TicketsUniversity of Cincinnati baseball will take the short trip to Oxford on Tuesday to face Miami in a 6 p.m. game.
// COVERAGE
• Live video and live stats will be provided at MiamiRedHawks.com
• Matt Noonan will provide play-by-play at GoBearcats.com/watch
// SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• Cincinnati is 73-102-1 all-time against Miami
• The RedHawks took this season's earlier meeting during the championship game of the Joe Nuxhall Classic. Miami won it on home turf, 9-8, on a walk-off hit
• Last season, the Bearcats took both matchups, winning 1-0 at home and 8-6 on the road
• Like UC, Miami has faced Northern Kentucky, Xavier and Toledo already this season. The RedHawks swept NKU in a weekend series, were swept by the Musketeers in a three-game series then beat them in the Joe Nuxhall Classic and then took two out of three games against the Rockets in a weekend series
// CLOSING IN ON CLEARWATER
• There are just three weekends left of conference action before the top eight teams make their way to Clearwater, Florida, for the American Athletic Conference Tournament
• After a big weekend sweep of ECU, Houston sits alone in first place right now at 13-5 (.722)
• USF is in second at 11-7 (.611) and UConn is in third at 9-6 (.600)
• ECU and Cincinnati are in a tie for fourth place at 8-7 (.533)
• UCF sit at an even 9-9 in conference play and currently ranks sixth
• Tulane is 7-8 (.467) and Wichita State is 5-10 (.333). Memphis rounds out the rankings at 2-13 (.133)
• The AAC Tournament is set to be held May 22-27
// WEEKLY HONORS
• Senior catcher Joey Thomas was honored on Monday with a spot on the conference's weekly Honor Roll
• Thomas hit .429 in the series sweep of Kansas, including a 4-for-7 performance in Saturday's thirteen-inning game where he also threw out three base runners
• He becomes the eighth different Bearcats player to earn Honor Roll recognition this season
// FUN WITH NUMBERS
• The third inning has been a strong one all season for UC's pitching and defense
• Only five of opponents' 200 runs have been scored in the third inning
• The team has a sub-1.00 ERA in the third frame this year and the trio of weekend starters have given up just one earned run combined
• Part of that success has come with the help of seven double plays turned during the third
• Kyle Mottice leads the team with 15 multiple hit games while Manny Rodriguez leads with nine multiple RBI games
• The Bearcats have been more successful this year when the team has scored first, going 17-6 when that occurs compared to 5-13 when the opponent scores first
// LOOKING AHEAD
• Tuesday's game at Miami is the first of nine-straight on the road
• UC will resume AAC play with a trip to Wichita State this weekend
• The Bearcats return home to Marge Schott Stadium on Tuesday, May 11 in an 11 a.m. Education Day game versus Ohio State
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
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// COVERAGE
• Live video and live stats will be provided at MiamiRedHawks.com
• Matt Noonan will provide play-by-play at GoBearcats.com/watch
// SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
• Cincinnati is 73-102-1 all-time against Miami
• The RedHawks took this season's earlier meeting during the championship game of the Joe Nuxhall Classic. Miami won it on home turf, 9-8, on a walk-off hit
• Last season, the Bearcats took both matchups, winning 1-0 at home and 8-6 on the road
• Like UC, Miami has faced Northern Kentucky, Xavier and Toledo already this season. The RedHawks swept NKU in a weekend series, were swept by the Musketeers in a three-game series then beat them in the Joe Nuxhall Classic and then took two out of three games against the Rockets in a weekend series
// CLOSING IN ON CLEARWATER
• There are just three weekends left of conference action before the top eight teams make their way to Clearwater, Florida, for the American Athletic Conference Tournament
• After a big weekend sweep of ECU, Houston sits alone in first place right now at 13-5 (.722)
• USF is in second at 11-7 (.611) and UConn is in third at 9-6 (.600)
• ECU and Cincinnati are in a tie for fourth place at 8-7 (.533)
• UCF sit at an even 9-9 in conference play and currently ranks sixth
• Tulane is 7-8 (.467) and Wichita State is 5-10 (.333). Memphis rounds out the rankings at 2-13 (.133)
• The AAC Tournament is set to be held May 22-27
// WEEKLY HONORS
• Senior catcher Joey Thomas was honored on Monday with a spot on the conference's weekly Honor Roll
• Thomas hit .429 in the series sweep of Kansas, including a 4-for-7 performance in Saturday's thirteen-inning game where he also threw out three base runners
• He becomes the eighth different Bearcats player to earn Honor Roll recognition this season
// FUN WITH NUMBERS
• The third inning has been a strong one all season for UC's pitching and defense
• Only five of opponents' 200 runs have been scored in the third inning
• The team has a sub-1.00 ERA in the third frame this year and the trio of weekend starters have given up just one earned run combined
• Part of that success has come with the help of seven double plays turned during the third
• Kyle Mottice leads the team with 15 multiple hit games while Manny Rodriguez leads with nine multiple RBI games
• The Bearcats have been more successful this year when the team has scored first, going 17-6 when that occurs compared to 5-13 when the opponent scores first
// LOOKING AHEAD
• Tuesday's game at Miami is the first of nine-straight on the road
• UC will resume AAC play with a trip to Wichita State this weekend
• The Bearcats return home to Marge Schott Stadium on Tuesday, May 11 in an 11 a.m. Education Day game versus Ohio State
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Stay connected with Bearcats Baseball on Facebook (GoBearcatsBase), Twitter (@GoBearcatsBase) and Instagram (GoBearcatsBase)