UCF, Memphis and Wichita State all picked up two wins in American Athletic Conference baseball action on Saturday, February 25.

Saturday, February 25
UCF 4, Clemson 2 (Game 1) - Box Score
UCF 10, Clemson 7 (Game 2) - Box Score
Memphis 13, Youngstown State (Game 1) - Box Score
Memphis 3, Youngstown State 1 (Game 2) - Box Score
Wichita State 10, Utah Tech 3 (Game 1) - Box Score
Wichita State 10, Utah Tech 0 (Game 2) - Box Score
Florida Atlantic 8, South Florida 7 (11 innings) - Box Score
Florida 13, Cincinnati 3 (8 innings) - Box Score
St. John's 7, Tulane 3 - Box Score
Texas A&M Corpus Christi 12, Houston 2 (7 innings) - Box Score

UCF 4, Clemson 2 (Game 1) - Box Score
UCF 10, Clemson 7 (Game 2) - Box Score
CLEMSON, S.C. – The Knights clinched the series on a two-win Saturday afternoon in their first road trip of the year at Doug Kingsmore Stadium against Clemson. Wrapping up the final six outs of game one to earn the 4-2 win. Game two was a high-scoring 10-7 ballgame, both UCF victories came without a single Tigers lead.

Game One
The series opener was split into two days due to inclement weather, but the first eight innings of action came on Friday evening.

Efficiency was the theme of the first inning with both Clemson's Ryan Ammons and Ruddy Gomez starting the game three up, three down. In the bottom of the first, Andrew Brait made a diving stop in the infield to retire the leadoff hitter and Gomez rolled a 5-4-3 double play to end the scoreless first.

Ben McCabe was first on base for the Knights in the second, leading off with a stand-up double down the left field line. Brait sacrificed to move McCabe to third and Lex Boedicker found the gap in right field to drive in the first run of the game. Ammons surrendered the first two walks of his season, as Brady Shannon and Corey Robinson drew them back-to-back. After Shannon loaded the bases, Robinson followed with a four-pitch walk to drive in the second run for the Knights.

Following a 76 minute rain delay, Chase Centala entered the game in the middle of the fifth inning. The tying run came across on a single, but Centala stranded two to limit the damage to one run for the Tigers. Pitching lights-out for the next three frames, Centala went nine up, nine down to send the game into the ninth, tied 2-2.

Resuming play at 1 p.m. on Saturday, with runners on first and second and no outs, the Knights tacked on two more runs. Nick Romano drove one in with a single and Andrew Brait was hit by a pitch with bases loaded. Kyle Kramer closed the door on game one with a 1-2-3 appearance, notching two strikeouts and earning the save.

Game Two
The second contest of Saturday was headlined by a high-powered offense, mashing 3 home runs and 10 hits. Drew Faurot hit his second of the season in the second inning and John Rhys Plumlee smashed his first home run as a Knight the following inning.

In the third inning, Russo caught Benjamin Blackwell stealing, hosing Clemson's leader in stolen bases at third base as Cameron Leiter worked his third scoreless frame.

The Tigers loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the fourth, but Leiter limited the damage to one run for Clemson. Faurot gloved the final out of the fourth on an amazing catch at shortstop.

Russo drew Clemson's Austin Gordon's first walk of the season. Brait moved Russo to second hit by pitch. Nick Romano singled to right field and left two runners on, which Josten would clear with a three-run shot over the center field wall.

The Tigers answered the Knights big four-run fifth inning with five of their own across the next two to tie it up, climbing back from a 6-1 deficit.

Marlowe arrived on the mound for his third appearance of the season, making quick work of the seventh inning, going 1-2-3 with nine pitches.

Robinson entered the lineup to lead off the eighth and wasted no time. Knights took back their lead as Robinson advanced to home on an error which puts Plumlee in scoring position. Brait gets his fourth hit of the day to score Plumlee from second. Josten drew a walk to load the bases. McCabe was hit by a pitch with bases loaded to score Brait. A sac fly from Boedicker scored Nick Romano for the Knights second four-run inning of the game.

Memphis 13, Youngstown State (Game 1) - Box Score
Memphis 3, Youngstown State 1 (Game 2) - Box Score
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis baseball team won both games of Saturday's double header at FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field with Youngstown State by scores of 13-9 and 3-1, respectively. With the wins, the Tigers improved to 5-2 on the season.
 
Starting pitchers David Warren and JT Durham were both the pitchers of record to earn the wins for Memphis. Durham went seven shutout innings in game two, allowing just four hits and striking out seven.
 
Game One
Youngstown State took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first, but the Tigers answered with six runs of their own in the bottom half, highlighted by Brayland Skinner's bases-clearing triple. In the bottom half of the fifth, the Tigers had their second six-run inning of the game to take a 13-7 lead. The inning was again highlighted by a Skinner triple that brought in a pair, giving him a five-RBI game.

Warren (2-0) got the win going 5.2 IP, allowing 11 hits, five runs and striking out six.

Game Two was highlighted by seven shutout innings from Durham, who was making his first start of the season and fifth of his Memphis career. He struck out seven Penguins and allowed just four hits.

A two-out RBI-single by Tyler Heckert that scored Jake Curtis got the Tigers on the board in the bottom of the second inning. In the bottom of the third, Austin Baskin followed suit with the two-out, RBI-single, bringing home Hansen to give Memphis a 2-0 lead.

In the fifth, Heckert connected on a no-doubt solo homerun to deep left field to pad the Tiger lead and make it a 3-0 game.

