TicketsGAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Cincinnati baseball team fell in the middle game of its series at No. 7-ranked Florida, 13-3, on Saturday at Condron Family Ballpark in Gainesville, Fla.
For the Bearcats (2-4), freshman outfielder Landyn Vidourek, making his second career start in right field, went 2-for-3 with a run scored and walk. Freshman infielder Kyle Schupmann went 1-for-2 with an RBI double, run scored and walk.
The Bearcats were held to five hits and stranded five runners in the defeat.
Freshman left-handed pitcher Chase Horst (0-1) allowed five runs, four earned, on two hits in one inning and took the loss. Graduate student Dylan Brosky came out of the bullpen and gave up four runs on five hits in 4.1 innings of work. The Bearcats used four pitchers in the game.
For the Gators (6-1), starter Hurston Waldrep tossed 6.0 innings of three-hit ball and struck out 13 with three walks.
// HOW IT HAPPENED
Cincinnati fell behind in the first inning when Florida hit a grand slam against Horst.
The Bearcats got a run back in the top of the second inning. Vidourek notched a two-out single to left field and advanced to second after Josh Hegemann reached first on a wild pitch. Schupmann recorded his first collegiate hit with an RBI double to center field to drive in Vidourek, 4-1.
Brosky inherited the bases loaded with no outs in the bottom of the second and limited the damage with a double play and fly out as the Gators added only one run in the frame, 5-1.
After a scoreless third, Florida extended its advantage to 7-1 with a two-out, two-run homerun in the fourth.
Schupmann stepped up again in the top of the fifth, drawing a leadoff walk. He came around to score thanks to an RBI single to right field by Kerrington Cross. Ryan Nicholson followed with a walk to advance Cross to second base, but the Bearcats left the two stranded to end the inning.
Florida added two runs in the sixth, and three in the seventh to lead 11-2.
JP Sponseller singled with two outs in the top of eighth and advanced to second after Kory Klingenbeck was hit-by-pitch. Vidourek then delivered his second hit of the night with an RBI single to left field but was out at second on the throw to end the frame.
The Gators walked it off with a two-run homerun in the bottom of the eighth for the 13-3 final score.
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats and Gators play the final game of the series on Sunday with the first pitch scheduled for noon at Condron Family Ballpark.
For the Bearcats (2-4), freshman outfielder Landyn Vidourek, making his second career start in right field, went 2-for-3 with a run scored and walk. Freshman infielder Kyle Schupmann went 1-for-2 with an RBI double, run scored and walk.
The Bearcats were held to five hits and stranded five runners in the defeat.
Freshman left-handed pitcher Chase Horst (0-1) allowed five runs, four earned, on two hits in one inning and took the loss. Graduate student Dylan Brosky came out of the bullpen and gave up four runs on five hits in 4.1 innings of work. The Bearcats used four pitchers in the game.
For the Gators (6-1), starter Hurston Waldrep tossed 6.0 innings of three-hit ball and struck out 13 with three walks.
// HOW IT HAPPENED
Cincinnati fell behind in the first inning when Florida hit a grand slam against Horst.
The Bearcats got a run back in the top of the second inning. Vidourek notched a two-out single to left field and advanced to second after Josh Hegemann reached first on a wild pitch. Schupmann recorded his first collegiate hit with an RBI double to center field to drive in Vidourek, 4-1.
Brosky inherited the bases loaded with no outs in the bottom of the second and limited the damage with a double play and fly out as the Gators added only one run in the frame, 5-1.
After a scoreless third, Florida extended its advantage to 7-1 with a two-out, two-run homerun in the fourth.
Schupmann stepped up again in the top of the fifth, drawing a leadoff walk. He came around to score thanks to an RBI single to right field by Kerrington Cross. Ryan Nicholson followed with a walk to advance Cross to second base, but the Bearcats left the two stranded to end the inning.
Florida added two runs in the sixth, and three in the seventh to lead 11-2.
JP Sponseller singled with two outs in the top of eighth and advanced to second after Kory Klingenbeck was hit-by-pitch. Vidourek then delivered his second hit of the night with an RBI single to left field but was out at second on the throw to end the frame.
The Gators walked it off with a two-run homerun in the bottom of the eighth for the 13-3 final score.
// UP NEXT
The Bearcats and Gators play the final game of the series on Sunday with the first pitch scheduled for noon at Condron Family Ballpark.