WICHITA, Kan. -- In a game with a combined 19 runs and 32 hits, South Florida held off Wichita State's late charge for a 10-9 victory on Friday night at Eck Stadium.
The Shockers (27-21, 10-8) trailed 10-4 in the bottom of the seventh after a two-run homer from South Florida's Bobby Boser. answered with a two-run shot off his own to cut the Bulls lead to 10-6, then WSU struck for three runs in the eighth to pull within one. Singles from , and opened the inning, followed by run-scoring groundouts from and . USF brought on closer Riley Skeen, who was greeted with an RBI single from that pulled the Shockers within 10-9.