BE THE TREE 2019 UCF BASEBALL GAME NOTES 11 Conference Championships | 13 NCAA Regional Appearances | 103 MLB Draft Picks GAME INFORMATION GAMES 22-24 Date: March 22-24 Times: 6:30 PM | 4 PM | Noon Site: Greenville, N.C., Stadium: Clark-LeClair Stadium Watch: ADN (Fri.) | ECUPirates.com Listen: N/A Live Stats: ECUPirates.com 2019 SCHEDULE february 6-2 15 siena W, 2-1 16 siena W, 5-1 UCF #14 ECU 17 siena W, 7-1 KNIGHTS PIRATES 19 stetson W, 10-2 RECORD: 15-6, 0-0 RECORD: 15-6, 0-0 22 #15 auburn L, 4-1 CONFERENCE: The American RANKING: The American 23 #15 auburn W, 6-1 LAST SEASON: 35-21, 13-10 LAST SEASON: 44-18, 14-10 24 #15 auburn L, 13-9 HEAD COACH: Greg Lovelady, Miami ‘01 HEAD COACH: Cliff Godwin, ECU ‘00 27 florida W, 12-9 CAREER RECORD: 214-105 CAREER RECORD: 169-97-1 SCHOOL RECORD: 90-49 SCHOOL RECORD: 169-97-1 march 9-4 1 jacksonville L, 8-5 KNIGHT NOTES 2 jacksonville W, 3-0 leading off 3 jacksonville W, 6-4 • For the second straight season, the Knights will open American Athletic Conference play against ECU. 6 ball state W, 9-8 (13) • UCF has a trio of wins against ranked opponents in five games this season. 8 penn state L, 5-2 • The Knights have won five of their six conference-opening series during their time in The American, with the lone loss to 9 penn state W, 5-3 ECU. 10 penn state L, 11-5 12 yale W, 7-5 a look back 13 yale W, 8-1 • UCF knocked off No. 14 Florida State for the first time since 2014 with a 9-7 victory in Tallahassee. 15 vcu W, 10-9 • Tyler Osik and Matthew Mika combined for four hits and five RBI in the win. 16 vcu L, 4-3 • Jaylyn Whitehead fired two scoreless frames, and Kyle Kemp earned his first save closing it full count and the bases loaded. 17 vcu W, 8-2 • The Black and Gold jumped in front with a six-run fifth inning. 19 florida state W, 9-7 22 ecu* 6:30 pm top heavy • The top of the UCF produced some staggering numbers against VCU, combining for a .488 clip at the plate with 15 RBI 23 ecu* 4 pm and scoring 16 of the Knights 21 runs on the weekend. 24 ecu* noon • Ray Alejo hit .533 and totaled a team-high 14 total bases with five runs scored. He also hit for the weekend cycle. 27 north florida 6 pm • Dallas Beaver launched two home runs and brought in six runs for a 1.100 slugging percentage, along with four walks. 29 uconn* 6 pm • Matthew Mika added a pair of RBI and two steals. 30 uconn* 6 pm 31 uconn* 1 pm oh no, o yeah • Tyler Osik has filled the void of 2018 draftee Rylan Thomas, by hitting .390 to start the year with a .561 slugging clip. april 0-0 • Osik has the team’s longest on-base streak at 19 games, as well as an eight--game hitting streak. 2 stetson 6:30 pm • The redshirt senior has eight extra base hits, five doubles and three home runs, to go along with perfect 7-for-7 when stealing. 5 south florida* 6 pm • He is the son of Keith Osik a 10-year Major League player, spending seven with Pittsburgh. 6 south florida* 6 pm 7 south florida* 1 pm honored by the american 9 jacksonville 7 pm • Osik hit a blistering .524 with five RBI and nine runs scored over the last week to earn The American Player of the Week award. • Sunday starter Trevor Holloway earned Honor Roll status for seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts, numbers that 12 cincinnati* 6 pm would normally earn Pitcher of the Week laurels... if it were not for the perfect game thrown by ECU’s Jake Kuchmaner 13 cincinnati* 4 pm against Maryland last weekend. 14 cincinnati* noon • Chris Williams was the first Knight to be recognized by The American this season. 16 fau 6 pm 18 wichita state* 7 pm no base is safe 19 wichita state* 3 pm • UCF has 42 swipes through the opening 21 games to rank 14th in the nation and first in the league. 20 wichita state* 11 am • The Knights have stolen third 11 times and home once. 23 bethune-cookman 3 pm • Matthew Mika, Tyler Osik and Ray Alejo lead the way with 29 combined swipes. 