Offense ruled the day as an average of over 18 runs were scored in American Athletic Conference baseball action on Saturday, April 10. 

Saturday, April 10
UCF 20, Cincinnati 10 - Box Score
Wichita State 10, Houston 1 - Box Score
East Carolina 8, Memphis 7 - Box Score

UCF 20, Cincinnati 10 - Box Score
Cincinnati, Ohio – After opening the series splitting the Friday doubleheader, the UCF baseball team defeated Cincinnati on Sunday, 20-10. As a team, the Knights earned a program record 20 walks in a single game, topping the previous record of 19 walks, set in 1982.
 
It was a team effort, as every Knight that had an at bat reached base at least once and 10 different players scored a run for the Black & Gold. UCF also plated at least one run in eight of the nine innings and collected 14 hits, in addition to the 20 walks as a team, to score a season-high 20 runs in the victory.
 
Josh Crouch brought his power bat to Cincinnati, slugging two no doubt home runs, both to left, on his way to four RBI in the game. The junior was one of six Knights to drive in at least one run on the night. Gephry Pena and Jordan Rathbone each drove in a quartet of runs while Ben McCabe drove in three and Tom Josten pushed across a pair. Pena and Rathbone each finished 3-for-4 with a double, Pena scored four runs while Rathbone crossed three times.
 
The Knights scored in nearly every inning, with the most coming in the sixth and ninth with four. Going a long way towards setting the single game walk-record, UCF batters earned seven walks in the sixth inning to score four runs to make it 14-7. In the ninth, McCabe plated Rathbone with a sac fly for his third RBI of the day, to make it 17-10. Two batters later, Josh Crouch hit a three-run home run into the lawn beyond left field, his second long ball of the day.

Wichita State 10, Houston 1 - Box Score
WICHITA, Kan. – Freshman pitcher Jace Kaminska tossed a complete game, leading the Wichita State University baseball team to a 10-1 victory over the Houston Cougars before a crowd of 7,509 spectators at Riverfront Stadium in downtown Wichita Saturday, April 10.
 
The game marked the inaugural contest at the new stadium, while the attendance of 7,509 was the seventh highest in Wichita State baseball single-game history.
 
With the win, the Shockers improve to 18-9 overall and 6-1 in The American and increase their winning streak to six games. Houston drops to 13-17 on the season and 1-6 in conference play.
 
A native of Caney, Kan., Kaminska became the first freshman to throw a nine-inning complete game since 2009 when Jordan Cooper went a full nine innings against Long Beach State. He was the first Shocker to throw a complete game since Clayton McGinness against ECU in 2019.
 
Kaminska allowed just one earned run on six hits with a career-high seven strikeouts and only two walks on 105 total pitches, improving to 3-0 on the mound this season.
 
Hunter Gibson hit a grand slam and Paxton Wallace hit the first homer in Riverfront Stadium history, while Ross Cadena and Corrigan Bartlett each tallied three hits, pacing Wichita State at the plate.

East Carolina 8, Memphis 7 - Box Score
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Bryson Worrell scored from second base on a fielder's choice and an error as No. 9 East Carolina earned a series win over Memphis Saturday in the bottom of the ninth inning 8-7 at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. With the win the Pirates improved to 25-5 overall and 7-0 in American Athletic Conference play, while the Tigers dropped to 11-18 on the season and 1-6 in league action.
 
With the game tied at seven-all going to the home half of the ninth, Worrell drew a walk reaching base for the fifth time on the night. Ben Newton followed with a single putting runners on first and second. Two batters later, Connor Norby reached on a fielder's choice where Newton was out at second and Worrell was moving to third. But on the same play, Memphis shortstop Ben Brooks threw the ball away at first allowing Worrell to slide home for the game-winning run.
 
Garrett Saylor (3-0) picked up the win in relief allowing one run (earned) on two hits with a walk and three strikeouts in two innings. Starter Jake Kuchmaner gave up three runs (all earned) on six hits with a pair of walks and one strikeout in 4.2 innings. The Pirates would use three arms to bridge the gap between Kuchmaner and Saylor getting outings from Matt Bridges (0.1 IP, 1 H), Carter Spivey (1.0 IP, 2 Ks) and C.J. Mayhue (1.0 IP, 3 Rs, 1 K).
 
Reed Harding (0-1) suffered the loss allowing one run (unearned) on three hits with a pair of walks in 1.2 innings of relief. Starter Landon Kelly was touched for four runs (all earned) on six hits with three walks and a pair of punch outs in three innings. Carson Stinnett (2.0 IP, 1 R, 3 BBs), Dalton Kendrick (1.1 IP, 2 Rs) and Walker Brockhouse (0.1 IP, 1 K) also pitched out of the bullpen for the Tigers.