10-Run First Inning Dooms Tigers in 15-6 Loss

Sunday, April 10

Memphis, Tenn.

12 P.M.

University of Memphis

13-15, 1-5

UCF

20-12, 5-1

UCF

Memphis

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Apr 10, 2022 | Baseball

Box Score

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – In the midst of what turned into a 10-run top of the first inning for the UCF Knights (20-12, 5-1), a three-run home run by C Andrew Sundean was overturned due to too much pine tar on his bat, UCF head coach Greg Lovelady and Memphis RHP Blake Wimberley (L, 1-4) were ejected, the benches nearly emptied, and the overturned call was overturned again, as the Knights sent 14 men to the plate and led 10-0 after half an inning in what turned into a 15-6 victory over the Tigers in the series' rubber match.

Memphis: 6, UCF: 15
WP: Zack Hunsicker (2-0)
LP: Blake Wimberley (1-4)
SV: N/A

How it happened:

Four batters into the game, LF Lex Boedicker gave UCF a 1-0 lead with an RBI single, while 1B Ben McCabe followed with an RBI double one batter later
That brought Sundean to the plate, who appeared to hit a three-run home run to left field before the call was overturned upon a Memphis challenge that Sundean's bat was illegal due to too much pine tar
After both benches got very hot and Lovelady had to be held back from the Memphis dugout, the UCF manager was ejected, as was Wimberley
A lengthy delay both to clear the field and check the rule book followed, and the umpires then reversed the overturn and gave Sundean the three-run home run, which made it 5-0 UCF
The Knights added five more in the inning off of LHP JT Durham and led 10-0 after half an inning
Memphis fought back and plated two runs in the second and another four in the third off of RHP David Litchfield (ND), who couldn't get through three innings despite a 10-0 lead
An RBI single by C Tanner Booth made it 10-6 in the third and ended Litchfield's afternoon, while Hunsicker hit RF Blake Daniels with a pitch that opened his relief outing, which put the tying run in the on-deck circle, though the righty got LF Ian Bibiloni to ground out and end the threat
Memphis put a runner in scoring position in four of the final five innings, but didn't score against a quartet of UCF relievers and never came closer than the tying run on-deck
The Knights got two runs back in the fifth on a two-run single by SS Alex Freeland, his second two-run hit of the game, and added three runs in the eighth off of LHP Daniel Casto on a two-out, three-run home run by RF Pablo Ruiz, which made it 15-6, the eventual final

Notables:

With a pair of doubles, DH Jacob Compton extended his on-base streak to 23 games
Compton's 10^th multi-hit game of the season tied him for the most on the team
With two singles, SS Ben Brooks recorded his ninth multi-hit game of the season

Up Next:

Memphis will head to Tampa for a three-game set vs. South Florida Thursday-Saturday, with first pitch Thursday set for 5:30 p.m.
The Tigers next scheduled home game is April 26 vs. Mississippi Valley State

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Hunsicker, Zack (2-0)

L: Wimberley, Blake (1-5)

UCF

Batting:

2B: Freeland, Alex 1 ; Orlando, Noah 2 ; McCabe, Ben 1

HR: Sundean, Andrew 1 ; Taylor, Ryan 1 ; Ruiz, Pablo 1

RBI: Freeland, Alex 4 ; Orlando, Noah 1 ; Boedicker, Lex 2 ; McCabe, Ben 1 ; Sundean, Andrew 3 ; Taylor, Ryan 1 ; Ruiz, Pablo 3

Base Running:

RUNS: Pena, Gephry 3 ; Freeland, Alex 2 ; Orlando, Noah 1 ; Boedicker, Lex 1 ; McCabe, Ben 2 ; Sundean, Andrew 2 ; Taylor, Ryan 1 ; Ruiz, Pablo 2 ; Brooks, Michael 1