26 memphis* 6 pm • Mika and Alejo were the top returning duo in the nation with 61 combined steals in 2018. 27 memphis* 6 pm 28 memphis* 1 pm SERIES NOTES STARTING ROTATION 30 north florida 6 pm ECU 14-34 Friday H: 8-13, A: 5-16, N: 1-5, PS: N/A Chris Williams- RHP Jake Agnos - LHP may 0-0 5/21/2016 H L 8-7 2-1, 3 App, 3 GS, 4.76 ERA 3-1, 5 App, 5 GS, 2.12 ERA 3 tulane* 7:30 pm 4/13/2017 A W 8-7 Saturday 4 tulane* 3 pm 4/14/2017 A W 9-4 Grant Schuermann - LHP Tyler Smith - RHP 5 tulane* 2 pm 4/15/2017 A W 7-0 1-2, 5 App, 5 GS, 2.17 ERA 2-0, 5 App, 5 GS, 4.78 ERA 7 bethune-cookman 6 pm 5/23/2017 N L 14-3 Sunday 8 miami 7 pm 5/26/2017 N L 4-0 Trevor Holloway - RHP TBA 14 fau 6:30 pm 3/23/2018 H W 9-1 2-0, 5 App, 5 GS, 1.37 ---- 16 houston* 6 pm 3/24/2018 H L 12-4 17 houston* 6 pm 3/25/2018 H L 11-6 TALE OF THE TAPE 18 houston* 6 pm 5/22/2018 N L 8-4 UCF OFFENSE ECU UCF PITCHING/DEF. ECU .284 Batting Avg. .287 3.78 ERA 3.26 A WIN WOULD .413 Slugging Pct. .433 0 Complete Games 1 21-26 The American Championship • Be better than a loss. 31-6/3 NCAA Regionals .378 On-Base Pct. .383 7 Saves 5 6/7-6/9 NCAA Super Regionals A SERIES WIN WOULD 37 Doubles 40 226/95 Strikeout/Walks 194/55 6/15-6/26 • Give the Knights their fifth series win in 3 Triples 3 .241 Opp. BA. .222 College World Series conference opening series over the last six years 16 Home Runs 19 22 Errors 16 A SWEEP WOULD 90 Walks 140 16 Double Plays 14 Home games in bold • Be the first sweep to start league play in the 42-54 Stolen Bases/Att 17-24 .972 Fielding Percentage .980 * Denotes games in The American Lovelady era. All game times are EST. 2019 UCF BASEBALL SERIES SNAPSHOT OPP GP AVG R H SB-AT ERA BB K TOP PITCHER TOP HITTER SIENA 3 .310 15 31 10-10 1.00 16 41 HELSEL, 2 IP, 6 K BERNARDO, .455 BA, 2 RBI, 3 XB AUBURN 3 .248 16 25 3-3 5.33 19 24 HOLLOWAY, 5 IP, 5 K, 0 R OSIK, .417 BA, 2 RBI, 1 HR, 2 2B JACKSONVILLE 3 .236 14 21 4-8 2.33 11 29 WILLIAMS, 6 IP, 8 K OSIK, .364 BA, 3 R, .364 SLG PENN STATE 3 .217 12 20 1-2 5.67 10 25 KEMP, 2 IP, 5 K OSIK, .375 BA, 2 RBI, 2 R YALE 2 .354 15 23 8-8 3.00 5 16 WHITEHEAD, 5 IP, 0 R MIKA, .571 BA, 2 RBI, 2 2B VCU 3 .324 21 34 8-11 3.67 3 33 HOLLOWAY, 7 IP, 7 K, 0 R OSIK, .538 BA, 4 RBI, 1 HR, 6 R ECU UCONN SOUTH FLORIDA CINCINNATI WICHITA STATE MEMPHIS TULANE HOUSTON MIDWEEK SNAPSHOT OPP AVG R H SB-AT ERA BB K TOP PITCHER TOP HITTER STESTON .314 10 11 0-0 2.00 4 11 KEMP, HAKANSON - 3 K, 1 IP ALEJO, 2-3, 4 RBI, 1 HR FLORIDA .341 12 14 5-6 1.00 7 10 HAKANSON, 4 K, 2.2 IP OSIK, 3-5, 2 RBI BALL STATE .275 9 11 2-5 3.46 8 12 HAKANSON, 4 K, 2.2 IP MIKA, 2-2, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B FLORIDA STATE .270 9 10 1-1 5.00 10 13 WHITEHEAD, 4 K, 2.0 IP OSIK, 2-4, 3 RBI, 2 R NORTH FLORIDA STETSON JACKSONVILLE FAU BETHUNE-COOKMAN NORTH FLORIDA BETHUNE-COOKMAN MIAMI FAU ` SERIES SNAPSHOT Feb. 15-17 Siena Orlando, Fla. UCF starts the year 3-0 for the 18th time in UCF leads 54-4 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 3-0 program history. Feb. 19 Stetson Orlando, Fla. Knights use a 11-hit, 10-run, 11-strikeout UCF leads 72-48 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 1-0 night to win first midweeker of the year Feb. 22-24 No. 15 Auburn Orlando, Fla. UCF throws two five-hitters but can’t win Auburn leads 4-1 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 1-2 home series against the No. 15 Tigers Feb. 27 at No. 5 Florida Gainesville, Fla. No return trip needed for this series after the Florida leads 20-27 McKethan Stadium SEC Network + 1-0 Knights made it four straight wins March 1-3 Jacksonville Orlando, Fla. UCF bounces back from a series opening loss UCF leads 43-38 John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 2-1 as Chris Williams makes his 2019 debut March 6 Ball State Orlando, Fla.