TicketsCINCINNATI – After spending nearly a week in the state of Utah, the University of Cincinnati baseball team returns home to host the University of Utah this weekend.
The first Big 12 series at UC Baseball Stadium this season kicks off on Friday at 6:00 p.m. Game two on Saturday will begin at 3:00 p.m., and Sunday’s game will start at 1:00 p.m. All three games will be broadcast on ESPN+.
This weekend will mark the first time the Bearcats and Utes have ever met on the baseball diamond.
Cincinnati brings a 17-6 record into play this weekend, the best start since 2000 when the team also won 17 of its first 23.
UC has enjoyed an outstanding home field advantage under head coach Jordan Bischel and is 46-15 at home since he took over the program. Cincinnati is 8-1 at home this season and is averaging 8.9 runs per game when playing at UC Baseball Stadium.
The last time Cincinnati played at home it was the tail end of Quinton Coats’ incredible seven-home run week. Since then, he has continued to mash at the plate and leads the country in both home runs (15) and total bases (88).
The Bearcats have enjoyed just as much success on the mound as well, leading the Big 12 in strikeouts (217) and ranking second in ERA (3.64). Nathan Taylor is UC’s leading with 34 strikeouts, ranking third in the conference. Holding things down at the back of the bullpen has been Dominic Mauro, who owns three saves and a 1.08 ERA while posting a 24/1 K/BB ratio.
PROMOTIONS
The first 250 fans at Friday’s series opener will receive a Bischel Ball rally towel.
Saturday’s game will be our first Postgame Autograph Game of the year! Fans can pick up the first of two sets of Cincinnati Baseball trading cards, and after the game members of the team will be signing autographs up on the concourse.
As always, following Sunday’s game kids will be able to run the bases.
Be sure to enjoy our pregame happy hour, which features $5 domestic beers prior to first pitch for EVERY game!
ABOUT UTAH
Utah owns a 12-6 record entering play this weekend, having recently won two of three games at home vs. Arizona to open conference play. The Utes also took a midweek contest on Tuesday vs. Washington State, winning by a score of 8-5. Utah ranks in the top five of the Big 12 in team ERA (4.21) and Friday’s projected starter Colter McAnelly ranks among the league leaders in ERA (2.67), batting average against (.173), and innings pitched (27.0).
NEXT UP
Cincinnati visits rival Xavier on Tuesday before returning to UC Baseball Stadium next weekend to host Kansas.
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