TicketsBearcats Bounced By USF, 9-1
UC eliminated from C-USA berth
Contact: Shawn Sell
5/19/2005
Jim Olds extended his hit streak to 11 games vs. USF. |
TAMPA, Fla.---USF?s Casey Hudspeth limited Cincinnati to just three hits in eight innings of work as the Bearcats were eliminated from Conference USA Tournament consideration with a 9-1 loss to the Bulls on Thursday night.
Hudspeth allowed just three singles in the seventh inning in improving to 8-5 on the year. The victory for the Bulls guarantees them a berth in next week?s conference tournament and improves the squad?s record to 30-29 overall and 13-14 in league play. Cincinnati slips to 25-28, 10-17 C-USA with the defeat.
Erik Eitel?s RBI single scored Jon DeLuca with the Bearcats? only run of the night. Jim Olds also singled in the inning, improving upon his career-best hit streak that has now reached 11 games. Tony Maynard (7-4) took the loss on the hill after getting charged with seven runs and 10 hits in just over four innings on the mound.
Kris Howell got the Bulls on the scoreboard early as his two-run single in the first staked the home team to a 2-0 lead. Jeff Baisley was the hero in the third inning as he drilled his eighth homer of the year to left with a man on.
The fifth inning brought the end of the line for Maynard as Brian Baisley?s RBI single made it 5-0 and he was replaced by Kyle Markle with two men still on base. Brandin Daniel continued the scoring run with an RBI single, just prior to Dexter Butler?s sacrifice fly.
On the mound, Hudspeth was keeping the Bearcat bats in check, allowing just three walks and a hit by pitch in the first six innings. The USF sophomore recorded three strikeouts and walked three in eight innings of work.
USF rounded out its scoring in the seventh on an RBI double by Butler and a run-scoring triple by Ty Taborelli.
UC and USF will contest game two of the season-closing series on Friday with first pitch set for 7 p.m. Sean Munninghoff will toe the rubber for the Bearcats, taking on USF?s Daniel Thomas.