WAKE THE GIANT 2021 UCF BASEBALL GAME NOTES 11 Conference Championships | 13 NCAA Regional Appearances | 108 MLB Draft Picks GAME INFORMATION Date: Mar 24 MIDWEEK 5 Time: 6 pm Site: Tallahassee, Fla. Stadium: Mike Martin Field at Dick Howser Stadium Watch: ACCN Live Stats: http://fsu.statbroadcast.com/ 2021 SCHEDULE february 19 FAU L,12-6 20 FAU L, 20-15 UCF FLORIDA STATE 21 FAU W, 15-6 KNIGHTS SEMINOLES 23 Stetson L, 7-0 7-9, 0-0 10-6, 7-5 26 Ole Miss W, 3-2 RECORD: RECORD: The American Atlantic Coast Conference 27 Ole Miss L 6-5 CONFERENCE: CONFERENCE: Greg Lovelady, Miami ‘01 Mike Martin Jr., Florida St., ‘95 28 Ole Miss W, 7-2 HEAD COACH: HEAD COACH: CAREER RECORD: 257-133 (.659) CAREER RECORD: 22-11 (.667) 133-77 (.633) 22-11 (.667) march SCHOOL RECORD: SCHOOL RECORD: 3 Stetson L, 6-5 KNIGHT NOTES 5 Liberty L, 2-1 leading off Liberty L, 8-3 • The Knights history with Florida State dates back to 1985 when the two programs met for the first time. The 7 Liberty L, 3-2 Seminoles currently leads the all-time series sitting at 7-35 10 North Florida W, 10-0 • The last time UCF and the Seminoles met, the Knights stopped their five-game losing skid with a 9-7 victory in 12 North Florida W, 6-2 Tallahassee in March 2019 13 North Florida L, 14-7 • The Black & Gold is 6-5 against teams in the Sunshine State, with 10 more games against Florida foes after the 14 North Florida W, 3-2 midweek contest with Florida State 16 FAU W, 8-3 • UCF is 27-28 against ranked opposition under head coach Greg Lovelady and are currently 2-1 against ranked 19 Jacksonville L, 2-1 opponents in 2021 after defeating then-ranked No. 1 Ole Miss in Oxford in February. 20 Jacksonville W, 12-9 • In the last two seasons, the Knights defeated No. 3 Florida and No. 14 Florida State in mid-week matchups 21 Jacksonville W, 10-0 and swept No. 8 Auburn at Plainsman Park in a three-game set. UCF went a combined 8-6 against Top 25 24 Florida State 6 pm opponents in 2019 and 2020. 26 Troy 7 pm 27 Troy 4 pm a look back • Over the last two weeks, the UCF baseball team is 6-2 with a four-game series win over UNF, followed by a 28 Troy 2 pm midweek victory over Florida Atlantic and a series win over Jacksonville. 30 Jacksonville 6 pm • The UCF offense combined to hit 12 extra base hits to drive in 23 runs in the series victory over Jacksonville april last week. 1 South Florida 6 pm • The Knights pitching staff has combined for 31 strikeouts through four midweek contests in 2021 2 South Florida 2 pm • UCF’s Wednesday starter against Florida State, Kenny Serwa is making his third start of the year South Florida dh 3 South Florida 1 pm swiping bases 9 Cincinnati 1 pm • UCF has 33 stolen bases through the opening 19 games to rank 12th in the nation and first in the league. Cincinnati dh • Gephry Pena leads the Knights with 10 swipes (10th nationally) on the year, despite playing in just 14 of UCF’s 10 Cincinnati 4 pm 19 games. 11 Cincinnati 1 pm • Jordan Rathbone, Tom Josten, and Noah Orlando each carry three stolen bases on the year 16 South Florida 2 pm South Florida dh offensive fire power 17 South Florida 4 pm • The Knights have homered in 15 of 19 games on the year, combing for 27 as a team. 18 South Florida 1 pm • The 27 home runs for UCF is ranked 11th in the nation and leads the AAC 23 East Carolina 1 pm • Gephry Pena is tied for sixth in the nation with 10 steals. The sophomore outfielder has only been caught East Carolina dh stealing single time in 2021. 