USF went into tonight's game vs. Pitt with one thing on their minds: If we lose tonight, we may as well not show up tomorrow.
With that out there, the Bulls took the field, led by starting pitcher Kyle Eastham, and got to work on keeping Pitt from grinding them out of contention for the Big East tournament. Coach Lelo Prado knew he needed Eastham to keep his game together long enough for the offense to start producing. What he got was a gem, possibly Eastham's best outing of his career. Eastham went through a streak where he retired 16 straight Pitt batters before getting struck with a comebacker on that 17th batter. He got the out, retiring his 17th straight, but was a bit shaken up. He proceeded to walk the next batter before allowing a two-run home run to David Chester. That turned out to be Pitt's only offensive damage of the night, however, as Eastham finished his outing with 7 innings pitched and only two earned runs on three hits. Junior Carlin closed out the game, allowing just one hit in the closing two innings.
Carlin also got a chance to add some insurance runs for himself. After closing out a perfect 8th inning, he slapped a 2-run single to right field to increase the Bulls' lead to 7-2. Alex Mendez hit a two-run homer, the second of his career. Jonahan Koscso was the most productive of the batters, going 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored.
As of now, South Florida is on the outside looking in, as they need to match the amount of wins by Seton Hall this weekend. Currently, Seton Hall has two wins over Georgetown, with the season closer tomorrow. USF plays at 1, but Seton Hall's first pitch is at 12:00. It goes without saying that I'll be watching the Seton Hall-Georgetown game on my phone at the stadium tomorrow afternoon. I think I speak for all of us here in Tampa when I say no one is a bigger Georgetown Hoyas fan than this guy.
So for tomorrow only, LET'S GO HOYAS!
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