2021 BASEBALL GAME NOTES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EAST CAROLINA TULANE WICHITA STATE CINCINNATI UCF SOUTH FLORIDA HOUSTON MEMPHIS PIRATES GREEN WAVE SHOCKERS BEARCATS KNIGHTS BULLS COUGARS TIGERS HC ................Cliff Godwin HC ...............Travis Jewett HC ................. Eric Wedge HC .............Scott Googins HC ............ Greg Lovelady HC .................... Billy Mohl HC .............Todd Whitting HC ......Daron Schoenrock 2021 ....................... 38-13 2021 ....................... 28-22 2021 ....................... 30-21 2021 ....................... 29-24 2021 ............................X-X 2021 ....................... 24-26 2021 ....................... 19-32 2021 ....................... 17-37 ‘21 vs. UC ....................7-1 ‘21 vs. UC ....................0-4 ‘21 vs. UC ....................1-3 ‘21 vs. AAC ............ 14-14 ‘21 vs. UC ....................2-2 ‘21 vs. UC ....................2-2 ‘21 vs. UC ....................1-3 ‘21 vs. UC ....................1-3 AAC vs. UC ................N/A AAC vs. UC .................0-1 AAC vs. UC ................N/A AAC vs. UC ............ 14-14 AAC vs. UC .................1-1 AAC vs. UC .................1-0 AAC vs. UC .................2-0 AAC vs. UC .................2-1 2021 AMERICAN BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 1: NO. 4 CINCINNATI VS. NO. 5 UCF MAY 25-30 • BAYCARE BALLPARK (CLEARWATER, FLORIDA) CINCINNATI - The University of Cincinnati baseball team returns Eight-team double elimination modified College World Series format. The teams advancing out of to Clearwater, Florida for the 2021 American Athletic Conference each group will play a single-elimination championship game on Sunday, May 30. Championship at BayCare Ballpark. GROUP A: = Seeds #1, #4, #5 and #8 • GROUP B: Seeds #2, #3, #6 and #7 The No. 4 seeded Bearcats open up with No. 5 UCF on Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 9 a.m. ET and are the defending tournament DAY 1 • TUESDAY, MAY 25 (ESPN+) CINCINNATI IN THE AAC TOURNAMENT champions, having taken home the trophy in 2019. Game 1: No. 5 UCF vs. No. 4 Cincinnati | 9 a.m. ET 2015 (CLEARWATER, FLA.) Game 2: No. 8 Memphis vs. No. 1 East Carolina | 47 minutes following Game 1 5/19 vs. No. 14 Houston L, 8-4 All AAC Championship games will air on ESPN+ with Sunday’s Game 3: No. 7 Houston vs. No. 2 Tulane | 4 p.m. ET (ESPN+) 5/20 vs. Memphis L, 14-9 championship finale set to air on ESPNews. Game 4: No. 6 South Florida vs. No. 3 Wichita State | 47 minutes following Game 2 2016 (CLEARWATER, FLA.) SERIES BUSINESS DAY 2 • WEDNESDAY, MAY 26 (ESPN+) 5/24 vs. No. 5 Houston L, 1-9 • The teams split their season series 2-2 with UCF holding a 13-8 Game 5: 3:00 p.m. ET Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 5/25 vs. No. 8 UCF L, 7-6 (10) lead in the all-time ledger. Tuesday marks their third meeting Game 6: 47 minutes after G5 Loser of Game 3 vs. Loser of Game 4 in AAC Championship play with an even 1-1 mark. 2017 (CLEARWATER, FLA.) DAY 3 • THURSDAY, MAY 27 (ESPN+) 5/23 vs UConn L, 3-12 ABOUT THE BEARCATS Game 7: 3:00 p.m. ET Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 5/24 vs Memphis L, 14-15 (10) • UC is 29-24 and closed the regular season with a four-game Game 8: 47 minutes after G7 Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 sweep of Tulane at UC Baseball Stadium. 2018 (CLEARWATER, FLA.) • As a team, UC is hitting at a .284 clip with an AAC-leading 95 DAY 4 • FRIDAY, MAY 28 (ESPN+) 5/23 vs #3 UConn L, 2-6 doubles and double-digit hits in 30 games. Game 9: 1:00 p.m. ET Loser of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 5 5/23 vs #2 USF L, 4-9 • On the mound, UC has a team ERA of 5.56 with 424 strikeouts Game 10: 47 minutes after G9 Loser of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 6 over 253 walks. 