ORLANDO, Fla. (UCFKnights.com) – The UCF Baseball team is headed to Daytona Tuesday, for a midweek game against Bethune-Cookman at Jackie Robinson Ballpark. The Knights took two of three games against Jacksonville over the weekend and are now 1-2 on the road this season.
UCF leads the all-time series 78-17 and is 17-4 under first year head coach Greg Lovelady. Bethune-Cookman is 14-6 and currently on a six-game winning streak.
Redshirt sophomore Chris Williams is scheduled to start for the Knights. Williams is 0-2 with a 4.91 ERA, but held his own in starts against top-ranked Florida and Florida State. He has thrown a total of 18.1 innings, struck out 16 and walked just six.
Recent Knights
- UCF is hitting a combined .302 with 37 doubles, 10 triples, and 20 home runs
- The Black and Gold have stolen 43-46 bases; Luke Hamblin, Matthew Mika, and Eli Putnam each have 9
- Kyle Marsh and Rylan Thomas each have 21 RBIs
- Marsh has a team-best 9 doubles while Thomas leads his squad with 5 home runs
- Knights pitching has a combined 2.60 ERA and has struck out 189 hitters while walking just 60
- Robby Howell was named AAC Pitcher of the Week after dealing his first-career complete game in a 4-0 shutout of Jacksonville
- Howell and Jason Bahr each have a team-leading 29 strikeouts on the year
First pitch is scheduled for 6pm Tuesday, click here to follow the action via live stats.
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