Baseball

UCF, USF and East Carolina grab series sweeps on Sunday



Sunday, March 5 Results:
 
UConn 11, Saint Joseph’s 0 RECAP BOXSCORE
Cincinnati 11, Arkansas State 4 RECAP BOXSCORE
No. 26 UCF 3, Stony Brook 2 RECAP BOXSCORE
rv USF 6, Toledo 3 RECAP BOXSCORE
Memphis 9, Georgia State 8 RECAP BOXSCORE
West Virginia 17, Tulane 5 RECAP BOXSCORE
No. 9 East Carolina 4, Appalachian State 0 RECAP BOXSCORE
No. 22 Houston, No. 7 Cal State Fullerton CANCELLED
 
Highlights
 
- Five UConn pitchers combined for a five-hit shutout over Saint Joseph’s. It was the first shutout for the Huskies this season. UConn scored nine runs in the final two innings and Zac Susi led UConn with four RBIs.
 
- Cincinnati beat Arkansas State as starter David Orndorff (1-2) picked up his first win of the season going eight innings, scattering five hits, giving up three runs and striking out five. A.J. Bumpass (2-for-5) had four RBIs and scored three runs for the Bearcats.
 
- Kam Gellinger delivered a bases loaded single to bring home the winning run in the bottom of ninth as UCF swept Stony Brook. Gellinger had two of the three RBIs on the day for the Knights.
 
- USF won its ninth in a row taking down Toledo 9-3. Kevin Merrell led the Bulls going 3-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI and Garrett Zech had a team-high two RBIs.
 
- After scoring nine runs in the bottom of the first, Memphis hung on to beat Georgia Southern, 9-8 to take the series for the Eagles. Brandon Grudzielanek had a two-run home run for the Tigers and seven batters drove in the runs in the first.
 
- East Carolina swept the LeClair Classic with a win over Appalachian State. T.J. Riles had a two-run double as part of the three-run seventh inning for the Pirates to separate themselves from the Mountaineers for their eighth-straight win.