Dalton Kendrick pitched two strong innings out of the pen, striking out the side in the eighth and two in the ninth to earn the save.

Wichita State 10, Utah Tech 3 (Game 1) - Box Score
Wichita State 10, Utah Tech 0 (Game 2) - Box Score
ST. GEORGE, Utah – Wichita State hit seven home runs and used a dominant start from Grant Adler to sweep a doubleheader from Utah Tech by scores of 10-3 and 10-0 on Saturday afternoon at Bruce Hurst Field.

Game One
The Shockers set the tone in the early going, as Sawyre Thornhill and Chuck Ingram each blasted a solo home run to give WSU a 2-0 lead moving to the bottom of the second. But the Trailblazers struck back with three runs over the next two innings against Wichita State starter Payton Tolle (1-0), taking a 3-2 advantage in the bottom of the third on a run-scoring fielder's choice from Jack Walker.

Ingram continued his monster afternoon by slicing a two-run double to the gap in right-center the next half inning, moving the Shockers back in front by the score of 4-3. Ingram finished the day 3-for-4 with four RBI, to go along with an excellent leaping catch to rob Utah Tech of extra bases in the bottom of the first.

The Shockers began to grow the lead in the top of the fifth. Garrett Pennington smacked a two-run homer to right and Jordan Rogers added a sacrifice fly for a 7-3 edge. A wild pitch, Rogers sacrifice fly and Ingram RBI single in the seventh produced the final margin, with two scoreless innings from Nate Snead earning his first collegiate save.

Jake Dahle (0-1) was saddled with the loss for Utah Tech, allowing seven runs over four-plus innings of work.

Game Two
Adler (2-0) was masterful over six innings for Wichita State, striking out 11 and allowing just one hit, a leadoff single in the bottom of the second. He struck out two hitters in each of the first five innings, and did not allow a Trailblazers runner to reach third base.

The offense gave him plenty of support. Pennington continued his hot streak with an RBI single in the top of the first, then the Shockers launched three home runs in the top of the third to blow the game open. Stroh and Brock Rodden each smacked two-run shots, and Thornhill went back-to-back with Rodden for his third homer in the last three games.

Pennington made it 7-0 with his third homer of the season, a towering opposite-field shot to open the fourth. The Wichita State slugger went a staggering 10-for-14 over the final three games of the series.

Alex Birge made the most of his first WSU start at catcher, recording a pair of base hits. His single in the top of the fifth, combined with a Utah Tech error, brought home Rogers for an 8-0 edge. A passed ball and wild pitch later in the inning provided the final score.

Michael Mulhollon nailed down the win with a 1-2-3 seventh, notching a pair of strikeouts along the way. Starter Ryan Hardman (0-2) took the loss for Utah Tech, tagged for six runs over 2.2 innings.

Florida Atlantic 8, South Florida 7 (11 innings) - Box Score
BOCA RATON (February 25, 2023) – The University of South Florida Bulls (3-4) had their two-game winning streak halted on Saturday with an 8-7 loss at FAU (5-1) in 11 innings. Daniel Cantu hit his second home run of the season to tie the game at 7-7 in the eighth inning before the Owls walked-off with the win in game two of the three-game weekend set.

South Florida was playing catchup most of the day, but erased a 4-0 deficit in the fourth inning and overcame a 7-4 FAU lead with Cantu's homer in the eighth frame.

After tying the game in the eighth, the Bulls loaded the bases with one out in the ninth and put two on with no out in the 10th, but failed to plate the go-ahead run in either inning.

Jackson Cothren wiggled out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the ninth, but after a 1-2-3 inning in the 10th, the Owls got to him for the game-winning hit in the 11th inning.

Florida 13, Cincinnati 3 (8 innings) - Box Score
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Cincinnati baseball team fell in the middle game of its series at No. 7-ranked Florida, 13-3, on Saturday at Condron Family Ballpark in Gainesville, Fla. 
 
For the Bearcats (2-4), freshman outfielder Landyn Vidourek, making his second career start in right field, went 2-for-3 with a run scored and walk. Freshman infielder Kyle Schupmann went 1-for-2 with an RBI double, run scored and walk. 
 
The Bearcats were held to five hits and stranded five runners in the defeat. 
 
Freshman left-handed pitcher Chase Horst (0-1) allowed five runs, four earned, on two hits in one inning and took the loss. Graduate student Dylan Brosky came out of the bullpen and gave up four runs on five hits in 4.1 innings of work. The Bearcats used four pitchers in the game. 
 
For the Gators (6-1), starter Hurston Waldrep tossed 6.0 innings of three-hit ball and struck out 13 with three walks.

St. John's 7, Tulane 3 - Box Score
NEW ORLEANS - St. John's used a 6-run sixth inning to defeat Tulane, 7-3, Saturday night.

Jackson Linn gave Tulane (0-6) the lead in the fourth inning on a 3-run home run, but the Red Storm (3-2) came back to score six runs in the sixth inning to claim the win.

Cristian Sanchez (0-2) took the loss, allowing four runs in 5.1 innings of work. Tommy Finnegan (1-0) earned the win for St. John's with 1.1 innings of scoreless relief.

Texas A&M Corpus Christi 12, Houston 2 (7 innings) - Box Score
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Houston dropped a 12-2 decision to Texas A&M Corpus Christi Saturday night.

After the Cougars (2-4) took a 2-0 lead after the top of the fourth inning, the Islanders (3-3) scored 12 unanswered, including two 5-run innings in the fourth and sixth frames.