Houston and Wichita State won American Athletic Conference baseball games on Friday, April 28 to stay in first place in the league standings.

Friday, April 28
Houston 13, UCF 7 (10 innings) - Box Score
Cincinnati 9, South Florida (10 innings) - Box Score
Wichita State 12, Memphis 3 - Box Score

Houston 13, UCF 7 (10 innings) - Box Score
HOUSTON – University of Houston freshman second baseman Thomas Lyssy broke a 7-7 tie with an RBI-single in the top of the tenth inning, and the Cougars added five more runs in the extra frame to take a 13-7 win over UCF in John Euliano Park on Friday night.
 
In a roller coaster of a game, the Cougars (24-18, 9-4 American) jumped out to a 7-0 lead through innings before the Knights (23-18, 5-8) stormed back to tie the contest in the bottom of the sixth.
 
UCF had chances to take the lead in the eighth and ninth innings, but reliever Brendan O'Donnell halted those rallies to set the stage for the Cougars' heroics in the final inning.
 
Lyssy went 3-for-5 with two runs and the game-winning RBI to lead a Houston offense, which pounded out 15 hits, including three home runs and a pair of doubles. Junior first baseman Justin Murray went 3-for-5 with a run.
 
O'Donnell collected the win and improved to 3-0 after throwing 1.1 innings of shutout relief with a strikeout.
 
UCF reliever Kyle Kramer picked up the loss to fall to 2-2 after giving up six runs off four hits in 1.1 innings.
 
Andrew Brait went 4-for-4 with two runs, a triple and a game-high four RBIs to lead UCF. Lex Boedicker went 3-for-5 with a run in the loss.

Cincinnati 9, South Florida (10 innings) - Box Score
TAMPA, FIa. – The University of Cincinnati baseball team held on for a 9-7 extra-inning victory over South Florida in Friday night's series opener at USF Baseball Stadium. 

With the win, the Bearcats imrpoved to 18-24 on the season, while the Bulls fell to 17-26. Both teams are now 6-7 in American Athletic Conference play.
 
Redshirt sophomore Kerrington Cross knocked in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th with a two-run single to center field. Cross' heroics capped a 2-for-4, two-RBI night at the plate.
 
Redshirt junior Ryan Nicholson smashed his team-leading 10th home run of the season. He finished 2-for-6 with two RBI and one run scored. The top four in the Cincinnati batting order combined to go 7-for-19 with six RBI, four walks and four runs scored.
 
Redshirt junior Alec Jones, freshman Landyn Vidourek and junior Cole Harting each homered in the win. The Bearcats improved to 7-1 when they hit three-or-more home runs in a game. 

Freshman Griffin Hugus finished 3-for-5 with two stolen bases and one run scored. 
 
Sophomore starter Garrett Harker allowed five runs, four earned, and struck out two batters with three walks in five innings. Senior Mitch White (2-1) picked up the win while junior Max Bergmann earned his first save of the year, fourth of his career. Riley Skeen (0-3) took the loss for the Bulls.

Wichita State 12, Memphis 3 - Box Score
WICHITA, Kan. -- Wichita State scored seven runs in the first two innings and got another quality start from Clark Candiotti, racing past Memphis 12-3 on Friday night at Eck Stadium.

It was an early onslaught for the Shocker offense against Memphis starter JT Durham (3-3), who was tagged for nine hits and seven runs in just 1.1 innings of work. RBI singles from Garrett Pennington, Mauricio Millan and Sawyre Thornhill made it 3-0 in the first, then WSU (25-16, 9-4 American) used a combination of power and speed to blow the game open in the second. A double steal from Jack Little and Chuck Ingram led to a Memphis (21-21, 4-9) throwing error, scoring Little for a 4-0 advantage. After a walk put two Shockers aboard, Pennington sliced an opposite field, three-run homer down the line in right for a 7-0 cushion.

Pennington has now tied Brock Rodden for the team lead with 12 home runs, and drove in four runs for the third time in the last eight games to give him 43 RBI for the season.

The 7-0 lead was plenty for Wichita State starter Clark Candiotti (7-2), who turned in another solid performance to win his sixth straight start and seventh straight decision. Candiotti allowed three runs on six hits over 6.0 innings, striking out six and walking two.

Payton Tolle connected for a mammoth solo home run in the fourth, a tape-measure shot that left the stadium and bounced into the parking lot beyond the right field fence. Tolle's blast made it 8-1 Wichita State, and the Shockers put the game out of reach for good with four runs in the bottom of the seventh on a two-run single from David Herring and a two-run double from Rodden. The Shockers banged out four doubles for the game, extending their conference-best mark to 95 two-baggers.