USF BASEBALL USF vs. Louisville / Fri-Sun, April 20-22, 2012 / Tampa, Fla. / USF Baseball Stadium / 7:00/6:00/1:00 p.m. EST USF BASEBALL Kelsie Eberly, Baseball Contact USF Athletics UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA 4202 E. Fowler Ave. Tampa, Fla., 33620 O: (813) 974-0415 / C: (513) 885-6644 / E: [email protected] BASEBALL www.GoUSFBulls.com / Twitter: @USFBaseball 2011-12 SCHEDULE THE GAME Date Opponent Location Time (EST) Date: Fri.-Sun. April 20-22, 2012 Fri, Feb 17 Ohio State at St. Petersburg, Fla. W, 5-3 Time: 7:00/ 6:00/ 1:00 p.m. EST Sat, Feb 18 Michigan State at Clearwater, Fla. W, 2-1 Venue: USF Baseball Stadium Sun, Feb 19 Minnesota at St. Petersburg, Fla. W, 4-3 TV: BullsCast Wed, Feb 22 North Florida Tampa, Fla. L, 9-1 Radio: 1010 AM Fri, Feb 24 Bethune-Cookman Tampa, Fla. W, 8-5 Live Stats: GoUSFBulls.com Sat, Feb 25 Bethune-Cookman Tampa, Fla. L, 7-3 Sun, Feb 26 Bethune-Cookman Tampa, Fla. L, 2-0 Probable Weekend Rotation: Tue, Feb 28 UCF at Orlando, Fla. L , 12-1 USF UL Fri, Mar 02 New York Yankees at Steinbrenner Field L, 11-0 Louisville CARDINALS LHP A. Barbosa vs. RHP Justin Amlung USF BULLS Sat, Mar 03 Savannah State (DH) Tampa, Fla. W, 14-4 & 15-4 (26-11, 8-4 BIG EAST) RHP J. Lovecchio vs.RHP Jeff Thompson (26-12, 10-2 BIG EAST) Sun, Mar 04 Savannah State Tampa, Fla. W, 5-3 RHP D. Stultz vs. RHP Jared Ruxer Tue, Mar 06 Jacksonville Tampa, Fla. W, 8-0 Defeated Indiana 21-4 Defeated Bethune-Cookman 4-3 Wed, Mar 07 Jacksonville Tampa, Fla. L, 9-2 Fri, Mar 09 Eastern Illinois Tampa, Fla. W, 4-0 Sat, Mar 10 Eastern Illinois Tampa, Fla. L, 3-0 TALKING POINTS Sun, Mar 11 Eastern Illinois Tampa, Fla. W, 5-1 » The Bulls are coming off a 4-3 mid-week win over Bethune-Cookman to tie the season series at two games. Mon, Mar 12 Yale Tampa, Fla. W, 2-1 » USF is off to one of their best starts in BIG EAST conference play with a 10-2 record. The Bulls started the 2009 season at Wed, Mar 14 Illinois State Tampa, Fla. W, 10-5 Fri, Mar 16 Lafayette Tampa, Fla. W, 5-0 11-2 in conference play going into their April 18th game against Villanova. Sat, Mar 17 Lafayette Tampa, Fla. W, 9-3 » The Bulls currently sit in first place in the BIG EAST rankings at 10-2 with UCONN right behind them at 9-3. Louisville and Sun, Mar 18 Lafayette Tampa, Fla. L, 7-6 St. John’s are tied for third place with an 8-4 record. Tue, Mar 20 UCF Tampa, Fla. L, 6-2 » The Bulls are second in the BIG EAST in earned run average with a 3.38 (The Cardinals are first with a 3.22 ERA). Fri, Mar 23 Georgetown* Tampa, Fla. W, 6-0 Sat, Mar 24 Georgetown* Tampa, Fla. W, 6-1 » USF is second in the league in opponent batting average at .243 (Lousiville sits on top with .238). Sun, Mar 25 Georgetown* Tampa, Fla. W, 7-2 » Saturday starters (Joey Lovecchio and Jeff Thompson) are tied for most wins in the conference at seven a piece. Wed, Mar 28 FAMU Tampa, Fla. W, 6-5 » LHP Andrew Barbosa (Friday starter) leads the conference with 62 strikeouts on the season. Justin Amlung, the Cardinals Fri, Mar 30 Notre Dame* Tampa, Fla. L, 8-3 Sat, Mar 31 Notre Dame* Tampa, Fla. W, 11-6 Friday night starter, sits one strikeout behind at 61. Sun, Apr 01 Notre Dame* Tampa, Fla. W, 6-4 » The Bulls are an impressive 18-3 when they score first in a game this season. Tue, Apr 03 Stetson Tampa, Fla. L, 6- 2 » In the last five games, the Bulls have seven players hitting over .300 (James Ramsay, Andrew Longley, Jimmy Falla, Blake Thur, Apr 05 Cincinnati* at Cincinnati, Ohio W, 8-2 Fri, Apr 06 Cincinnati* at Cincinnati, Ohio W, 3-2 Sydeski, Kyle Teaf, Daniel Rockhold and Todd Brazeal). Sat, Apr 07 Cincinnati* at Cincinnati, Ohio W, 8-5 » Sophomore James Ramsay leads the team with 18 multi-hit games (14 double-hit and four triple-hit games). Tue, Apr 10 Stetson at Deland, Fla. L, 6-4 » Senior Andrew Longley has successfully reached base in the last 24 games (longest current streak on team). Fri, Apr 13 Pittsburgh* at Pittsburgh, Pa. L, 2-1 » Righty reliever Austin Adams returned in Tuesday’s game after not having pitched since March 18 (out due to shoulder Sat, Apr 14 