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2019 USF BASEBALL QUICK FACTS USF BASEBALL COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT: PAT PUZZO (201) 956-4109 [email protected] 2019 SCHEDULE SCHOOL/TEAM INFORMATION Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 15 Samford 7:00 p.m. USF BASEBALL STAFF Feb. 16 Samford 6:30 p.m. Location: ............................................................... Tampa, Fla. Head Coach: ..................................................Billy Mohl Feb. 17 Samford 1:00 p.m. Founded: ...........................................................................1956 Alma Mater: ............................................. Tulane, 2007 Feb. 19 Florida 6:30 p.m. Enrollment: ...................................................................50,577 Record at USF: ............................... Second Season Feb. 22 at North Carolina 3:00 p.m. Nickname: .........................................................................Bulls Career Record: ............................................. 36-22-1 Feb. 23 at North Carolina 2:00 p.m. Feb. 24 at North Carolina 1:00 p.m. Colors: ...........................................................Green and Gold Assistant Coach: .................................. Chris Cates (5) Feb. 26 Florida State 6:30 p.m. League: .............................American Athletic Conference Assistant Coach: ......................Chuck Jeroloman (2) March 1 Western Michigan 7:00 p.m. President: ................................................. Dr. Judy Genshaft Volunteer Assistant Coach ....Brian Jeroloman (1) March 2 Western Michigan 6:30 p.m. Director of Athletics: .....................................Michael Kelly Director of Ops .................................. Greg Parris (18) March 3 Western Michigan 1:00 p.m. March 5 @ Tampa Bay Rays TBA 2018 TO 2019 Athletic Trainer: ............................... Josh Herran (11) March 8 Liberty 7:00 p.m. 2018 Record:............................................................... 36-22-1 SPORTS COMMUNICATIONS March 9 Liberty 6:30 p.m. 2018 AAC Record/Finish: .........................14-9-1/Second Associate Director of Athletics/ March 10 Liberty 1:00 p.m. Letterwinners Returning/Lost:................................... 19/9 Communications: ..................................Brian Siegrist March 12 at Jacksonville 7:00 p.m. Position Starters Returning/Lost: .................................6/2 Asst. Director of Communications/ March 13 at Bethune-Cookman 6:00 p.m. Pitchers Returning/Lost: .............................................. 10/3 Baseball Contact: ......................................... Pat Puzzo March 15 Dartmouth 7:00 p.m. Cell Phone: ........................................201-956-4109 March 16 Dartmouth 6:30 p.m. Newcomers: ...........................................................................16 E-mail: .............................................. [email protected] March 17 Dartmouth 1:00 p.m. HISTORY March 19 at North Florida 6:05 p.m. Website: .............................................GoUSFBulls.com March 22 Cincinnati 7:00 p.m. First Year of Baseball: .....................................................1966 March 23 Cincinnati 6:30 p.m. All-Time Div. I Record: ........1,581-1,255-6 (53 seasons) STADIUM INFORMATION March 24 Cincinnati 1:00 p.m. All-Time AAC Record: ..................59-60-1 (Five seasons) Home Field: ..............USF Baseball Stadium (3,211) March 27 at Stetson 6:30 p.m. AAC Tournament Titles: ...............................................None Year Built: ..................................................................2011 March 29 East Carolina 7:00 p.m. NCAA Tournament Appearances: ..................13 (Last in 2018) Surface: ....................................................................Grass March 30 East Carolina 6:30 p.m. College World Series Appearances: ................................0 Dimensions: ......................... LF-325, CF-400, RF-330 March 31 East Carolina 1:00 p.m. April 2 FGCU 6:30 p.m. RETURNING PLAYERS April 5 at UCF 6:30 p.m. April 6 at UCF 6:30 p.m. Pos. Name Class B/T GP-GS BA HR RBI R H 2B 3B SLG% OBP% SB-ATT April 7 at UCF 1:00 p.m. OF Chris Chatfield Sr. L/L 48-38 .252 4 30 32 55 11 4 .394 .347 7-10 April 10 Bethune-Cookman 6:30 p.m. C Tyler Dietrich Sr. R/R 59-58 .267 1 36 35 56 14 1 .357 .329 1-2 April 12 at Tulane 7:30 p.m. INF JD Dutka Sr. R/R 58-56 .299 2 26 36 63 17 2 .427 .382 0-3 April 13 at Tulane 3:00 p.m. INF Jordan Feist Sr. R/R 19-0 .100 0 1 1 1 1 0 .200 .100 0-0 April 14 at Tulane 2:00 p.m. 1B Joe Genord Sr. R/R 48-47 .303 16 53 36 55 11 0 .633 .394 0-0 April 16 North Florida 6:30 p.m. OF Kyle