TicketsMEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Cincinnati baseball closed out American Athletic Conference play with a series victory as it beat Memphis 4-2 on Sunday.
The Bearcats finish 13-11 in AAC play and currently sit in third place in the one of the toughest RPI conferences in the country. UC will have to wait for action to conclude next weekend before locking in a tournament seed. Current second-place team Tulane will host UConn and fourth-place Houston will travel to UCF. The highest seed UC can have is the No. 2 and the lowest would be No. 4.
// NOTABLES
• Clayton Colvin hurled a great game in the start, going 6.0 innings with two runs, four hits and no walks. He tied his career-high with seven strikeouts
• A.J. Kullman threw 2.0 shutout innings, facing the minimum of six batters with two strikeouts
• Korren Thompson earned his ninth save of the season with a scoreless ninth
• Eric Santiago and Jace Mercer both were 2-for-4 in the contest
• Joey Bellini had the team's only extra-base hit, a double
// KEY INNINGS
Top of the 3rd
• UC struck first when Jeremy Johnson reached on an error, moved to third on a Santiago single and then scored on a sacrifice fly by Bellini
Top of the 4th
• The Bearcats added two runs during the next inning. Mercer and Mitch Holding both singled and after Holding stole second, Santiago brought them both home on a base hit
Bottom of the 4th
• The Tigers scored their two runs on a solo homerun, two singles and a ground out in the bottom of the fourth
Top of the 7th
• UC got a run back when Bellini doubled and scored later on a ground out by Joey Wiemer
// UP NEXT
• UC returns home to host NKU in its annual Fastball and Fitness game on Tuesday, May 14 at 11 a.m.
• The final home game of the season is Thursday, May 16 at 6 p.m. versus Xavier
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The Bearcats finish 13-11 in AAC play and currently sit in third place in the one of the toughest RPI conferences in the country. UC will have to wait for action to conclude next weekend before locking in a tournament seed. Current second-place team Tulane will host UConn and fourth-place Houston will travel to UCF. The highest seed UC can have is the No. 2 and the lowest would be No. 4.
// NOTABLES
• Clayton Colvin hurled a great game in the start, going 6.0 innings with two runs, four hits and no walks. He tied his career-high with seven strikeouts
• A.J. Kullman threw 2.0 shutout innings, facing the minimum of six batters with two strikeouts
• Korren Thompson earned his ninth save of the season with a scoreless ninth
• Eric Santiago and Jace Mercer both were 2-for-4 in the contest
• Joey Bellini had the team's only extra-base hit, a double
// KEY INNINGS
Top of the 3rd
• UC struck first when Jeremy Johnson reached on an error, moved to third on a Santiago single and then scored on a sacrifice fly by Bellini
Top of the 4th
• The Bearcats added two runs during the next inning. Mercer and Mitch Holding both singled and after Holding stole second, Santiago brought them both home on a base hit
Bottom of the 4th
• The Tigers scored their two runs on a solo homerun, two singles and a ground out in the bottom of the fourth
Top of the 7th
• UC got a run back when Bellini doubled and scored later on a ground out by Joey Wiemer
// UP NEXT
• UC returns home to host NKU in its annual Fastball and Fitness game on Tuesday, May 14 at 11 a.m.
• The final home game of the season is Thursday, May 16 at 6 p.m. versus Xavier
// FOLLOW THE BEARCATS
Stay connected with Bearcats Baseball on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.