TicketsCINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati baseball team fell in the middle game of its series to UCF on Saturday inside UC Baseball Stadium.
The Knights hit six home runs on the way to a 12-4 victory over the Bearcats.
Cincinnati and UCF will play the rubber match at noon on Sunday at UC Baseball Stadium. Sunday's game will serve as Senior Day as UC will recognize 12 members of its senior class and two managers.
For the Bearcats (22-28, 9-11 AAC), redshirt sophomore Kerrington Cross homered a career-high twice. He finished the day 2-for-4 with three RBI.
Sean Springer belted his second home run of the season while Tommy O'Connor recorded a triple for the second consecutive game. The Bearcats were held to four hits and stranded five runners in the defeat.
Cincinnati used four pitchers in the game. Redshirt junior starter Chase Hopewell (2-6) took the loss on the mound. Graduate student Nick McClanahan went a season-long 3.0 innings and surrendered just one run on two hits.
// HOW IT HAPPENED
Cincinnati fell behind in the first inning when UCF plated four early runs on five hits. The Knights owned an eight-run advantage heading into the bottom of the fifth.
O'Connor recorded the Bearcats' first hit of the day on a lead-off triple to left center. Springer and Landyn Vidourek each drew back-to-back, two-out walks to load the bases, but the Knights struck out the next batter to end the threat.
UCF homered twice in the sixth to make it 11-0.
The Bearcats were held scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning. Josh Hegemann started the frame with a lead-off walk. Cross then stepped into the batter's box and smacked the first pitch he saw to right field. The two-run shot went 393 feet off the videoboard at 103 mph off the bat.
The two teams traded solo home runs in the eighth inning. Cross hit his second of the day on a solo shot to left field.
Springer notched a one-out, solo home run to left field in the bottom of the ninth for the 12-4 final score.
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati and UCF will play the rubber match at noon on Sunday at UC Baseball Stadium. Sunday's game will serve as Senior Day as UC will recognize 12 members of its senior class and two managers.
The Knights hit six home runs on the way to a 12-4 victory over the Bearcats.
Cincinnati and UCF will play the rubber match at noon on Sunday at UC Baseball Stadium. Sunday's game will serve as Senior Day as UC will recognize 12 members of its senior class and two managers.
For the Bearcats (22-28, 9-11 AAC), redshirt sophomore Kerrington Cross homered a career-high twice. He finished the day 2-for-4 with three RBI.
Sean Springer belted his second home run of the season while Tommy O'Connor recorded a triple for the second consecutive game. The Bearcats were held to four hits and stranded five runners in the defeat.
Cincinnati used four pitchers in the game. Redshirt junior starter Chase Hopewell (2-6) took the loss on the mound. Graduate student Nick McClanahan went a season-long 3.0 innings and surrendered just one run on two hits.
// HOW IT HAPPENED
Cincinnati fell behind in the first inning when UCF plated four early runs on five hits. The Knights owned an eight-run advantage heading into the bottom of the fifth.
O'Connor recorded the Bearcats' first hit of the day on a lead-off triple to left center. Springer and Landyn Vidourek each drew back-to-back, two-out walks to load the bases, but the Knights struck out the next batter to end the threat.
UCF homered twice in the sixth to make it 11-0.
The Bearcats were held scoreless until the bottom of the sixth inning. Josh Hegemann started the frame with a lead-off walk. Cross then stepped into the batter's box and smacked the first pitch he saw to right field. The two-run shot went 393 feet off the videoboard at 103 mph off the bat.
The two teams traded solo home runs in the eighth inning. Cross hit his second of the day on a solo shot to left field.
Springer notched a one-out, solo home run to left field in the bottom of the ninth for the 12-4 final score.
// UP NEXT
Cincinnati and UCF will play the rubber match at noon on Sunday at UC Baseball Stadium. Sunday's game will serve as Senior Day as UC will recognize 12 members of its senior class and two managers.