East Carolina, Houston and Memphis all picked up American Athletic Conference baseball series wins on Saturday, May 6.

Saturday, May 6
East Carolina 11, Cincinnati 3 - Box Score
Memphis 7, South Florida 6 - Box Score
Tulane 13, UCF 2 (7 innings) - Box Score
Houston 7, Wichita State 5 - Box Score

East Carolina 11, Cincinnati 3 - Box Score
CINCINNATI, Ohio – No. 14 East Carolina put it all together Saturday afternoon, coasting to an 11-3 win over Cincinnati at the UC Baseball Stadium to clinch their fourth American Athletic Conference series of the campaign.
 
The Pirates (33-14, 11-6 American) uncorked a 14-hit barrage and handed the Bearcats (20-26, 8-9) their second-straight league loss after Cincy entered the weekend just one game behind ECU in the AAC standings.
 
Carter Spivey (5-2) was deemed the winning pitcher as he completed 2.2 scoreless innings and notched a strikeout. Bearcat starter Chase Hopewell (2-5) took the loss, surrendering four runs on six hits with four walks and one strikeout in five frames of work. Josh Grosz put in a solid 4.2 innings in his 12th start of the season, throwing 4.2 scoreless with two walks and four strikeouts.
 
Justin Wilcoxen had another big offensive day, going 2-for-4 with two runs scored and five RBI while Jacob Starling and Joey Berini both chipped in with three hits apiece. Alec Jones paced the home side with a pair of base knocks.

Memphis 7, South Florida 6 - Box Score
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The University of Memphis baseball team won its fourth-straight game on Saturday afternoon, rallying from a three-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth to defeat South Florida, 7-6, at FedExPark Avron Fogelman Field. With the win, Memphis clinched its first American Athletic Conference series win of the season.
 
The Tigers improve to 25-22 (7-10 American) on the season after the victory. The Bulls slipped to 18-30 (6-11) on the year with the loss.
 
South Florida took a 3-0 lead into the sixth inning after scoring on a solo home run in the first, an RBI single in the third and a second solo shot in the third inning.

The Tigers got on the board in the sixth inning when Logan Kohler went down and got a low pitch and deposited it over the right-field wall for a solo shot – his eighth of the season. Memphis tied the game at 3-3 in the eighth inning on RBI singles by Will Spears and Anthony Hansen.

After a quick first out of the ninth inning by Memphis closer Dalton Kendrick, USF reached on a dropped third strike and a single to set up a three-run home run by lead-off hitter Bobby Boser that gave the Bulls a 6-3 lead.

Cameron Benson pinch hit to lead off the bottom of the ninth and smacked a double to dead center off the batter's eye on the inning's first pitch and then Jake Curtis was hit by a pitch. Austin Baskin singled to center field to score Benson from second and Kohler followed suit with an RBI single to center field for the inning's second run.

Spears came through with his second RBI single in as many innings to tie the game at 6-6. The Bulls elected to intentionally walk Hansen to load the bases and bring up Braden Webb. On a 1-0 count, a wild pitch by USF's Tanner Mink went to the back stop and allowed Kohler to sprint home from third base and beat the throw.

Tulane 13, UCF 2 (7 innings) - Box Score
NEW ORLEANS – Tulane scored 11 of its 13 runs in the fourth and fifth innings, while starter Ricky Castro was again solid on the mound as the Green Wave notched a 13-2 Saturday victory on Greer Field at Turchin Stadium. The game was shortened to seven innings due to the ten run rule.
 
The Green Wave improved to 14-33 and 7-10 in the American Athletic Conference. UCF dipped to 26-26 and 7-10 in the league.
 
Castro (4-5) got the win, allowing just two runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts and two walks over six innings.
 
Dom Stagliano (4-3) suffered the loss for the Knights, giving up five runs (four earned) with six hits and two strikeouts. Of the 13 runs allowed by UCF on Saturday, just five were earned.
 
All of Tulane's starters recorded a hit on the evening, with left fielder Brady Hebert going 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored.

Houston 7, Wichita State 5 - Box Score
HOUSTON – The Houston baseball team secured its sixth-straight conference series win in a 7-5 win against Wichita State on Saturday night at Schroeder Park.
 
Sophomore pitcher Kyle Ayers (3-1) tallied his third win of the season and second this week tossing 5.0 innings in relief for the Cougars (28-19, 11-5). Junior utility player Justin Murray closed the game for Houston for the second-straight day recording his eighth save of the season. Wichita State (27-19, 10-7) rallied in the eighth and ninth inning but it was not enough and the Shockers' Payton Tolle (8-2) was charged with the loss, only his second of the season, giving up six earned runs on 10 hits.
 
Zach Arnold extended his reached-base streak to 44 straight games. He has reached base in every single game he has played in this season.

With his four RBI, Drew Bianco recorded a career-high with both a double and a triple.

With 12 hits in the game, the Cougars have recorded 25 games this season with 10+ hits including the last four.
Houston has now won all six of its conference series beating ECU, USF, Memphis and now Wichita State twice. The last time the Cougars won their first four conference series was in 2006 when Houston competed in Conference USA and won all its conference series that season.

Justin Murray tallied his eighth save of the season and sixth in conference play. The junior currently leads the conference in saves and games finished.