Baseball

American teams go 8-1 on Saturday



Saturday, February 25 Results:
 
No. 11 East Carolina 8, La Salle 4 RECAP BOXSCORE
USF 7 , Miami (Ohio) 2 RECAP
Cincinnati 5, College of Charleston 4 RECAP BOXSCORE
UConn 2, No. 25 Texas 1 RECAP
Houston 11, Illinois 5 RECAP BOXSCORE
Memphis 12, Illinois State 11 (11) RECAP BOXSCORE
No. 24 UC Santa Barbara 14, Tulane 1 RECAP BOXSCORE
UCF 10, Manhattan 1 RECAP BOXSCORE
USF 3, Miami (Ohio) 2 RECAP BOXSCORE
 
Highlights
 
- Bryce Peterson hit a grand slam to kick off a five-run second inning in UCF’s 10-1 win over Manhattan. Eli Putnam and Luke Hamblin each added two RBIs for the Knights.
 
- USF swept Miami (Ohio) in a doubleheader on Saturday. The Bulls were down 2-0 before scoring three runs in the bottom of the ninth for a walk-off win in game two against the Redhawks.
 
- East Carolina beat La Salle and hit three home runs in the process. Travis Watkins and Eric Tyler each hit solo home runs, but it was Luke Bolka’s Grand Slam that catapulted the Pirates to the 8-4 win over the Explorers.
 
- Memphis was down 11-0 to Illinois State after two-and-a-half innings before the Tigers staged a furious comeback. Zach Schritenthal (2-for-3) tied the game at 11 in the ninth with a single and Colton Neel was walked with the bases loaded in the 11th inning to win the game for Memphis.
 
- Houston used a seven-run fourth inning to erase a 5-0 deficit and beat Illinois 11-5 on Saturday. The Cougars pounded out a season-high 17 hits and shortstop Connor Hollis had a team-high three RBIs in the game.
 
- Cincinnati came back to win against the College of Charleston. R.J. Thompson tied the game at four in the sixth inning with a two-run double and freshman Eric Santiago gave the Bearcats the lead with a solo home run, his first hit of the season, in the seventh inning.
 
- UConn’s Wills Montgomery had a career-high 13 strikeouts in 6.1 shutout innings to help the Huskies beat No. 25 Texas. Right-fielder Isaac Feldstein had a two-run double in the sixth inning for the only UConn runs.
 
- Jarret DeHart hit a solo home run in the Green Wave’s loss at UC Santa Barbara
 
 
Sunday, February 26
Manhattan at UCF                                                    Noon
Cincinnati at College of Charleston                     1 p.m.
LaSalle at East Carolina                                        1 p.m.
Miami (Ohio) at USF                                               1 p.m.
UConn at Texas (Longhorn Network)                1 p.m.
Illinois State at Memphis                                       2 p.m.
Houston vs Texas A&M Corpus Christi2            4 p.m.
Tulane at UC Santa Barbara                                4 p.m.
 
All times Eastern and subject to change.
2 at Corpus Christi, Texas