2019 (CLEARWATER, FLA.) DAY 5 • SATURDAY, MAY 29 (ESPN+) 5/21 #7 Memphis W, 11-6 YOU LOOK FAMILIAR ... Game 11: 9:00 a.m. ET Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9 5/23 #3 Tulane W, 8-4 • UC hitting coach Kyle Sprague was at UCF from 2014-15, Game 12: 47 minutes after G11 Winner of Game 8 vs. Winner of Game 10 5/25 #6 UCF W, 10-6 working with the outfielders and coaching first base as the Game 13: TBD (if necessary) Loser of Game 11 vs. Winner of Game 11 5/26 #4 UConn W, 22-5 Knights ascended to No. 6 in the nation in 2015. Game 14: TBD (if necessary) Loser of Game 12 vs. Winner of Game 12 • UCF Head Coach Greg Lovelady was at Wright State from 2019 AAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 2005-16, serving as an assistant (2005-06), associate head DAY 6 • SUNDAY, MAY 30 (Championship Game - ESPNews) coach (2007-13) and head coach (2014-16). Game 15: 12:03 p.m. ET Winner of Group A vs. Winner of Group B • UCF assistant Ted Tom was at UC from 2015-17, serving as director of operations (2015), assistant coach (2016-17) and PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP UC’s interim head coach at the close of 2017. NO. NAME (B/T) POS HT WT YR HOMETOWN AVG GP-GS R H RBI SB • UCF pitching coach Nick Otte spent nine seasons at Xavier 15 Joe Powell (R/R) C 5-10 160 So. Mason, Ohio .219 36-31 24 23 15 3 from 2010-18, serving on UC Head Coach Scott Googins’ staff 44 Ryan Nicholson (L/L) 1B 6-3 215 So. Louisville, Ky. .277 48-43 27 43 30 5 for eight of his nine seasons across town. 3 Jace Mercer (B/R) 2B 5-10 190 Gr. Johns Creek, Ga. .352 51-51 41 70 32 22 16 Joey Bellini (R/R) SS 6-2 190 Gr. Winter Park, Fla. .299 51-51 34 66 43 4 SENIOR SALUTE 10 Eric Santiago (R/R) 3B 6-1 190 Gr. Bethlehem, Pa. .295 52-51 43 64 25 9 • UC honored its senior class prior to Saturday’s matchup 14 Wyatt Stapp (L/R) LF 6-1 205 Sr. Keller, Texas .264 40-38 17 39 23 4 with the Pirates, including: Joey Bellini, Dondrae Bremner, 40 Cole Harting (R/R) CF 5-11 205 Fr. West Chester, Ohio .289 5149 47 59 33 15 Jake Hansen, Tanner Holen, Dean McCarthy, Jace Mercer, 32 Paul Komistek (R/R) RF 6-2 200 Jr. Knoxville, Tenn. .353 45-43 28 54 39 2 Jake Meyer, Nate Moore, Jake Murray, Eric Santiago, Garrett 8 Griffin Merritt (R/R) DH 6-2 225 Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio .278 50-49 38 50 38 5 Schoenle, Wyatt Stapp, Jalen Wade and student managers * based on previous games Michael DeLong and Jake Swearingen. 2021 CINCINNATI BASEBALL POSSIBLE ROTATION GAME 1 GARRETT SCHOENLE LHP #11 2021 GAME LOG (14 G/14 GS/5 QS) BEARCATS RECORD: 8-6 2021 STATS: 6-3, 3.97 ERA DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER HR BB K NP ERA 2/21 @ 25 Clemson (S) ND, L 8-7 3.1 6 6 6 3 0 5 -- 16.20 2/27 @ WKU (S) W, 11-3 5.0 7 3 3 1 1 8 79 5.40 Height: 6-5 Year: Senior 3/7 @ UNCW (S) ND, L 9-8 5.0 2 1 1 0 2 11 -- 1.80 Weight: 185 Hometown: Fort Wayne, Ind, 3/14 W. MICHIGAN (S) ND, W 5-4 4.0 4 4 3 1 2 6 80 6.75 B/T: L/L High School: Northrop 3/21 @ Xavier (S) ND, L 16-8 5.0 6 5 5 2 2 4 91 9.00 3/27 SAINT LOUIS (S) ND, W 8-5 5.0 6 3 2 0 0 5 91 3.60 4/3 @ 11 ECU (S) L, 0-2 5.0 7 2 2 0 1 6 90 3.60 LAST START 4/9 UCF (S) W, 2-1 5.0 3 1 1 1 4 6 93 1.80 Gave up just one hit in three innings of early work against Tulane last weekend ... was pulled after 4/16 @ Memphis (S) W, 10-6 6.0 4 1 0 0 4 7 116 0.00 37 pitches to set him up to open the AAC Tournament against UCF. 4/23 WICHITA ST. (S) W, 6-0 8.0 4 0 0 0 2 9 121 0.00 4/30 @ USF (S) L, 2-4 5.0 7 2 2 0 1 7 97 3.60 5/7 @ Houston (S) W, 7-2 9.0 10 2 2 0 3 3 127 2.00 2020 RECAP 5/14 11 ECU (S) L, 4-8 2.0 7 7 4 0 1 1 55 18.00 Four appearances with 2 starts … recorded 10 strikeouts in 12.1 IP with an 8.76 ERA … had his best 5/20 TULANE (S) W, 10-6 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 37 0.00 outing at Indiana (3/11) where he pitched 6 innings with 7 strikeouts. TOTALS 6-3 70.1 74 37 31 8 22 82 1,040 3.97 GAME 2 ZACH SEGAL RHP #43 2021 GAME LOG (16 G/7 GS/5 QS) BEARCATS RECORD: 10-7 2021 STATS: 5-3, 4.64 ERA DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER HR BB K NP ERA 2/20 @ 25 Clemson ND, L 5-2 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0.00 2/21 @ 25 Clemson ND, L 8-7 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0.00 Height: 6-0 Year: Sophomore 2/26 @ WKU L, 5-4 2.2 2 2 2 0 3 1 41 6.75 Weight: 170 Hometown: Loveland, Ohio 3/5 @ UNCW SV, W 7-4 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 0.00 B/T: R/R High School: Loveland 3/7 @ UNCW L, 9-8 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 - 6.75 3/12 W.