TicketsAmerican Athletic Conference play resumes this weekend with Cincinnati visiting UCF for a three-game set. Game times are set for Friday at 6:30 p.m., Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday at noon.
// COVERAGE
• UCF will provide live video at UCFKnights.tv
• Matt Noonan will provide play-by-play for all three games at GoBearcats.com/watch
• Live stats will be available at UCFKnights.com
// PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
// SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• Cincinnati is 4-9 all-time against UCF
• Last season the two teams played at Marge Schott Stadium. The Knights took the first two games by scores of 16-2 and 3-1, respectively, before the Bearcats won 8-5 in the series finale
• The two teams met in Orlando in 2016 with the same results: UCF won the first two games of the series before UC took the last
• UC fell 7-6 in ten innings later on in 2016 during the AAC Tournament
• The Bearcats won the three-game series at home in 2015
• So far in conference play, UCF lost a home series against ECU, took two out of three games at Memphis and dropped two out of three last weekend on the road at UConn
• The Knights were ranked as high as 19th during the 2018 season
// CONFERENCE REPORT
• Cincinnati is one of three teams currently tied for the lead atop the American Athletic Conference with a .667 winning percentage
• Houston joins Cincinnati at 6-3. The Bearcats took the series against the Cougars earlier this season
• ECU is also atop the standings at 4-2
• The American is one of three conferences to have at least two top-ten RPI teams and has the third-best non-conference winning percentage among all 31 Division I conferences
// NOTABLE NUMBERS
• 34: The Bearcats' pitching staff threw 34 consecutive innings this season without giving up an earned run, the longest streak in the nation this season
• 33: Rodriguez has reached base safely in 33 consecutive games. He has achieved the feat in every game this year and the final two of 2017. That is the fifth-longest current reach base safely streak in the country
• 7: About the number of years since UC had swept a conference series prior to this past weekend (April 22, 2011 over Villanova)
• 6: The number of games in a row that Rodriguez had an extra-base hit, tying for the third-longest extra-base hit streak in the country this year
• 2: The number of years since the previous three-game series sweep by the Bearcats (March 22, 2016 versus Northwestern)
// NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS
• Connor McVey currently ranks sixth among active career leaders for games played across Division I baseball
• Jarod Yoakam is 17th in appearances and 13th in relief appearances
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Stay connected with Bearcats Baseball on Facebook (GoBearcatsBase), Twitter (@GoBearcatsBase) and Instagram (GoBearcatsBase)
// COVERAGE
• UCF will provide live video at UCFKnights.tv
• Matt Noonan will provide play-by-play for all three games at GoBearcats.com/watch
• Live stats will be available at UCFKnights.com
// PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS
| Friday, April 13 | Saturday, April 14 | Sunday, April 15 | |
| Cincinnati | LHP J.T. Perez | RHP Nathan Kroger | LHP Cam Alldred |
| UCF | LHP Joe Sheridan | RHP Chris Williams | RHP J.J. Montgomery |
// SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• Cincinnati is 4-9 all-time against UCF
• Last season the two teams played at Marge Schott Stadium. The Knights took the first two games by scores of 16-2 and 3-1, respectively, before the Bearcats won 8-5 in the series finale
• The two teams met in Orlando in 2016 with the same results: UCF won the first two games of the series before UC took the last
• UC fell 7-6 in ten innings later on in 2016 during the AAC Tournament
• The Bearcats won the three-game series at home in 2015
• So far in conference play, UCF lost a home series against ECU, took two out of three games at Memphis and dropped two out of three last weekend on the road at UConn
• The Knights were ranked as high as 19th during the 2018 season
// CONFERENCE REPORT
• Cincinnati is one of three teams currently tied for the lead atop the American Athletic Conference with a .667 winning percentage
• Houston joins Cincinnati at 6-3. The Bearcats took the series against the Cougars earlier this season
• ECU is also atop the standings at 4-2
• The American is one of three conferences to have at least two top-ten RPI teams and has the third-best non-conference winning percentage among all 31 Division I conferences
// NOTABLE NUMBERS
• 34: The Bearcats' pitching staff threw 34 consecutive innings this season without giving up an earned run, the longest streak in the nation this season
• 33: Rodriguez has reached base safely in 33 consecutive games. He has achieved the feat in every game this year and the final two of 2017. That is the fifth-longest current reach base safely streak in the country
• 7: About the number of years since UC had swept a conference series prior to this past weekend (April 22, 2011 over Villanova)
• 6: The number of games in a row that Rodriguez had an extra-base hit, tying for the third-longest extra-base hit streak in the country this year
• 2: The number of years since the previous three-game series sweep by the Bearcats (March 22, 2016 versus Northwestern)
// NCAA ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS
• Connor McVey currently ranks sixth among active career leaders for games played across Division I baseball
• Jarod Yoakam is 17th in appearances and 13th in relief appearances
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Stay connected with Bearcats Baseball on Facebook (GoBearcatsBase), Twitter (@GoBearcatsBase) and Instagram (GoBearcatsBase)