BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2017 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS 11 Conference Championships | 13 NCAA Regional Appearances | 97 MLB Draft Picks Athletic Communications: Ian MacDougall | [email protected] | 4465 Knights Victory Way | Orlando, FL, 32816 2018 SCHEDULE & RESULTS GAMES 53-55 | UCF VS. TULANE FEBRUARY 16 #15 Virginia W, 6-3 17 Rice L, 5-4 18 Samford L, 5-4 20 at Stetson L, 1-0 23 Savannah State W, 4-0 24 Savannah State W, 6-0 25 Savannah State W, 15-4 27 at Bethune-Cookman W, 6-1 MARCH 2 Wagner W, 6-3 UCF KNIGHTS TULANE GREEN WAVE 3 Wagner W, 10-8 RECORD 33-19, 11-10 RECORD 24-29, 9-12 4 Wagner W, 12-0 RANKING N/A RANKING N/A 6 #1 Florida W, 9-7 HEAD COACH Greg Lovelady (Miami ‘01) HEAD COACH Travis Jewett (Washington State ‘93) 7 at #1 Florida W, 4-2 RECORD AT UCF 73-41/2nd RECORD AT SCHOOL 51-60/2nd 10 Siena W, 1-0 CAREER RECORD 197-97/5th CAREER RECORD 51-60/2nd 10 Siena W, 2-0 11 Siena W, 10-8 13 Bradley W, 6-5 (13) SERIES INFORMATION 14 Miami L, 4-3 16 Chicago State W, 10-0 Times: 6:30 p.m. | 6:30 p.m. | 1 p.m. Radio: 96.9 FM/740 AM The Game 17 Chicago State W, 20-1 Location: Orlando, Fla. Talent: Marc Daniels 18 Chicago State W, 8-0 Stadium: John Euliano Park TV/Stream: UCFKnights.tv 20 at #8 Florida State L, 6-4 Live Stats: UCFKnights.com UCF Game-by-Game Stats: ucfknights.co/18bsbroster 21 at #8 Florida State L, 13-3 PITCHING MATCHUP 23 #18 ECU* W, 9-1 24 #18 ECU* L, 12-4 GAME 1 GAME 2 GAME 3 25 #18 ECU* L, 11-6 Cre Finfrock Chris Williams TBA 29 at Memphis* W, 7-1 RHP - (5-0, 3.27 ERA) RHP - (4-2, 2.61 ERA) - 30 at Memphis* L, 9-0 vs. vs. vs. 31 at Memphis* W, 9-3 Kaleb Roper Trent Johnson Josh Bates APRIL RHP - (5-4, 4.73 ERA) RHP - (4-2, 4.50 ERA) RHP (2-2, 4.50 ERA) 3 #16 Stetson W, 4-1 7 at UConn* W, 10-8 BY THE NUMBERS 8 at UConn* L, 6-2 UCF OFFENSE TULANE UCF PITCHING/DEF. TULANE 8 at UConn* L, 7-6 .269 Batting Avg. .263 3.19 ERA 5.27 11 at Miami W, 4-0 .382 Slugging Pct. .405 1 Complete Games 1 13 Cincinnati* W, 5-4 .374 On-Base Pct. .357 13 Saves 7 14 Cincinnati* W, 11-2 70 Doubles 113 426/197 Strikeout/Walks 352/266 15 Cincinnati* L, 9-6 6 6 .213 .270 18 Bethune Cookman W, 7-1 Triples Opp. BA. 20 at USF* W, 1-0 39 Home Runs 43 71 Errors 54 21 at USF* L, 5-4 246 Walks 202 33 Double Plays 41 22 at USF* L, 4-2 104-130 Stolen Bases/Att 49-58 .964 Fielding Percentage .972 27 #30 Wichita State* W, 9-5 28 #30 Wichita State* L, 5-4 KNIGHT NOTES 29 #30 Wichita State* W, 8-4 LEADING OFF •The Knights head into their final series of the 2018 regular season against Tulane. MAY • UCF sits fifth in The American standings, two games out of second. 1 #30 FAU W, 2-1 (10) • In the 45-year history of UCF Baseball, the Knights have won 19 regular-season ending series, including seven sweeps. 4 at #19 Houston* W, 3-2 5 at #19 Houston* W, 6-4 (12) NO BAG IS SAFE 6 at #19 Houston* L, 6-3 • The Knights topped 100 stolen bases for the year last Tuesday night. 8 at FAU L, 11-9 • Ray Alejo moved into a tie with Matt Ray (2005) for eighth on the single-season top-10 with 32 steals. The record is 11 #26 Oklahoma W, 5-4 (14) 104, set by Tim Barker in 1985. 12 #26 Oklahoma L, 7-3 • UCF has posted back-to-back 100-steal seasons for the first time since 2004 and 2005. 13 #26 Oklahoma L, 7-4 • The Black and Gold has stolen home on three occasions this year, including a pair by Alejo. 15 at Jacksonville Cancelled RT’S BIG SEASON 17 Tulane* 6:30 p.m. • Rylan Thomas is having one of the best all-around seasons at the plate in program history. 18 Tulane* 6:30 p.m. • Thomas is one of four players in the nation with at least 70 hits, 50 RBI, 10 home runs and 30 walks. 