GAINESVILLE, Fla., JUNE, 2, 2017 – The University of South Florida baseball team scored in five different innings and defeated Bethune-Cookman 9-1 in the first game of the Gainesville Regional.
The second-seeded Bulls (42-17) advance to the winner's game Saturday night and await either top-seeded Florida or fourth-seeded Marist.
USF needed just one hit paired with three walks to score twice in the first inning. The bats woke up even more in the second with a Duke Stunkel Jr. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) two-run shot to left, making it 4-0.
After jumping ahead of the Wildcats (33-24) 5-0 in the third, sophomore David Villar (Pembroke Pines, Fla.