Ben Rozenblum went 2-for-5 with a pair of RBI on Saturday night.
TAMPA (February 26, 2022) – The University of South Florida (3-2) plated eight two-out runs on Saturday night as the Bulls clinched a series win over Stony Brook (1-4) in a 9-3 victory at USF Baseball Stadium.
South Florida led wire-to-wire in game two of the series as Daniel Cantu (Jacksonville) and Keanu Jacobs-Guishard (Philipsburg, St. Maarten) recorded two-out, run-scoring hits in the opening frame.
Carmine Lane (Lake Placid) staked starting pitcher Brad Lord (Crawfordville) to a 4-0 lead with a sacrifice fly in the second inning.
Lord (2-0) allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits and struck out three over 5.1 IP for his second win in as many starts.
Stony Brook got on the board with a run in the top of the third inning before Joaquin Monque (Weston) drilled a solo homer to deep left field to extend the USF lead to 5-1.
The Seawolves cut their deficit to 5-3 with a pair of runs in the sixth where the score remained until Ben Rozenblum (Coral Springs) added some two-out insurance with a two-run single up the middle in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Devin Hemenway (Niceville), Hunter Mink (Palm Harbor) and Austin Grause (Tampa) combined to hold Stony Brook scoreless over the final four frames on the mound.
Notable
- Rozenblum has hit safely in all five games this season, including three multi-hit efforts.
- Drew Brutcher (Lakeland) went 2-for-5 with a walk, double and one RBI.
- Lane went 3-for-4 at the plate.
- Jackson Mayo (St. Johns) recorded his first collegiate hit in the eighth inning.
Up Next
The Bulls will look for a series sweep over Stony Brook on Sunday afternoon at 12 p.m.
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About USF Baseball
The USF Baseball program played its first season in 1966 and is entering its 57th season in 2022. Head coach Billy Mohl is entering his fifth season at the helm. 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 18 have earned Freshman All-America accolades, most recently Drew Brutcher and Carmine Lane in 2021. Four players were selected in the 2018 MLB Draft, including the program’s fourth first-round selection in pitcher Shane McClanahan, who made his Major League debut with the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2020 World Series and was the Rays’ postseason game one starter in 2021.
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