South Florida rallies past Wichita State in 10 innings
TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — Jevin Relaford’s RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning lifted South Florida to a 7-6 victory over Wichita State on Friday at USF Baseball Stadium.
The Bulls (32-20, American Athletic) trailed 6-1 after the top of the fifth but climbed back with three runs in the bottom half, highlighted by Relaford’s two-run double and a run-scoring single by J. Lutz. Wichita State (24-27) responded with a five-run sixth and seventh innings, keyed by Jacob Gutierrez’s two-run single and three RBIs overall.
South Florida tied the game in the seventh when pinch-hitter Jake Kulikowski delivered a two-run single, scoring J. Mirza and J. Lutz. In the 10th, Relaford’s infield single brought home B. Lohry for the walk-off win.
Brady Hamilton started for Wichita State, striking out five over 4.1 innings but allowing three earned runs. Ethan Sutton fanned six in 4.2 innings for South Florida, yielding three earned runs on two hits. The Bulls outhit the Shockers 13-7.