The Cincinnati Bearcats will embark on their most important and most difficult series of the season this weekend. That is no hyperbole as they will take on the East Carolina Pirates, who are in first place in the American Athletic Conference and ranked 10th in the country according to D1Baseball.com. Their biggest strength is their pitching, which means the Bearcats will need every hitter in their lineup at the top of their games. One batter who already seems locked into that trajectory is right fielder A.J. Bumpass.
After struggling a bit over the first few months of the season, Bumpass has really taken off of late.