Pittsburgh* at Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 6-5 Sun, Apr 15 Pittsburgh * at Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 9-8 soreness). He leads the team with a 0.00 ERA and has only given up four hits in ten appearances. Tue, Apr 17 Bethune-Cookman at Daytona Beach, Fla. W, 4-3 » The Bulls, with 26 regular season wins, have surpassed their win total from last season (25) with 17 regular season Fri, Apr 20 Louisville* Tampa, Fla. 7:00 p.m. games to go in the 2012 season. Sat, Apr 21 Louisville* Tampa, Fla. 6:00 p.m. Sun, Apr 22 Louisville* Tampa, Fla. 1:00 p.m. » Head Coach Lelo Prado is 11 games away from his 800th career victory (a win tonight could seal win no. 790). Tue, Apr 24 Florida at Gainesville, Fla. 7:00 p.m. Fri, Apr 27 Villanova* Tampa, Fla. 7:00 p.m. Sat, Apr 28 Villanova* Tampa, Fla. 6:00 p.m. PLAYER of the Week: PITCHER of the Week: Sun, Apr 29 Villanova* Tampa, Fla. 1:00 p.m. -Senior -Junior Fri, May 04 St. John’s* at New York, N.Y. 6:00 p.m. Sat, May 05 St. John’s* at New York, N.Y. 1:00 p.m. -DH/1B -RHP Sun, May 06 St. John’s* at New York, N.Y. Noon -Tampa , Fla. -Bradenton, Fla. Wed, May 09 North Florida at Jacksonville, Fla. 6:00 p.m. Fri, May 11 Connecticut* Tampa, Fla. 7:00 p.m. -Chamberlain HS -Manatee HS Sat, May 12 Connecticut* Tampa, Fla. 6:00 p.m. Sun, May 13 Connecticut* Tampa, Fla. 1:00 p.m. Thur, May 17 West Virginia* at Morgantown, W.V. 7:05 p.m. Fri, May 18 West Virginia* at Morgantown, W.V. 7:05 p.m. TODD BRAZEAL STEVEN LEASURE Sat, May 19 West Virginia* at Morgantown, W.V. 1:00 p.m. » In the last five games, the senior is leading the team with a » The junior righty now leads the team with 5 saves and has an May 23-27 BIG EAST Championships at Clearwater, Fla. TBA .444 (8-for-18)...He was named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll for ERA of only 1.04...Leasure recorded four of his five saves in just June 01-04 NCAA Regionals Campus Sites TBA this week after his performance in the PITT games. the last seven games. June 08-11 NCAA Super Regionals Campus Sites TBA June 15-26 College World Series at Omaha, Neb. TBA HONORING LEE ROY SELMON: #63 * Denotes a Big East Conference game Home games are played at the USF Baseball Stadium » Throughout the 2012 season, a different member of the team will be honoring the great Lee Roy Selmon by wearing a jersey with his number 63 on it. Take a look at how those who have worn his number have fared on the field. PLAYER AVG R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB #63 .270 7 1 0 0 6 3 0 USF BASEBALL GoUSFBulls.com / BullsCast / Twitter.com/USFBaseball / Facebook.com/USFAthletics PAGE 1 USF vs. Louisville / Fri-Sun, April 20-22, 2012 / Tampa, Fla. / USF Baseball Stadium / 7:00/6:00/1:00 p.m. EST USF BASEBALL THE BULLS ROSTER BREAKDOWN 2011-12 NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) No. Name Pos. Yr. 2 Llerena, Luis INF 5-10 170 RSr.. Hialeah, Fla. (Manhattan College)(Hialeah H.S.) 38 Adams, Austin RHP Jr. » NOTES: Has started in 33 games...Has collected 23 runs and 19 RBI. 8 Alfonso, Nick SS/2B Fr. 3 Teaf, Kyle INF 5-9 170 Fr.. Tallahassee, Fla. (Trinity Catholic H.S.) 51 Barbosa, Andrew LHP Sr. » NOTES: Has appeared in 37 games, starting in 31 of them. Has recorded 20 runs and five doubles. Batting .316 in the last five games. 5 Delphey, Ray RHP 5-10 200 RSo. Tampa, Fla. (Alonso H.S.) 33 Brazeal, Todd DH/1B Sr. » NOTES: Has seen the mound 13 times in 2012...Has recorded three saves on the year. 24 Clarkson, Michael RHP Fr. 6 Gonzalez, Nick LHP 6-4 220 So. Tampa, Fla. (Leto H.S.) 12 Copack, Kyle 2B Jr. » NOTES: Has 15 pitching appearances in 2012...In his last outing, he pitched 1 and 2/3 innings giving up two hits but zero runs to give the Bulls the 4-3 win over B-CU. 5 Delphey, Ray RHP RSo. 7 Lueck, Austin OF 6-0 215 Fr. Daytona, Fla. (Lake Brantley H.S.) » NOTES: Has appeared in seven games in 2012. 22 Diaz, Anthony OF So. 8 Alfonso, Nick SS/2B 5-9 180 Fr. Tampa, Fla. (Tampa Catholic H.S.) 39 Falla, Jimmy OF/1B Jr. » NOTES: Has not played in 2012 16 Gilcrease, Zac 3B Fr. 9 Mendez, Alex OF 5-7 175 Jr.