24 East Carolina 4 pm • Gephry Pena’s on-base streak remains 18 straight games, dating back to March 6, 2020 (he did not play in 25 East Carolina 12 pm Sunday’s matchup vs. UNF). • Ben McCabe has opened the season on a tear, showing off the power with eight home runs to lead the Knights 30 Memphis 2 pm and ranks fourth nationally. Memphis dh • McCabe has also driven in a team-high 24 RBI to lead the conference and is tied for 16th nationally. may 1 Memphis 4 pm weekly conference honors 2 Memphis 1 pm • AJ Jones and Ben McCabe picked up American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll honors after leading 7 Wichita State 2 pm the Knights to a 3-1 week over Jacksonville and Florida Atlantic Wichita State dh • Jones tossed 5.0 IP in his second win of the season, striking out 6 Jacksonville batters without allowing a run 8 Wichita State 4 pm • Ben McCabe continued to swing a hot bat, picking up four extra base hits, three home runs while hitting a .313 9 Wichita State 1 pm clip and driving in four RBI 14 Tulane 2 pm Tulane dh 15 Tulane 5 pm A WIN STARTING 16 Tulane 2 pm WOULD ROTATION • Be better than a loss Wednesday 20 Houston 2 pm • Give the Knights back-to-back wins in Kenny Serwa - RHP RHP - Carson Montgomery Houston dh Tallahassee 0-0, 2 Apps, 2 GS, 3.86 ERA, 7.0 IP, 3 ER, 3 BB, 7 K 0-1, 3 Apps, 3 GS, 1.86 ERA, 9.2 IP, 2 ER, 8 BB, 15 K 21 Houston 6 pm SERIES NOTES 22 Houston 4 pm FLORIDA STATE 7-35 H: 2-5, A: 5-29, N: 0-1, PS: 2-7 3/10/2015 A L 11-8 25-30 The American Championship NCAA Regionals 3/11/2015 A L 15-11 TALE OF THE TAPE UCF OFFENSE FSU UCF PITCHING/DEF. FSU NCAA Super Regionals 3/22/2016 A L 7-2 .266 Batting Avg. .258 4.72 ERA 2.76 6/18-6/30 College World Series 3/23/2016 A W 5-4 (11) 3/7/2017 H L 5-2 .442 Slugging Pct. .411 1 Complete Games 0 Home games in bold .374 On-Base Pct. .373 2 Saves 3 * Denotes games in The American 3/8/2017 H L 5-0 26 26 166/64 193/67 All game times are EST. Doubles Strikeout/Walks 6/3/2017 A L 6-1 5 Triples 0 .259 Opp. B.A. .195 3/20/2018 A L 6-4 27 Home Runs 20 23 Errors 18 3/21/2018 A L 13-3 88 Walks 85 .967 Fielding Pct. .971 3/19/2019 A W 9-7 33-41 Stolen Bases/Att 13-15 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 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 JACKSONVILLE RECORD WHEN 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ UCF SCORES 0-1 0-2 0-1 2-1 0-0 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 4-1 OPP SCORES 2-0 0-0 4-2 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-3 RECORD WHEN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UCF LEADS AFTER 2-4 5-3 5-3 6-2 6-2 7-0 7-0 8-1 UCF TRAILS AFTER 1-2 2-4 1-5 2-6 2-6 1-10 0-9 0-9 GAME IS TIED AFTER 6-4 2-3 3-2 1-2 1-2 1-0 2-1 1-0 THE SCORING 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Total UCF 7 7 14 11 11 19 14 21 14 1 119 OPP. 7 23 2 20 7 12 5 20 10 0 106 THE AMERICAN SCHOOL CONF CPCT. OVERALL PCT. HOME AWAY NEUTRAL STREAK East Carolina 0-0 0.000 16-3 0.842 13-1 3-2 0-0 W3 Memphis 0-0 0.000 9-8 0.529 8-2 0-6 1-0 W1 USF 0-0 0.000 9-8 0.529 7-5 2-3 0-0 W2 Houston 0-0 0.000 10-9 0.526 5-3 5-6 0-0 L4 Wichita State 0-0 0.000 8-8 0.500 5-3 3-4 0-1 L1 Tulane 0-0 0.000 9-10 0.474 6-6 3-4 0-0 L3 UCF 0-0 0.000 9-10 0.474 3-6 6-4 0-0 W2 Cincinnati 0-0 0.000 8-9 0.471 4-1 4-8 0-0 W1 2021 UCF BASEBALL QUICK FACTS SINGLE-GAME RECORDS 2021 RECORD RUNDOWN general information batting All Conf.