UCF and Cincinnati split a doubleheader in American Athletic Conference baseball action on Thursday, May 19.

Thursday, May 19
UCF 15, Cincinnati 10 (Game 1) - Box Score
Cincinnati 15, UCF 5 (Game 2) - Box Score
South Florida 8, Wichita State 3 - Box Score
East Carolina 8, Houston 4 - Box Score
Memphis 11, Tulane 3 - Box Score

UCF 15, Cincinnati 10 (Game 1) - Box Score
Cincinnati 15, UCF 5 (Game 2) - Box Score
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The University of Cincinnati baseball team split a doubleheader with the UCF Knights Thursday, losing game one, 15-10, and winning game two, 15-5. The series finale will be played tomorrow with first pitch at 12:00 p.m. ET.

GAME 1 RECAP
Sophomore outfielder Cole Harting collected four hits, but the Cincinnati Bearcats fell to the UCF Knights, 15-10, on Thursday.

Senior pitcher Beau Keathley (4-3) got the ball to start for Cincinnati (21-29, 10-12) and took the loss.

In addition to his four hits, Harting had a home run and three RBIs to lead the Bearcats. Redshirt freshman infielder Kerrington Cross furnished a standout performance at the plate as well, going 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, a walk and an RBI. Redshirt sophomore infielder Kameron Guidry also contributed for Cincinnati, putting together one hit in three trips to the plate while adding a home run, a walk and three RBIs.

Cincinnati's five home runs today are a season high. The last time UC achieved this was March 20, 2021, against Xavier.

GAME 2 RECAP
The Cincinnati (22-29, 11-12) offense exploded for 15 runs in game two of the doubleheader, taking down UCF, 15-5, Thursday night.

Freshman pitcher Garrett Harker (4-3) threw five innings, gave up two runs and earned the win.

The offense was led by redshirt sophomore catcher Cam Scheler, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double and five RBIs. Sophomore outfielder Cole Harting had another nice game, going 2-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs. Redshirt senior Dondrae Bremner also went deep and scored three runs while driving in two.

South Florida 8, Wichita State 3 - Box Score
TAMPA (May 19, 2022) – For the past month, the University of South Florida Bulls (27-26, 7-15 American) have been missing the thunderous swing of sophomore Drew Brutcher. On Thursday, in his fifth game back from injury, Brutcher blasted a go-ahead home run in the fifth inning against Wichita State (20-33, 8-14) and the Bulls went on to an 8-3 victory in the first tilt of a three-game series to wrap up the regular season at USF Baseball Stadium.

Despite missing 14 games with a lower body injury, Brutcher still lead South Florida in home runs this season. His 11th longball of the year, a two-out three-run blast, capped a four-run frame as USF overcame a three-run deficit and scored eight unanswered runs against the Shockers.

South Florida hadn't score more than four runs in its last 11 games before Thursday's outburst.  

Not only did Wichita State lead 3-0 after four innings, but the Shockers were no-hitting the Bulls on the mound until the fifth frame.

East Carolina 8, Houston 4 - Box Score
GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina scored seven runs over the final three frames erasing a three-run deficit for an 8-4 American Athletic Conference series opening win over Houston Thursday night at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium. With the victory, the Pirates 12th in a row, they improve to 36-18 overall and 18-4 in league play while the Cougars dropped to 34-20 and 13-9.
 
Trailing 4-1 going to the bottom of the sixth, ECU sent nine batters to the plate scoring four runs on five hits to take a 5-4 lead. Zach Agnos led off with a triple to deep centerfield and scored when Lane Hoover singled back up the middle. Jacob Jenkins-Cowart followed with another base hit coupled with a Cougar error putting runners on second and third with no outs. Two batters later Ben Newton plated Hoover, which was immediately backed up by Alec Makarewicz' single to left center scoring Jenkins-Cowart and Josh Moylan's sac fly to right pushed across Newton for the final run of the stanza.
 
Danny Beal (4-1) earned the win after tossing three scoreless frames where he allowed two hits and struck out three. Carter Spivey notched his team-leading fifth save with three shutout innings surrendering three hits and fanning three. Starter C.J. Mayhue gave up four runs (all earned) on four hits with one strikeouts over 2.1 innings and Trey Yesavage worked two-thirds of a scoreless inning with a walk.
 
Jaycob Deese (5-3) took the loss after he was touched for five runs (all earned) on eight hits with a pair of walks and punch outs in 5.2 innings. Maddux Miller gave up three runs (all earned) on four hits in two innings, while Cameron Prayer allowed a hit and walked one in one-third of an innings.

Memphis 11, Tulane 3 - Box Score
NEW ORLEANS – In the first game of the final series of the regular season, the Memphis Tigers (24-26, 8-14) scored twice in the top of the first inning and never relinquished the lead in an 11-3 win over the Tulane Green Wave (30-23-1, 10-12). The win moved the Tigers into a tie for sixth place in the The American's standings with just two games remaining.
  
The Tigers got three-straight one-out hits in the top of the first inning, as an RBI single by Ian Bibiloni put Memphis in front 1-0, while Logan Kohler followed with a sacrifice fly, as the Tigers led 2-0 after half an inning.

Landon Gartman (6-1) struck out the side in the bottom of the first on just 11 pitches and retired the first 10 that he faced, 15 of the 16 he faced overall, and matched a season-high with 10 strikeouts