Week 14 Notebook

OVERALL: 35-19
THE AMERICAN: 13-10
NON-CONFERENCE: 22-9
THIS WEEK: 2-0
STREAK: W2
 
THIS WEEK'S GAMES
Tuesday, May 22 – vs. No. 4 ECU, 3 p.m. (The American Tournament)
TBA
 
LAST WEEK'S GAMES
Tuesday – at Jacksonville (Cancelled)
Friday – vs. Tulane, Win, 7-6 (12)
Friday – vs. Tulane, Win, 3-2
Saturday – vs. Tulane (Cancelled)
 
A QUICK RECAP
• Tuesday night's game at Jacksonville was cancelled due to rain in the area.
• Knights open weekend series with Tulane by rallying from a pair of three-run deficits. Logan Heiser delivered a walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the 12th.
• Chris Williams tossed an eight-inning gem on the mound with seven strikeouts, before Max Wood plated the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth.
• After a prolonged delay on Saturday, both clubs elected to cancel the regular season finale. UCF then celebrated its five senior members in a ceremony in the John Euliano Park Premium Club.
 
PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Chris Williams, R-Jr., RHP, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
1 GS, 8 IP, 7 K, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB
• After the Knights taxed their bullpen in the opener, Williams gave the Black and Gold the long start they needed.
• The righty worked around a solo homer in the first innings and only allowed one hit in the ensuing seven innings.
• At one point, Williams retired 11 batters in a row between the fourth and seventh innings.
 
TEAM NOTES
• The Knights won their third straight conference series.
• UCF improved to 6-0 in extra inning games in 2018.
• The Black and Gold has a record of 7-0 in walk-offs this season.
• The series opener against Tulane was the 13th game with multiple home runs.
• Brandon Hernandez and Ray Alejo both went yard for the first time in their careers on Friday morning.
• Alejo and Matthew Mika took their combined stolen base tally to 60 swipes.
 
THE AMERICAN TOURNAMENT
• The Knights are the No. 5 seed in the American Athletic Conference Tournament.
• The will be the visiting team in the opening game against No. 4 seed ECU.
• The winner of Tuesday's game will play on Thursday at 3 p.m., while the loser will play in an elimination game at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.