Hogan gets first hits of summer, as leagues complete second full week
TAMPA, June 17, 2019 – The USF baseball team’s summer collegiate league representatives roll on into mid-June.
Summer Ball Bulls
Alex Bello – Danbury Westerners – New England Collegiate Baseball League
Bello has played in seven games thus far. He had a hit and a walk on Sunday at the Mystic Schooners.
Jake Sullivan – Savannah Bananas – Coastal Plain League
Sullivan played in four games last week, tallying four hits, two RBI and three runs. He went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs on Saturday, his second multi-hit game of the summer.
Julio Cortez – Amsterdam Mohawks – Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League
Cortez played in four games last week for the Mohawks. He went 2-for-4 on Friday. Cortez has four RBI and nine hits so far this summer.
Dylan Buck – Amsterdam Mohawks – Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League
Buck has played in eight games with Amsterdam so far this summer. He had two walks last week.
Nick Gonzalez – Peninsula Pilots – Coastal Plain League
Gonzalez played in four games last week and tallied three hits with a double and two RBI. He went 2-for-4 with a double on Friday. Gonzalez has four RBI and six runs in the first two weeks of the season.
Danny Gutcher – Peninsula Pilots – Coastal Plain League
Gutcher has played in seven games and has a double and a walk in 15 at-bats.
Brandon Schrepf – Peninsula Pilots – Coastal Plain League
Schrepf saw action in five games last week at the plate, hitting a triple on June 12.
Riley Hogan – Peninsula Pilots – Coastal Plain League
Hogan played in five games last week, recording his first hits of the summer. He has a double on Friday and went 2-for-3 with a run and a RBI on Saturday.
About USF Baseball
The University of South Florida baseball team is one of the fastest rising programs in the country. The Bulls reached the NCAA Regionals in 2015 for the first time in 13 years and followed that success with a 42-19 record and second NCAA regional trip in three years in 2017. The Bulls continued the success under first-year head coach Billy Mohl in 2018, reaching 36 wins and advancing to the semifinals of the conference tournament for the first time since 2012, while being ranked in multiple polls for the final two months. USF earned its third NCAA Regional berth in the last four seasons and had six all-conference selections in 2018. The team had four players drafted in the 2018 MLB Draft, including the program’s fourth first rounder, Shane McClanahan. Junior third baseman David Villar was taken in the 11th round after tallying 24 doubles and hitting better than .370, being named first team all-conference and an All-American. The USF Baseball program has won five conference titles and the Bulls have made 13 NCAA appearances.
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