Phillips Sr. L/R 54-52 .333 5 22 33 65 13 0 .477 .403 7-9 April 18 The Citadel 7:00 p.m. OF Garrett Zech Sr. R/L 58-56 .257 6 22 43 52 8 6 .446 .345 14-18 April 19 The Citadel 6:30 p.m. RETURNING PITCHERS April 20 The Citadel 1:00 p.m. April 24 at FGCU 6:30 p.m. Pos. Name Class W-L ERA G-GS IP BB K SV B/AVG RHP Dylan Burns RJr. 0-0 7.15 10-0 11.1 8 11 0 .271 April 26 Houston 7:00 p.m. RHP Richie Cruz Sr. 0-0 3.27 21-0 22.0 10 27 0 .281 April 27 Houston 6:30 p.m. LHP Connor Eason RJr. 1-0 2.70 15-0 20.0 12 15 0 .222 April 28 Houston 1:00 p.m. RHP Graham Hoffman So. 0-1 6.92 12-0 13.0 5 14 0 .321 April 30 Stetson 6:30 p.m. RHP Max Holmes So. 0-0 3.24 8-0 8.1 1 5 0 .250 May 3 at Memphis 7:00 p.m. LHP Kevin King Sr. 4-3 4.68 23-0 25.0 20 30 0 .247 May 4 at Memphis 3:00 p.m. RHP Carson Ragsdale Jr. 1-1 3.38 16-0 21.1 11 24 1 .232 May 5 at Memphis 2:00 p.m. RHP Baron Stuart So. 2-2 4.93 12-10 38.1 24 27 0 .248 May 7 at Florida 6:00 p.m. RHP Collin Sullivan Jr. 3-1 3.80 14-14 64.0 32 66 0 .232 RHP Alec Wisely Sr. 3-0 3.61 19-5 47.1 15 52 1 .261 May 10 at UConn 1:00 p.m. LHP Noah Yager Jr. 2-1 3.47 13-1 36.1 14 36 0 .248 May 11 at UConn 1:00 p.m. NEWCOMERS May 12 at UConn 1:00 p.m. Pos. Name Class B/T Hometown (Last School) May 14 Jacksonville 6:30 p.m. RHP Nelson Alvarez Jr. R/R Miami, Fla. (Miami Dade College ) May 16 Wichita State 7:00 p.m. INF Alex Bello Fr. R/R Miami, Fla. (City of Hialeah Educational Academy) OF Austin Bodrato Jr. L/R Northvale, N.J. (Santa Fe CC) May 17 Wichita State 6:30 p.m. INF Dylan Buck Fr. R/R Lakewood Ranch, Fla. (Lakewood Ranch HS) May 18 Wichita State 1:00 p.m C Julio Cortez Fr. R/R Weston, Fla. (Weston HS) LHP Pat Doudican Jr. L/L Wall, N.J. (Polk State College) INF Nick Gonzalez Fr. R/R Tampa, Fla. (Alonso HS) May 21-26 American Baseball Championships TBD C Danny Gutcher Fr. R/R Tampa, Fla. (Gaither HS) May 31 - June 3 NCAA Regionals TBD OF Riley Hogan Jr. R/R Orlando, Fla. (TNXL Academy/South Carolina) RHP Ben Koff Jr. R/R Gainesville, Fla. (College of Central Florida) June 7-9 NCAA Super Regionals TBD LHP Logan Lyle Jr. L/L Bartow, Fla. (State College of Florida) June 15-26 NCAA College World Series TBD RHP Matt Marini Jr. R/R Miami, Fla. (St. John’s River State College) All times Eastern and subject to change INF Michael Montes Fr. R/R Miramar, Fla. (Monsignor Edward Pace) C/UT Jordan Santos Jr. R/R Tampa, Fla. (Miami Dade College) * American Athletic Conference game OF Brandon Schrepf Fr. R/R Gulf Breeze, Fla. (Gulf Breeze HS) HOME GAMES IN BOLD RHP Justin Stewart Fr. R/R Bartow, Fla. (Bartow HS) GoUSFBulls.com @USFBaseball /USFBaseball @USFBaseball • #HornsUp BY THE NUMBERS PRESEASON NOTES BOTTOM OF THE NINTH and 35 runs. He caught five games in three BY USF’s nucleus in 2019 will be made up of games at the American Athletic Conference THE 10 seniors entering the final frame of their Championship in Clearwater and was named NUMBERS collegiate athletic careers. Joe Genord, Chris to the all-tournament team. Dietrich will once Chatfield, Tyler Dietrich and Garrett Zech all again be behind the dish on opening night, but TWO PRESEASON ALL- began their journeys donning a USF uniform in he’ll have much more security on the bench. AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE SELECTIONS, 2016. The quartet will hope to do something FIRST BASEMAN JOE GENORD Redshirt sophomore Jake Sullivan transferred AND OUTFIELDER KYLE PHILLIPS, LEAD A GREAT that no other team has done, advance to from Dallas Baptist prior to alst season, and is 2 NUCLEUS OF VETERAN AND YOUTHFUL TALENT. an NCAA Super Regional in their final year. eligible to play in 2019. In addition, the Bulls Collectively, the group has appeared in welcome two freshman catchers in Julio Cortez USF HAS MADE AN NCAA 621 games with 580 starts between them. and Danny Gutcher. REGIONAL APPEARANCES IN THREE OF THE LAST FOUR Although the remaining six seniors are in just SEASONS. THE PROGRAM HAS MADE A REGIONAL IN THREE- their second seasons in Tampa, they bring a CAN I GET AN ENCORE, DO 3 STRAIGHT YEARS JUST ONCE, BACK FROM 1995-97. great deal of experience to the 2019 squad. YOU WANT MORE Outfielder Kyle Phillips and infielder JD Dutka The Bulls have rewritten the history book as it THE PROGRAM WILL BE LOOKING TO MAKE IT played in 54 and 58 games, respectively, in pertains to pitching since Coach Mohl’s arrival FIVE STRAIGHT SEASONS WITH AT LEAST 500 2018, starting all but two contests apiece. in 2015, recorded a minimum of 500 strikeouts STRIKEOUTS IN 2019. PRIOR TO 2015-16, USF Alec Wisely went 3-0 with a 3.61 ERA and 52 in each of the last four years, including a 5 HAD NEVER RECORDED 500 STRIKEOUTS IN BACK-TO-BACK YEARS.