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2011 University of South Florida Baseball Game Notes | March 11-12 | Evansville NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1982, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1993,1995, 1996, 1997, 2001 and 2002 USF Communications: Brad Borghetti | 813-751-4044 | [email protected] | GoUSFBulls.com | Twitter: @USFBaseball 2011 Schedule/ Results BBullsulls HHostost EEvansvillevansville fforor TThreehree GGameame SSet;et; Date Opponent Location Time / Result DDoubleouble DDipip BBilledilled fforor SSaturdayaturday Fri, Feb 18 No. 1 Florida at Gainesville, Fla. L, 7-2 Sat, Feb 19 No. 1 Florida at Gainesville, Fla. L, 4-1 Game 13: Evansville Game 14: Evansville Game 14: Evansville Sun, Feb 20 No. 1 Florida at Gainesville, Fla. L, 5-0 Mar. 11 Mar. 12 Mar. 12 Fri, Feb 25 Elon TAMPA L, 4-3 (10) 7 p.m. 4 p.m. 7 p.m. Sat, Feb 26 Elon TAMPA W, 3-2 Sun, Feb 27 Elon TAMPA L, 7-5 (16) Tampa, Fla. Tampa, Fla. Tampa, Fla. Tue, Mar 01 No. 24 Miami at Steinbrenner Field W, 4-2 Fri, Mar 04 Florida A&M TAMPA W, 5-0 Game 13- Evansville Sat, Mar 05 Florida A&M(1) TAMPA W, 13-4 Play-by-Play: Jim Louk, Ronan O’Shea Sat, Mar 05 Florida A&M(2) TAMPA W, 6-0 Tue, Mar 08 Florida Gulf Coast TAMPA L, 3-2 Radio/Internet: Live 1010 CBS Sports / Live GoUSFBulls.com (BullsVision) Wed, Mar 09 No. 1 Florida TAMPA L, 8-1 Game 13- Evansville Fri, Mar 11 Evansville TAMPA 7:00 p.m. Sat, Mar 12 Evansville TAMPA 4:00 p.m. Play-by-Play: Jim Louk, Ronan O’Shea Sat, Mar 12 Evansville TAMPA 7:00 p.m. Radio/Internet: Delayed 1010 CBS Sports / Live GoUSFBulls.com (BullsVision) Tue, Mar 15 UCF at Orlando, Fla. 6:30 p.m. Thu, Mar 17 Bethune-Cookman at Daytona Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m. Game 13- Evansville Fri, Mar 18 Bethune-Cookman at Daytona Beach, Fla. 6:00 p.m. Play-by-Play: Jim Louk, Ronan O’Shea Sat, Mar 19 Bethune-Cookman TAMPA 7:00 p.m. Radio/Internet: Live 1010 CBS Sports / Live GoUSFBulls.com (BullsVision) Sun, Mar 20 Bethune-Cookman TAMPA 1:00 p.m. Tue, Mar 22 Florida Gulf Coast at Fort Myers, Fla. 6:30 p.m. Fri, Mar 25 West Virginia * TAMPA 7:00 p.m. This Weekend’s Probable Starters Sat, Mar 26 West Virginia * TAMPA 7:00 p.m. USF Opponent Sun, Mar 27 West Virginia * TAMPA 1:00 p.m. Wed, Mar 30 North Florida at Jacksonville, Fla. 7:00 p.m. RHP Kyle Eastham Game 13 RHP Trent Copeland Fri, Apr 01 Villanova * at Plymouth Meeting, Pa. 3:15 p.m. RHP Randy Fontanez Game 14 LHP Cole Isom Sat, Apr 02 Villanova * at Plymouth Meeting, Pa. 1:15 p.m. Sun, Apr 03 Villanova * at Plymouth Meeting, Pa. 12:15 p.m. LHP Nick Gonzalez Game 15 RHP Kyle Lloyd Tue, Apr 05 Jacksonville at Jacksonville, Fla. 6:30 p.m. Wed, Apr 06 Jacksonville at Jacksonville, Fla. 4:00 p.m. Bulls Welcome Evansville for Three Game Set Fri, Apr 08 Rutgers * TAMPA 7:00 p.m. Looking to get back on track, the University of South Florida baseball team (5-7) will Sat, Apr 09 Rutgers * TAMPA 7:00 p.m. welcome Evansville (5-5) to the USF Baseball Stadium for a three-game set beginning Sun, Apr 10 Rutgers * TAMPA 1:00 p.m. Friday, March 11. Tue, Apr 12 Stetson at Deland, Fla. 6:30 p.m. Fri, Apr 15 Seton Hall * at South Orange, N.J. 6:00 p.m. Sat, Apr 16 Seton Hall * at South Orange, N.J. 1:00 p.m. Similar to last weekend, the Bulls will play Friday evening with fi rst pitch at 7 p.m. Sun, Apr 17 Seton Hall * at South Orange, N.J. 12:00 p.m. following the offi cial ribbon cutting ceremony of the new USF Baseball and Softball Tue, Apr 19 Stetson TAMPA 7:00 p.m. Thu, Apr 21 Louisville * at Louisville, Ky. 6:00 p.m. Stadiums. On Saturday, the Bulls will take on the Purple Aces in a double-header begin- Fri, Apr 22 Louisville * at Louisville, Ky. 6:00 p.m. ning at 4 p.m. Sat, Apr 23 Louisville * at Louisville, Ky. 1:00 p.m. Wed, Apr 27 Miami at Coral Gables, Fla. 6:00 p.m. All three games can be heard live on 1010 CBS Sports with the voice of the Bulls, Jim Fri, Apr 29 St. John’s * TAMPA 7:00 p.m. Sat, Apr 30 St. John’s * TAMPA 7:00 p.m. Louk, and Mike Pepper bringing you the action on your AM dial. In addition, fans can Sun, May 01 St. John’s * TAMPA 1:00 p.m. listen through BullsVision audio on GoUSFBulls.com. Friday and Game 2 of Saturday’s Tue, May 03 UCF