TAMPA, MARCH 10, 2019 – Despite nine hits, the USF baseball team dropped Sunday's rubber match to Liberty, 5-4.
It was the Flames (11-4) jumping out to an early lead with runs in the first and second inning. Trailing, 2-0, in the bottom of the third, freshman Nick Gonzalez (Tampa) ripped a single into center. He advanced all the way to third on a throwing error and failed pickoff attempt. Jordan Santos (Tampa) drove him home in the next at-bat with a single to center. Santos advanced to third, then two batters later senior Joe Genord (Lake Worth, Fla.