Cincinnati and Wichita State picked up wins in American Athletic Conference baseball action on Saturday, March 4.

Saturday, March 4
Cincinnati 9, North Alabama 0 (7 innings) - Box Score
Cincinnati 9, North Alabama 8 - Box Score
Wichita State 17, Oakland 5 - Box Score
Northeastern 13, South Florida 8 - Box Score
Georgia Southern 19, UCF 7 - Box Score
Long Beach State 3, East Carolina 2 - Box Score
USC 13, Tulane 8 - Box Score
Nicholls 9, Memphis 8 - Box Score
UTRGV 13, Houston 5 - Box Score

Cincinnati 9, North Alabama 0 (7 innings) - Box Score
Cincinnati 9, North Alabama 8 - Box Score
CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati baseball team swept its doubleheader against North Alabama, 9-0 and 9-8, on Saturday at UC Baseball Stadium.
 
The Bearcats (4-6) won the first game, 9-0, behind a complete-game, two-hit shutout from graduate right-handed pitcher Dylan Brosky (1-0). He earned his first win in a Cincinnati uniform in seven innings of work. 
 
Redshirt freshman CJ Dean went 2-for-3 in game one with his first career home run to go along with two RBI and a walk. 
 
Cincinnati held on to win game two, 9-8. Redshirt junior Zach Segal picked up his first win of the season in 2.2 innings of relief work while senior Mitch White earned the save. 
 
Freshman Landyn Vidourek went 2-for-5 with five RBI in game two. 
 
Junior Cole Harting finished the doubleheader 2-for-6 with a home run, four RBI and three walks. Sophomore Kerrington Cross went 4-for-8 with four runs scored, one RBI and a walk.

Wichita State 17, Oakland 5 - Box Score
WICHITA, Kan. -- Payton Tolle set new career highs with five hits, six RBI and ten strikeouts over six excellent innings, lifting Wichita State to a 17-5 win over Oakland on Saturday afternoon at Eck Stadium. 

Tolle (2-0) set the tone in the game's first inning, striking out the side looking on 13 pitches. He went on to fan seven more Golden Grizzlies over six frames, allowing just two hits and a single unearned run in the top of the third to go along with his offensive exploits. It's the second time in three starts this season that Tolle has allowed two or fewer hits.

The Wichita State offense gave Tolle plenty of support. Seth Stroh got the scoring started for the Shockers (5-4) in the bottom of the second with a solo home run to right field, his second long ball of the season. After Oakland (2-7) evened the score at 1-1 in the third, Tolle reestablished the lead himself in the home half of the inning with a three-run homer that made it 4-1 Wichita State.

David Herring kept the power surge going with a two-run shot in the bottom of the fourth, and later in the inning Tolle doubled home two more runs before Mauricio Millan capped the scoring with an RBI groundout that ballooned the lead to 9-1.

Run-scoring singles from Pennington, Tolle and Millan in the fifth made it 13-1, and Tolle retired 11 of the last 12 that he faced before exiting following the sixth having thrown 85 pitches.

Northeastern 13, South Florida 8 - Box Score
TAMPA (March 4, 2023) – The University of South Florida Bulls (3-8) faced a six-run deficit on two occasions Saturday afternoon and battled back to make it a two-run game in the four inning, only to see the Northeastern Huskies (7-1) win their second straight at USF Baseball Stadium, 13-8.

Freshman Eric Snow recorded his first collegiate home run in the loss for South Florida, a grand slam in the fourth inning to cut the Northeastern lead to 8-6 at the time. Snow finished the day 3-for-4 with a walk and a career-high six RBI.

Northeastern led 6-0 after the top of the second inning before the Bulls got on the board in the bottom half of the frame. Jackson Mayo and Snow tallied back-to-back two-out doubles to drive in runs and cut the USF deficit to 6-2.

The Huskies went up by six runs once again in the top of the fourth, 8-2, ahead of Snow's slam in the bottom of the fourth.

Georgia Southern 19, UCF 7 - Box Score
ORLANDO, Fla. –  UCF Baseball dropped a tough contest to Georgia Southern to even up the series 1-1. The final score was 19-7.

The Knights gave up 11 runs in the first inning using three pitchers.

Andrew Brait drew a four-pitch walk to lead off the game for the Knights. He later scored UCF's first run on a throwing error.

The Eagles plated five more in the third and fourth innings.

Andrew Sundean hit his first home run of the season in the bottom of the fourth. Lex Boedicker followed with another home run to right center field.

Long Beach State 3, East Carolina 2 - Box Score
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Long Beach State made an early lead stand up Saturday evening, holding on for a narrow 3-2 win over No. 9 East Carolina on the second day of the LeClair Classic at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
 
The Pirates (6-3) and Dirtbags (6-3) combined to leave 17 runners on base and neither side scored after the fifth inning.
 
Jacob Jenkins-Cowart posted a pair of hits while Jacob Starling accounted for ECU's only RBI of the contest. Rocco Peppi collected a game-high three hits with two doubles and an RBI.
 
Sky Wells (1-0) earned the win in relief, tossing 1.2 scoreless frames with two walks and a strikeout. Kellan Montgomery nailed down his first save of the campaign, going the final three innings without surrendering a run. Carter Spivey (0-1) was saddled with the loss, allowing three runs (two earned) on seven hits with a pair of strikeouts.

USC 13, Tulane 8 - Box Score
LOS ANGELES, CA – Tulane's baseball team jumped out to an early 4-1 lead on Saturday, but in the end, couldn't hold off USC as the Trojans won 13-8 at Dedeaux Field. 
 
USC is now 5-4-1 in 2023, while the Green Wave, despite hitting four home runs, fell to 1-10.
 
Jason Starrels (1-0) got the win in relief for the home team, getting USC out of a jam-packed fifth inning. He gave up two runs on three hits in two and one-third innings.
 
Tulane used five pitchers with starter Cristian Sanchez (0-3) suffering the loss in his third start. He gave up seven runs (five earned) on five hits and one walk and two hit batters in two and one-thirds innings of work.
 
USC center fielder Austin Overn, shortstop Ryan Jackson and right fielder Cole Gabrielson (three-run homer) posted 10 of the team's 12 RBI, while designated hitter Nick Lopez and catcher Conor Clift had three hits apiece. 

Nicholls 9, Memphis 8 - Box Score
THIBODAUX, La. – The University of Memphis baseball team saw its five-game winning streak come to an end, losing to Nicholls, 9-8, in game two of a three-game series on Saturday night at Ray E. Didier Field. Memphis moves to 8-3 on the season with the loss.
 
Nicholls jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the first. A solo homerun to dead center field off the bat of Logan Kohler got the Tigers on the board in the third inning to jump start a five-run inning.

The Colonels scored on a passed ball in the eighth and loaded the bases to start the inning in the ninth. A two-run single that fell just inside the left-field line plated two Colonels to tie the game at 8-8 before a hit batsman would force in the winning run.

UTRGV 13, Houston 5 - Box Score
EDINBURG, Texas – Despite an early lead, the Cougars were unable to hold off UTRGV dropping the contest 13-5 on Saturday night at UTRGV Baseball Stadium. 
 
Sophomore pitcher Graysen Drezek (0-1) tallied his first loss of the season for the Cougars (4-6) tossing one inning of work while UTRGV (7-3) relied on Alex Verdugo (2-0) through 7.1 innings of relief to come away with the win.