Bobby Boser and Jackson Mayo hit back-to-back home runs in Tuesday’s 5-2 loss to Stetson.
TAMPA (April 30, 2024) – Bobby Boser (Wesley Chapel) and Jackson Mayo (St. Johns) connected on back-to-back homers in the fifth inning Tuesday night, but that was all the offense could muster for the University of South Florida Bulls (22-22) in a 5-2 loss to Stetson University Hatters (29-16) at USF Baseball Stadium.
It was Boser’s first home run since launching a pair on March 8 against North Carolina A&T. Boser was injured on March 9 and proceeded to miss 22 games until returning to the lineup full-time on April 19. Boser hit five home runs in a three-game stretch prior to being injured.
Stetson took an early 1-0 lead on Tuesday night with a run in the top of the first inning and tacked on single tallies in the second and fifth frames before South Florida got on the board.
Boser tallied his eighth home run of the season in the bottom of the fifth inning and Mayo followed with his eighth blast of the year. The longballs were USF’s first back-to-back home runs since Mayo and Eric Snow (Forsyth, Ga.) did so on March 16 against UNC Greensboro.
Notable
- Boser finished the night 2-for-3 with a homer, double and a walk.
- Freshmen Logan Bevis (Longwood) and Corey Kling (Delray Beach) each threw scoreless innings of relief.
- Two-sport athlete Bryce Archie (Powder Springs, Ga.) logged his third straight scoreless appearance.
- Marcus Brodil (Dunedin) missed the game with an injury sustained on a diving catch on the warning track on Sunday.
Up Next
The Bulls open a seven-game road swing with a three-game weekend series at No. 5 ECU beginning on Friday, Mary 3 at 6 p.m. in Greenville, N.C.
Double Play Passes, which include one ticket to every home baseball and softball game, can be purchased now for $99. Group and single game tickets are also on sale and can be purchased here or by calling 1-800-Go-Bulls.
About USF Baseball
The USF Baseball program played its first season in 1966 and is entering its 59th season in 2024 under head coach Billy Mohl (seventh season). The Bulls have made 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, including four since 2015, and earned their first-ever Super Regional berth in 2021. USF was ranked in the Top 25 by five different publications in the final 2021 polls, checking in as high as No. 16. The Bulls have won five conference tournament titles (3 Sun Belt, 1 Metro and 1 American) and six regular season championships (3 Sun Belt, 2 Metro and 1 C-USA). USF baseball players have been recognized with All-America honors 12 times, most recently with third baseman David Villar in 2018, and 19 have earned Freshman All-America accolades, most recently Eric Snow in 2023. Four Bulls were selected in the 2022 MLB Draft. Former 2018 first-round selection, Shane McClanahan, became the program’s first-ever MLB All-Star in 2022 and was the starting pitcher for the American League.
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