WAKE THE GIANT 2021 UCF BASEBALL GAME NOTES 11 Conference Championships | 13 NCAA Regional Appearances | 108 MLB Draft Picks GAME INFORMATION MIDWEEK 6 Date: Mar 30 Time: 6 p.m. Site: Orlando, Fla. Stadium: John Euliano Park Watch: ESPN+ Live Stats: ucf.statbroadcast.com 2021 SCHEDULE february 19 FAU L,12-6 20 FAU L, 20-15 UCF JACKSONVILLE 21 FAU W, 15-6 KNIGHTS DOLPHINS 23 Stetson L, 7-0 10-13, 0-0 5-15, 0-0 26 Ole Miss W, 3-2 RECORD: RECORD: The American Atlantic Sun Conference 27 Ole Miss L 6-5 CONFERENCE: CONFERENCE: Greg Lovelady, Miami ‘01 Chris Hayes, Jacksonville, ‘95 28 Ole Miss W, 7-2 HEAD COACH: HEAD COACH: CAREER RECORD: 260-137 (.655) CAREER RECORD: 122-96 (.560) 136-81 (.627) 122-96(.560) march SCHOOL RECORD: SCHOOL RECORD: 3 Stetson L, 6-5 KNIGHT NOTES 5 Liberty L, 2-1 leading off Liberty L, 8-3 • With a weekend series victory over the Dolphins earlier this season, the the Knights extend the 7 Liberty L, 3-2 lead in the all-time series against Jacksonville to 49-40. 10 North Florida W, 10-0 12 North Florida W, 6-2 • Ryan Saltonstall is set to make his fifth appearance and first start of the year as he gets the nod 13 North Florida L, 14-7 for the midweek start 14 North Florida W, 3-2 16 FAU W, 8-3 a look back 19 Jacksonville L, 2-1 • UCF is coming off of a 1-3 week after falling in an extra-innings heartbreaker to No. 15 Florida State 20 Jacksonville W, 12-9 and a 1-2 weekend that saw three games decided by three or fewer runs. 21 Jacksonville W, 10-0 • The Knights pitching staff has combined for 38 strikeouts through five midweek contests in 2021. 24 Florida State L, 6-5 26 Troy W, 6-3 • The Black & Gold is 7-7 against teams in the Sunshine State, with only an eight game season 27 Troy L, 2-1 series with USF remaining against Florida foes. 28 Troy L, 14-12 30 Jacksonville 6 pm swiping bases april • UCF has 33 stolen bases through the opening 19 games to rank 21st in the nation. 1 South Florida 6 pm • Gephry Pena leads the Knights with 10 swipes on the year, despite playing in just 18 of UCF’s 23 2 South Florida 2 pm games. Pena’s 10 stolen bases lead the AAC and rank 25th in the country. South Florida dh 3 South Florida 1 pm • Jordan Rathbone, Tom Josten, and Noah Orlando each carry three stolen bases on the year 9 Cincinnati 1 pm Cincinnati dh offensive fire power 10 Cincinnati 4 pm • The Knights have homered in 18 of the Knights’ 23 games on the year, combining for 30 as a 11 Cincinnati 1 pm team. 16 South Florida 2 pm • The 27 home runs for UCF is ranked 11th in the nation and leads the AAC South Florida dh • Gephry Pena’s on-base streak extends to 22 straight games, dating back to March 6, 2020. 17 South Florida 4 pm 18 South Florida 1 pm • Ben McCabe has opened the season on a tear, showing off the power with nine home runs to 23 East Carolina 1 pm lead the Knights and ranks seventh nationally. East Carolina dh • McCabe has also driven in a team-high 28 RBI to lead the conference and is tied for 14th 24 East Carolina 4 pm nationally. 25 East Carolina 12 pm • Jordan Rathbone’s RBI total is up to 21 after driving in four over the weekend. The senior’s 21 30 Memphis 2 pm RBI’s is second on the Knights behind Ben McCabe. Memphis dh may 1 Memphis 4 pm weekly conference honors 2 Memphis 1 pm • For the second time this year, Colton Gordon picked up American Athletic Conference Weekly 7 Wichita State 2 pm Honor Roll honors after leading the Knights to a Friday night win over Trory on the road Wichita State dh • Gordon tossed a career-high 14 strikeouts in six innings of work. Gordon’s start led the Knights to 8 Wichita State 4 pm tie a single game program record of 19 strikeouts by the UCF pitching staff. 