ORLANDO – UCF junior pitcher Matt Fox won his fourth consecutive start as the Golden Knights rolled to an 11-0 victory over Gardner-Webb Friday evening at Jay Bergman Field. Fox tossed six scoreless innings and struck out six to improve to 5-0 for the Golden Knights. With the win, UCF improved to 12-4 overall and 3-1 in the A-Sun while Gardner-Webb dropped to 8-9 and 3-1 in the conference.
Fox cruised all evening long as the junior right-hander lowered his season ERA to 0.79 with the six scoreless innings. Over his last five starts, Fox has not yielded an earned run in 24.2 innings of work.
The Golden Knights scored six runs in the first inning to give Fox all the support he needed. With the bases loaded, Ryan Bono got things started with a three-run double to give the Knights a 3-0 lead. Kevin Richmond and Chandler Rose each added a RBI-hit in the inning while Bridger Hunt delivered a sacrifice fly in the six-run outburst.
UCF pummeled Gardner-Webb starting pitcher Joey Siak (3-1). Siak entered the game with a perfect 3-0 record and 1.27 ERA, but he lasted just two innings. The senior left-hander yielded eight runs on six hits in his shortest outing of the year.
A four-run third inning put the game away for UCF. Rose continued his big night with a two-run single and Dee Brown drove in a pair of runs with a single in the four-run third.
Bono set a new career-high with four RBI and Rose added a career-best three RBI in the win for the Knights. Clay Timpner added three hits as well to extend his hitting streak to 14 games for UCF.
The Golden Knights and Bulldogs meet Saturday at 1 p.m. The two teams will play two, seven-inning games tomorrow afternoon at Jay Bergman Field.
Baseball Routs Gardner-Webb 11-0
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