Gonzalez and Hogan have big games for Peninsula
TAMPA, June 24, 2019 – Summer collegiate leagues are entering the final week of June, as a pair of USF baseball players have big weekends with the same club.
Summer Ball Bulls
Alex Bello – Danbury Westerners – New England Collegiate Baseball League
Bello has played in nine games, seeing action in two last week. He went 1-for-3 on June 22.
Jake Sullivan – Savannah Bananas – Coastal Plain League
Sullivan was busy last week, playing in seven games in as many days. Had four hits, two doubles and four RBI. He had a double, a run and a RBI on June 17. Sullivan had a double and a RBI on June 20 and two RBI on June 21. He’s tied for second on the team with 10 RBI this summer.
Julio Cortez – Amsterdam Mohawks – Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League
Cortez played in three games last week. He went 1-for-4 on June 21 with a run scored and a RBI.
Dylan Buck – Amsterdam Mohawks – Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League
Buck has played in eight games with Amsterdam so far this summer.
Nick Gonzalez – Peninsula Pilots – Coastal Plain League
Gonzalez played in five games last week, tallying five hits. He went 1-for-3 with a RBI on June 18. He had a big day on Friday, going 3-for-5 with a triple, home run, two runs and two RBI. He then went 1-for-3 with a run on Saturday. Gonzalez has nine runs and seven RBI.
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 two games last week, both at the plate and on the mound.
Riley Hogan – Peninsula Pilots – Coastal Plain League
Hogan continued to produce, as he has hit in six of the last eight games. He went 3-for-4 on June 17 with a double. He went 2-for-3 with a double and a run on June 18. Hogan recorded hits in each of the last two games, cranking his first homer of the summer on June 21. He has 10 RBI and five runs thus far.
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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