 p.m. in Tampa.     

Double Play Passes, which include one ticket to every home baseball and softball game, can be purchased now for $99. Group and single game tickets are also on sale and can be purchased here or by calling 1-800-Go-Bulls.

About USF Baseball

The USF Baseball program played its first season in 1966 and is entering its 59th season in 2024 under head coach Billy Mohl (seventh 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 19 have earned Freshman All-America accolades, most recently Eric Snow in 2023. 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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