19 Tulane* 1 p.m. • Thomas’ on-base streak came to an end at 55 games, including the program single-season mark of 47 games. • The sophomore is in eighth place in UCF career home runs with 27. POSTSEASON The American Championship Clearwater, Fla. THAD BRINGS THE THUNDER NCAA Regional • Thad Ward garnered his second straight honor from The American this week with an apperance on the Weekly Honor Roll. • The junior tossed six shutout innings in relief without allowing a hit and striking out eight in the series opener against OU. NCAA Super Regional • The righty has been a go-to out of the bullpen with an ERA of 1.56 and 49 punchouts in 34 2/3 innings of relief work. NCAA World Series Omaha, Neb. • Ward is averaging 1.41 strikeouts per inning. GOING TO THE PEN • The UCF bullpen has had one of the best season in the last 20 years with an ERA of 2.87 and 271 strikeouts. • Opponents are hitting just .199 off the Knights relievers this season. A WIN WOULD • The Black and Gold can have its first back-to-back seasons with sub-3.0 ERA out of the bullpen in program history. • Be better than a loss. • The Knights are six strikeouts from totaling the most bullpen punchouts in the last 20 years. • Keep the Knights perfect in weekend series openers in 2018. HOT HITTING • Along with Thomas, Tyler Osik and Ray Alejo are also hitting above .300 with slugging clips of .503 and .401, respectively. A SWEEP WOULD • Dallas Beaver is hitting a team-high .317 with 11 RBI and two home runs over the last 15 games. • Matthew Mika and Thomas have notched team-high nine-game hitting streaks this season. • Be better than being swept. • Osik’s next home run will gave the Knights their first two double-figure home run hitters in a campaign since 2015. • Tie the series up at 23-23. UCFKNIGHTS.COM 2018 UCF BASEBALL GAME NOTES GAMES 53-55 | TULANE SERIES NOTES SERIES SNAPSHOT ALL-TIME SERIES: Tulane, 23-20 OPP GP AVG R H SB-AT ERA BB K LAST SEASON: UCF, 3-0 OPENING WEEKEND 3 .237 14 23 11-11 3.33 6 28 LAST 10 GAMES: Tulane, 7-3 SAVANNAH STATE 3 .308 25 32 16-16 1.33 8 35 FIRST MEETING: 4/16/1989, H, W, 5-2 WAGNER 3 .490 28 36 7-10 2.67 7 28 AT HOME: Tulane, 9-8 FLORIDA 2 .328 13 22 5-7 4.00 14 21 AWAY: Tulane, 10-11 SIENA 3 .271 13 26 9-10 2.00 2 37 NEUTRAL SITE: Tulane, 2-3 CHICAGO STATE 3 .337 38 35 3-4 0.33 9 35 NCAA POSTSEASON: N/A FLORIDA STATE 2 .235 7 16 1-2 9.00 22 11 ECU 3 .319 19 30 4-7 4.33 13 19 LAST 10 MEETINGS MEMPHIS 3 .250 16 26 4-4 4.15 14 28 4/19/2015 A L 10-0 (7) UCONN 3 .286 18 30 5-7 4.68 17 23 4/22/2016 H L 4-3 CINCINNATI 3 .253 22 24 5-6 4.33 8 29 4/23/2016 H L 4-1 USF 3 .170 7 16 1-3 1.44 6 27 4/24/2016 H L 6-0 WICHITA STATE 3 .247 21 23 6-8 4.00 17 27 5/24/2016 N L 4-3 HOUSTON 3 .234 26 12 8-10 3.10 14 30 5/27/2016 N L 5-0 OKLAHOMA 3 .246 12 29 3-3 3.94 17 38 5/5/2017 A W 11-4 TULANE 5/6/2017 A L 3-4 MIDWEEK SNAPSHOT 5/7/2017 A W 11-1 OPP AVG R H SB-AT ER BB K 5/25/2017 N W 8-3 STETSON .133 0 4 0-1 1 6 14 BETHUNE-COOKMAN .333 1 7 5-5 1 3 9 BRADLEY .250 6 11 4-6 5 4 17 MIAMI .172 3 5 0-0 4 4 10 STETSON .200 4 6 1-2 1 4 11 MIAMI .343 4 12 1-2 0 6 14 BETHUNE-COOKMAN .343 7 12 2-2 1 5 8 FAU .217 10 15 3-4 10 2 16 JACKSONVILLE CANCELLED SCHEDULE & RESULT NOTES Feb. Opening Weekend Orlando, Fla. 96.9FM/740AM 6:30 p.m. | 5 p.m. 1-2 Defeat #15 UVA. Set record for Opening 16-18 Virginia, Rice, Samford John Euliano Park UCFKnights.tv 2 p.m. Knight and weekend attendance. Feb. at Stetson Deland, Fla. 6:30 p.m. 0-1 Knights strike out 14, but can’t put 20 UCF (72-48) Melching Field a run on the board. Feb. Savannah State Orlando, Fla. 6:30 p.m. | 6:30 p.m.