Though the first pitch of USF's game Friday against UCF was moved up five hours as a precaution against potentially nasty evening weather, the deluge still arrived in the seventh inning.
Courtesy of the the Bulls' bats.
Playing for their postseason lives, the short-staffed Bulls (31-22-1, 12-11) collected five runs off six hits in the seventh to pull away for a 7-3 triumph in the season's final series before next week's American Athletic Conference tournament.
The rubber match -- UCF won the series opener Thursday -- is Saturday at 1 p.m. The Bulls remain without Coach Mark Kingston, serving a five-game suspension following a post-game ejection Sunday at Tulane.