9 Wichita State 1 pm 14 Tulane 2 pm A WIN WOULD STARTING ROTATION • Be better than a loss Tulane dh Tuesday • Clinch a season series victory for UCF 15 Tulane 5 pm Ryan Saltonstall - LHP TBD 0-0, 4 Apps, 0 GS, 12.27 ERA, 3.2 IP, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K - 16 Tulane 2 pm 20 Houston 2 pm Houston dh 21 Houston 6 pm SERIES NOTES 22 Houston 4 pm JACKSONVILLE 49-40 H: 26-13, A: 22-21, N: 0-1, PS: N/A 3/19/2017 A L 7-1 25-30 The American Championship NCAA Regionals 3/28/2017 H W 10-1 TALE OF THE TAPE UCF OFFENSE JU UCF PITCHING/DEF. JU NCAA Super Regionals 3/1/2019 H L 5-8 .269 Batting Avg. .237 4.92 ERA 6.24 6/18-6/30 College World Series 3/2/2019 H W 3-0 3/3/2019 H W 6-4 .436 Slugging Pct. .305 1 Complete Games 1 Home games in bold .374 On-Base Pct. .304 2 Saves 2 * Denotes games in The American 4/9/2019 A W 8-2 35 36 206/77 184/90 All game times are EST. Doubles Strikeout/Walks 3/3/2020 H W 6-0 5 Triples 2 .267 Opp. B.A. .237 2/19/2021 A L 2-1 30 Home Runs 5 27 Errors 26 3/20/2021 A W 12-9 106 Walks 54 .968 Fielding Pct. .964 3/21/2021 H W 10-0 33-43 Stolen Bases/Att 10-13 2021 UCF BASEBALL SERIES SNAPSHOT OPP GP AVG R H SB-AT ERA BB K TOP PITCHER TOP HITTER FLORIDA ATLANTIC 3 .302 36 35 1-3 10.04 19 31 DAVID LITCHFIELD BEN MCCABE OLE MISS 3 .262 15 28 7-8 3.04 6 29 AJ JONES BEN MCCABE LIBERTY 3 .283 6 20 9-9 3.67 5 24 COLTON GORDON GEHPRY PENA NORTH FLORIDA 4 .326 26 47 3-7 3.75 15 32 JACK SINCLAIR JORDAN RATHBONE JACKSONVILLE 3 .291 23 32 7-8 3.46 10 25 AJ JONES PABLO RUIZ TROY 3 .283 19 28 0-2 6.00 10 33 COLTON GORDON BEN MCCABE SOUTH FLORIDA CINCINNATI SOUTH FLORIDA EAST CAROLINA MEMPHIS WICHITA STATE TULANE HOUSTON AAC CHAMPIONSHIP MIDWEEK SNAPSHOT OPP AVG R H SB-AT ERA BB K TOP PITCHER TOP HITTER STESTON .125 0 4 0-0 7.00 4 11 BEN VESPI (2.0 IP, 3 K, 0 ER) GEPHRY PENA (1-3, BB) STETSON .188 5 6 4-4 5.00 2 6 JACK SINCKAIR (3.0 IP, 0 ER) GEPHRY PENA (2-4. 2 R, 2B) FLORIDA ATLANTIC .206 8 6 2-2 3.00 11 11 BEN VESPI (2.0 IP, 2 K, 0 ER) JOSH CROUCH (3-4, 3 RBI, HR) FLORIDA STATE .268 5 11 0-0 6.00 3 7 H. PATTESON (1.0 IP, 1 K, O R) RATHBONE (2-4, 2B, 2 R) JACKSONVILLE RECORD WHEN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ UCF SCORES 0-1 0-3 0-1 2-1 0-0 0-3 2-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 4-2 OPP SCORES 2-0 0-0 4-3 2-1 0-0 0-0 1-3 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-4 RECORD WHEN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UCF LEADS AFTER 2-4 6-3 6-3 7-3 7-2 8-0 8-0 9-1 UCF TRAILS AFTER 1-3 2-5 1-7 2-7 2-9 1-13 0-12 0-10 GAME IS TIED AFTER 7-6 2-5 3-3 1-3 1-2 1-0 2-1 1-1 THE SCORING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Total UCF 8 10 16 14 20 19 17 23 14 2 143 OPP. 14 26 4 22 15 12 5 20 11 2 131 THE AMERICAN SCHOOL CONF CPCT. OVERALL PCT. HOME AWAY NEUTRAL STREAK East Carolina 0-0 0.000 17-5 0.773 13-1 4-4 0-0 L1 Wichita State 0-0 0.000 12-8 0.600 9-3 3-4 0-1 W4 Houston 0-0 0.000 12-11 0.522 7-5 5-6 0-0 W1 Cincinnati 0-0 0.000 10-10 0.500 6-2 4-8 0-0 L1 Memphis 0-0 0.000 10-12 0.455 9-4 0-8 1-0 L1 Tulane 0-0 0.000 10-12 0.455 7-8 3-4 0-0 L2 UCF 0-0 0.000 10-13 0.435 3-6 7-7 0-0 L2 USF 0-0 0.000 9-12 0.429 7-6 2-6 0-0 L4 2021 UCF BASEBALL QUICK FACTS SINGLE-GAME RECORDS 2021 RECORD RUNDOWN general information batting All Conf. Lovelady School Name: University of Central Florida At-Bats 56, (2 times) last Monmouth (16 inn.), 3/9/08 Overall 10-13 - 136-70 Location: Orlando, Fla. Runs Scored 29, UAB, 4/24/09 & Armstrong State, 4/30/87 Founded: 1963 Hits 28, Hartford, 3/14/10 & 28, UAB, 4/24/09 Conference - - 39-32 Enrollment: 72,000+ Doubles 10, Monmouth, 3/3/06 at Home 4-5 - 94-39 Nickname: Knights Triples 5, (3 times) last Florida Memorial (8 inn.), 4/14/79 Colors: Black and Gold Home Runs 7, (2 times) last at Troy, 5/6/05 on the Road 6-8 - 39-35 Affiliation: NCAA Division I RBI 26, UAB, 4/24/09 & Florida Memorial 4/14/79 at Neutral Sites - - 4-7 Conference: American Athletic Conference, The American Total Bases 58, Florida Memorial (8 inn.), 4/14/79 InterimPresident: Dr.