Wichita State earned a series sweep in American Athletic Conference baseball action on Sunday, April 23.

Sunday, April 23
Cincinnati 12, Tulane 1 (7 innings) - Box Score
UCF 11, South Florida 1 (8 innings) - Box Score
Houston 11, Memphis 1 - Box Score
Wichita State 8, East Carolina 0 - Box Score

Cincinnati 12, Tulane 1 (7 innings) - Box Score
CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati baseball team earned a 12-1 run-rule victory over Tulane on Sunday afternoon inside UC Baseball Stadium. Redshirt junior Kameron Guidry walked it off for the Bearcats with a three-run home run in the bottom of the seventh.
 
The Bearcats complete the series with two wins over the Green Wave, as UC improves to 17-24 overall and 5-7 in the American.
 
Sophomore Tommy O'Connor went 3-for-4 with a home run, double, two runs scored, a walk and a stolen base. He was a triple shy of the cycle. He belted his third homer of the season, a three-run shot 433 feet over the center field wall at 113 mph off the bat, in the sixth inning. 
 
Sophomore Kerrington Cross continued his hot hitting, going 2-for-3 with three runs scored, a walk and a stolen base. He batted .545 (6-for-11) against the Green Wave this weekend. 
 
Junior Cole Harting went 2-for-4 with two RBI and one run scored while sophomore Lauden Brooks finished 1-for-2 with an RBI, two walks and a stolen base.  

Starter Tommy Boba (2-1) went four innings of two-hit ball to pick up the victory. The freshman right-handed pitcher allowed one unearned run and struck out six batters with three walks. Chase Horst tossed three shutout innings in relief, allowing just two hits with three strikeouts. The freshmen duo combined for a four-hitter and allowed no earned runs. 

UCF 11, South Florida 1 (8 innings) - Box Score
ORLANDO -- UCF won the weekend series against in-state rival South Florida with an 11-1 win in eight innings on Sundau.

Drew Faurot went 4-for-4 and hit a grand slam in the seventh inning for the Knights (23-17, 5-7 American), while Andrew Sundean added a 2-run home run in the eighth.

Najer Victor (3-1) earned the win after throwing two scoreless innings after Knight starter Cameron Leiter allowed one run through four innings.

Jack Cebert (3-2) took the loss for the Bulls (17-24, 6-6), allowing four runs in four innings of work.

Houston 11, Memphis 1 - Box Score
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Behind a five-hit performance from junior first baseman Justin Murray, the Houston baseball team secured its fourth-straight conference series win beating Memphis 11-1 on Sunday afternoon at FedEx Park.
 
The Cougars (23-17, 8-4) are tied with Wichita State at the top of the standings in the American Athletic Conference. Houston currently holds the edge against the Shockers after beating them in the first of two weekend series this season.
 
Sophomore starting pitcher Cade Citelli (3-4) threw 6.0 shutout innings allowing only two hits while striking out three batters to earn the win. Combined with junior reliever Owen Woodward, the two pitchers held Memphis' batters to a .107 average while junior catcher Anthony Tulimero threw out three runners. Woodward closed the game for Houston working 3.0 innings allowing one run and retiring four batters for the save. Memphis' (20-20, 4-8) Seth Garner (1-3) threw 3.2 innings tallying four earned runs to earn his third loss of the season.
 
Houston has now won all four of its conference series beating ECU, Wichita State, USF and Memphis. The last time the Cougars won their first four conference series was in 2006 when Houston competed in Conference USA and won every single conference series that season.

Wichita State 8, East Carolina 0 - Box Score
WICHITA, Kan. -- Grant Adler delivered the second complete game shutout for Wichita State in the last two days, lifting the Shockers to an 8-0 win over No. 7-ranked East Carolina on Sunday afternoon at Eck Stadium.

The three-game sweep is Wichita State's first of a ranked team at home since the 1991 season against #10 Creighton, and the first sweep of any kind against a ranked foe since 2006 at No. 21 Long Beach State.

Adler (4-2) matched Payton Tolle's effort from Saturday, blanking the Pirates on just three hits. The right-hander struck out five and walked two, throwing 122 pitches in the complete game effort. The Pirates (29-11, 7-5 American) did not get a runner to third base in the game, and had just one inning with multiple baserunners against Adler. Their best threat came in the seventh via a leadoff single and two-out walk, but Adler retired Cam Clonch on a ground out to second to stymie the scoring chance.

17 of the 27 outs Adler recorded came on ground balls.

East Carolina starter Josh Grosz (4-1) matched Adler through the first four innings, but Wichita State (24-15, 8-4) broke through with five runs in the bottom of the fifth. Singles from Kyte McDonald and Sawyre Thornhill, followed by a walk to Jack Little, loaded the bases with nobody out. After a strikeout, Brock Rodden and Garrett Pennington earned back-to-back walks to force in runs, giving Wichita State a 2-0 lead. The Pirates went to the bullpen, and Payton Tolle greeted new arm Garrett Saylor by slamming a two-run double to center for a 4-0 advantage. David Herring capped the inning with a run-scoring single of his own, stretching the WSU margin to 5-0.

The Shockers tacked on three more against the Pirates bullpen in the sixth, getting RBI singles from Pennington and Tolle before Herring sliced a run-scoring double down the line in left to knock in the final run of the day.

Adler set the side down in order in the ninth to complete the sweep.