CLEARWATER, Fla. –  Alec Bohm’s two-run double in the top of the seventh inning broke a 1-1 tie and sent No. 7-seeded Wichita State to a 4-3 win against No. 2-seeded USF Wednesday morning in the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship presented by Visit St. Pete/Clearwater at Spectrum Field.
 
Wichita State (35-19-1), playing in its first American Athletic Conference Championship, moves into the winners’ bracket, where the Shockers will face the winner of Wednesday’s game between No. 3-seeded UConn and No. 6-seeded Cincinnati at Spectrum Field. The Bulls (32-19-1) will face the UConn/Cincinnati loser at Robin Roberts Field. Both of those games will be played at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday.


 
Bohm’s double to left in the seventh came as part of a 2-for-5 day for the Shockers’ third baseman. Luke Ritter went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, while first-baseman Greyson Jenista was 2-for-4 as the top three hitters in the Wichita State lineup combined for seven of the Shockers’ nine hits.
 
Shocker reliever Kevin Killgore was the winning pitcher after he worked 6.0 innings and scattered four hits, allowing only one unearned run. Chandler Sanburn came on with one on in the ninth and got a double play ball and a strikeout to register his ninth save of the season.
 
Coco Montes and Kyle Phillips had two hits each for USF. Bulls starter Shane McClanahan worked 5.0 innings and allowed one run on five hits and five walks with six strikeouts. Noah Yager took the loss for the Bulls, falling to 2-1 on the year.
 
The latest information on the American Athletic Conference Baseball Championship is available on the conference’s Championship Central page at www.TheAmerican.org/Baseball.
 

 
2018 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
presented by visit st. pete/clearwater
SPECTRUM field • clearwater, fla.
 
UPDATED TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Tuesday, May 22 (American Digital Network)
Game 1 – No. 4 ECU 8, No. 5 UCF 4
Game 2 – No. 8 Tulane 11, No. 1 Houston 6
Wednesday, May 23
at Spectrum Field (American Digital Network)
Game 3 – No. 7 Wichita State 4, No. 2 USF 3
Game 4 – No. 6 Cincinnati (28-26) vs. No. 3 UConn (32-18-1)	1 p.m.
Game 8 – Wichita State (35-19-1) vs. Houston (34-22)	4 p.m.
at Robin Roberts Field (American Digital Network)
Game 5 – Houston 6, UCF 2 (UCF eliminated)
Game 7 – ECU (40-15) vs. Tulane (25-31)	1 p.m.
Game 6 – USF (32-19-1) vs. Loser of Game 4	4 p.m.
TBD (American Digital Network)
Game 9 – Loser of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 5	TBD
Game 10 – Loser of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 6	TBD
TBD (American Digital Network)
Game 11 – Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9	TBD
Game 12 – Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10	TBD
Game 13 – Loser of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 11 (if necessary)	TBD
Game 14 – Loser of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 12 (if necessary)	TBD
Sunday, May 27 (ESPNews)
Game 15 – Semifinal winners	Noon

 
 
all times Eastern