East Carolina, Houston and Wichita State all secured series victories in American Athletic Conference action on Saturday, May 13.

Saturday, May 13
UCF 12, Cincinnati 4 - Box Score
Wichita State 9, South Florida 2 (Game 1) - Box Score
Wichita State 12, South Florida 1 (Game 2 - 7 Innings) - Box Score
East Carolina 10, Memphis 3 - Box Score
Houston 5, Tulane 4 - Box Score

UCF 12, Cincinnati 4 - Box Score
CINCINNATI - John Rhys Plumlee and Lex Boedicker each hit two home runs as UCF defeated Cincinnati, 12-4, to even the series in Cincinnati on Saturday.

14 of the game's 16 runs came via the long ball, as the Knights (28-23, 9-11 American) hit six home runs, while the Bearcats (22-28, 9-11) recorded three.

Camerone Leiter (3-2) earned the win, allowing two runs in 5.1 innings with 11 strikeouts, while Chase Hopewell (2-6) took the loss for Cincinnati.

Wichita State 9, South Florida 2 (Game 1) - Box Score
Wichita State 12, South Florida 1 (Game 2 - 7 Innings) - Box Score
WICHITA, Kan. -- Wichita State clubbed six home runs and got two excellent starts from Payton Tolle and Grant Adler, rolling to a doubleheader sweep over South Florida by scores of 9-2 and 12-1 on Saturday afternoon at Eck Stadium. The nightcap was called after seven innings due to the conference run-rule.

Game 1
The Shockers (29-21, 12-8 American) fell into a quick 1-0 hole when Eric Snow doubled in Bobby Boser in the first, but found their footing in the middle innings. Brock Rodden kick-started a massive day offensively with a game-tying RBI single in the fourth, the first of a career-high four hits in game one.

WSU used the long ball to take control of the game in the fifth. Payton Tolle put the Shockers in front with a 491-foot blast, a towering two-run homer that left the stadium and cleared the parking lot beyond the right field fence. One batter later, Seth Stroh slammed a solo home run of his own to left-center for a 4-1 lead.

That was plenty of support for Tolle's work on the mound, as the big lefty struck out 10 over 7.0 innings while allowing just four hits and two runs. He improved to 9-2 with the victory, becoming the first Shocker pitcher to win nine or more games in a season since Charlie Lowell went 10-5 in 2011.

Kyte McDonald knocked in a run with a fielder's choice in the fifth, and Rodden answered a solo home run from South Florida (19-33, 7-14) with one of his own in the seventh and then a two-run double in the eighth. Garrett Pennington capped the scoring with an RBI groundout.

Jace Miner tossed two scoreless innings in relief to close out the win, marking nine consecutive appearances without allowing a run for the southpaw.

Hunter Mink (6-6) took the loss for the Bulls, allowing five runs in 5.0 innings of work.

Game 2
Wichita State took control early in game two and never looked back. Tolle crushed another two-run homer in the first inning, giving him 13 for the season to match Pennington's total for second-most on the squad. Chuck Ingram added a pair of runs with an RBI groundout in the second and a run-scoring single in the fourth, followed by another Rodden RBI knock and a two-run single from Mauricio Millan. David Herring slammed a two-run homer to right-center, and Kyte McDonald produced the seventh and final run of the inning with an RBI infield single.

Working with a 10-0 lead, Shocker starter Grant Adler (5-3) was in complete control, striking out eight over 6.0 strong innings. He allowed just one run on an RBI single from Rafael Betancourt in the sixth, and did not walk a batter.

Jack Little provided the final exclamation point for the Wichita State offense in the sixth with a long home run to center that made it 12-1.

Nolan Hudi (1-4) took the loss for South Florida, surrendering six hits and three runs in 2.2 innings.

East Carolina 10, Memphis 3 - Box Score
GREENVILLE, N.C. – A pitcher's duel broke out as advertised Saturday at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium, but No. 14 East Carolina scored nine runs in the final three innings to defeat Memphis 10-3 and clinch its fifth American Athletic Conference series victory of the season. 
 
The Pirates (37-14, 14-6 AAC) won their sixth-straight decision both overall and in league play while the Tigers (26-24, 8-12 AAC) dropped to 10-12 in true road contests.
 
ECU unloaded on Memphis' pitching staff for five home runs, receiving two each from Josh Moylan and Carter Cunningham as the duo combined to drive in six runs. Moylan would finish the day 3-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBI. Joey Berini also tallied multiple hits, going 2-for-3 with a run scored. Jonah Sutton paced the visitors with two hits, a run scored and an RBI.
 
Honored on Senior Day, Carter Spivey (6-2) collected the win on the mound, throwing 3.2 innings and allowing just one run on four hits with two strikeouts. East Carolina starter Trey Yesavage was excellent, tossing 3.1 scoreless innings and surrendering just one hit while striking out five. Tiger ace Dalton Fowler (5-5) was tagged with the loss, yielding four runs on three hits with three walks and four strikeouts in 6.1 frames.  

Houston 5, Tulane 4 - Box Score
NEW ORLEANS – Junior utility player Justin Murray shined in the Cougars 5-4 comeback win for its seventh-straight conference series win against Tulane at Turchin Stadium on Saturday night.
 
With the win, the Cougars (30-20, 14-5) maintained their first place position in the American Athletic Conference standings a half a game ahead of East Carolina.
 
With the game tied at 4-4 in the top of the ninth, junior utility player Alex Lopez drew a walk before junior third baseman Zach Arnold reached on a catcher interference and Murray was hit by a pitch to load the bases. A Cameron Nickens sacrifice fly to deep right field gave the Cougars the lead as Lopez crossed home plate. Murray then retired the side in the bottom half of the inning denying Tulane (14-36, 7-13) a walk off.
 
Murray (4-0) improved his undefeated season to four wins working 2.0 innings with no hits, no runs and striking out three batters. Tulane's Michael Lombardi (0-2) surrendered the winning run in the ninth taking the loss for the Green Wave.