TAMPA 7:00 p.m. double dip will be live on 1010 while Game 1 on Saturday will be on tape delay. Sat, May 07 Connecticut *# Norwich, Conn. 6:00 p.m. Sun, May 08 Connecticut * at Storrs, Conn. 1:00 p.m. Mon, May 09 Connecticut * at Storrs, Conn. 1:00 p.m. The Bulls are wrapping up a stretch of 11 of USF next 12 games being played at the Fri, May 13 Notre Dame * at South Bend, Ind. 7:05 p.m. new USF Baseball Stadium. The lone exception was the Bulls 2011 Florida Four match- Sat, May 14 Notre Dame * at South Bend, Ind. 2:05 p.m. up against Miami at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa on March 1. Sun, May 15 Notre Dame * at South Bend, Ind. 1:05 p.m. Tue, May 17 North Florida TAMPA 7:00 p.m. Thu, May 19 Pittsburgh * TAMPA 7:00 p.m. Up Next For the The Bulls Fri, May 20 Pittsburgh * TAMPA 7:00 p.m. Following this weekend, USF will travel to Orlando to take on Central Florida on Tues- Sat, May 21 Pittsburgh * TAMPA 1:00 p.m. day, March 15 in a game will be broadcasted by Bright House Sports. The Bulls will then leave home for the time during their non-conference weekends for a split four game Home Games in Bold * Florida Four (March 1) - Steinbrenner Field series with Bethune-Cookman on March 17-20. The fi rst two game of the series will # at Dodd Stadium, Norwich, Conn. be in Daytona and the fi nal two games will be in Tampa. USF will not leave the state of * Denotes BIG EAST Gam Florida during the non-conference portion of their schedule. 2 2011 University of South Florida Baseball Game Notes | March 11-12 | Evansville First Meeting With the Purple Aces Team History The meeting with Evansville will be the fi rst all-time for 2010 Honors and Awards First Season 1966 the Bulls. USF is 2-4 all-time against members of the Andrew Barbosa All-Time Record 1315-1054-4 Missouri Valley Conference (2-1 vs. Indiana State and 0-3 Preseason All BIG EAST All-Time Seasons 46th season vs. Wichita State). Most Wins 52 in 1986 Kyle Eastham Conference Titles/Last 7 / 1996 (C-USA) On the Mound for the Bulls 3/7 BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week Conf. Tournament Titles/Last 4 / 1995 (Metro) Senior RHP Randy Fontanez is scheduled to take the Randy Fontanez NCAA Appearances/Last 10 / 2002 mound in game one of Satruday’s doouble header. Preseason All BIG EAST Last NCAA Tournament Opponent Florida State Fontanez is coming off 8.0 scoreless innings in his last Result L, 13-6 outing against Florida A&M picking up his fi rst win of the season. Fontanez comes into the start having thrown 15.0 James Ramsay Record 2-2, Lost in Regional Championship consecutive scoreless innings. In his last start vs. Florida 3/7 BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll A&M on March 4, Fontanez stepped into the batter’s box Coaching Staff for the fi rst time in his career, hitting a single and went Head Coach Lelo Prado (Tampa, ‘85) 1-for-2 in the game. leading off an inning while Sam Mende has OB% of .556 OverallRecord(Years) 728-538-2(22nd) when leading off a frame... As a team, USF has an .357 Record at USF (Years) 130-117 (5th) With senior LHP Andrew Barbosa still out, the Bulls OB%... USF pitchers have struck out the side fi ve times in Assistant Coach Chuck Hernandez will go with senior RHP Kyle Eastham on Friday night. 2011... The Bulls have not allowed a ninth inning run… Year at USF First Eastham, the 3/7 BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week, was USF has struck out double digit batters in six of their last Assistant Coach Chris Heintz nearly unhittable in his fi rst start of the season. The nine games... Four Bulls have over 40 career multi-hit Year at USF First Riverview HS product fanned 11 Florida A&M batters over games, Brazeal (48), Koscso (45), Carlin (41) Mende (42)... Volunteer Coach Greg Parris (USF, ‘86) the course of seven scoreless innings of work. He did not So far in 2011, six pitchers have combined to start 12 games have combined for an ERA of 2.10... Opponents Year at USF Ninth allow a walk on the day, pounding the strike zone as 68 of his 94 pitches found the strike zone. In four appearances, are hitting just .220 against USF starting pitching... Junior 2010 Information Eastham is 1-0 on the season with a 1.29 ERA.