2015 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team explained

Mode:baseball
Year:2015
Team:Cincinnati Bearcats
Conference:American Athletic Conference
Short Conf:The American
Record:15–41
Conf Record:6–18
Head Coach:Ty Neal
Hc Year:2nd
Asst Coach1:Adam Bourassa
Ac1 Year:2nd
Asst Coach2:John Lackaff
Ac2 Year:1st
Stadium:Marge Schott Stadium

The 2015 Cincinnati Bearcats baseball team represents the University of Cincinnati during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bearcats play their home games at Marge Schott Stadium as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They are led by head coach Ty Neal, in his second season at Cincinnati.

Previous season

In 2014, the Bearcats finished the season 10th in the American with a record of 22–31, 6–18 in conference play. They failed to qualify for the 2014 American Athletic Conference baseball tournament or the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Name Position Seasons at
Cincinnati		Alma Mater
Head coach 2 Miami University (1999)
Adam Bourassa Assistant coach 2 Wake Forest University (2003)
John Lackaff Assistant coach 1 Miami University (2003)

Season

February

The Bearcats opened their season with a four-game tournament in Starkville, Mississippi, against and Mississippi State. In the first game, the Bearcats defeated Miami (OH) 3–1, but they were swept in the next three games by a nationally ranked Mississippi State team.[2] In their second series of the year, the Bearcats were swept in a three-game road series against .[3] Ian Happ recorded ten hits over the three games.

Cincinnati was originally scheduled to compete in a tournament at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina, from February 27 – March 1, but inclement weather forced the Bearcats to schedule a three-game series against in Emerson, Georgia.[4] Over the three-game series, the Bearcats were again swept, marking their third straight weekend series sweep to open the season, and nine straight losses following a neutral site win over Miami (OH). The closest Cincinnati came to a win in the series was in the final game, in which the Bearcats allowed five runs in the thirteenth inning in the loss.[5]

March

The Bearcats were scheduled to host a midweek game against on March 4, but the game was cancelled due to weather and not rescheduled.[6] Cincinnati's first weekend series of the month was against, out of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Against the Purple Eagles, the Bearcats picked up their first weekend sweep of the year. To complete the sweep, freshman Manny Rodriguez hit a walk off single in the tenth inning of the final game to lead Cincinnati to a 2–1 win.[7]

In their second midweek game of the month, the Bearcats hosted Southeastern Conference foe . Kentucky's Ka'ai Tom hit for the cycle for the Wildcats as they picked up a 9–1 win over Cincinnati.[8] Cincinnati then hosted in a three-game weekend series from March 14–15. The first game of the series was originally scheduled for March 13, but weather pushed the game back to the 14th as part of a doubleheader.[9] The Bearcats went on to win the series, two games to one, dropping the first game of the doubleheader before rebounding to win the final two games.[10]

The Bearcats did not play a midweek game heading into a road series against nationally ranked over the sixth weekend of the season. Cincinnati endured their fourth weekend sweep of the season as they fell to the Wolf Pack all four games of the series.[11] In the final game of the series, Cincinnati allowed 17 runs, marking the highest total of runs scored by Nevada since 2010.[12]

On March 25, Cincinnati visited in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Volunteers had struggled with high expectations early in the season, but had no issues with the visiting Bearcats, leaving home with a 7–0 win.[13] The following weekend, the Bearcats hit the road again to open American Athletic Conference play, visiting South Florida. For the second straight weekend, and the fifth time on the year, the Bearcats were swept over the weekend. After a 4–8 in the first game, the Bulls were subject to a walk-off base hit to lose 3–4 in 11 innings in the second game.[14] To close out the series, the Bearcats were subject to the run rule as they fell to USF 4–15 in seven innings.

Schedule

Legend
 Cincinnati win
 Cincinnati loss
 Postponement
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|-! style="background:#000000;color:white;" | Regular season|- |- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| February 13 || vs. || || Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS || W 3–1 || Zellner (1–0) || Banks (0–1) || Cleary (1) || 7,981 || 1–0 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| February 13 || at #20 Mississippi State || || Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS || L 2–6 || P. Brown (1–0) || Lehnen (0–1) || || 7,981 || 1–1 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| February 14 || at #20 Mississippi State || || Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS || L 5–19 || Tatum (1–0) || Yoakam (0–1) || || 9,159 || 1–2 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| February 15 || at #20 Mississippi State || || Dudy Noble Field • Starkville, MS || L 7–16 || D. Brown (1–0) || Olasz (0–1) || Fitts (1) || 6,551 || 1–3 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| February 20 || at || || Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, CA || L 3–11 || Steffens (1–1) || Atkinston (0–1) || || 416 || 1–4 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| February 21 || at Santa Clara || || Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, CA || L 8–10 || Inouye (1–0) || Lehnen (0–2) || Karalus (1) || 410 || 1–5 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| February 21 || at Santa Clara || || Stephen Schott Stadium • Santa Clara, CA || L 4–8 || Hendron (1–0) || Lowe (0–1) || Karalus (2) || 410 || 1–6 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| February 27 || vs. || || Perfect Game Park South • Emerson, GA || L 2–6 || Radtke (1–0) || Atkinson (0–2) || || 261 || 1–7 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| February 28 || vs. Iowa || || Perfect Game Park South • Emerson, GA || L 1–5 || Hickman (1–0) || Lehnen (0–3) || Grant (1) || 122 || 1–8 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 1 || vs. Iowa || || Perfect Game Park South • Emerson, GA || L 0–5 (13) || Radtke (2–0) || Olasz (0–2) || || 70 || 1–9 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| March 4 || || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || colspan=7| Postponed Rescheduled for May 12|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 7 || || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || W 5–1 || Zellner (2–0) || Kolodziejski (0–2) || || 302 || 2–9 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 8 || Niagara || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || W 6–4 || Atkinson (1–2) || Eckerson (0–1) || || 492 || 3–9 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 9 || Niagara || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || W 2–1 (10) || Yoakam (1–1) || Bucci (0–2) || || 315 || 4–9 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 11 || || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 1–9 || Dwyer (2–0) || Patishall (0–1) || || 777 || 4–10 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| March 13 || || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || colspan=7| Postponed Rescheduled for March 14|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 14 || Toledo || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 5–8 (11)|| Tyson (1–0) || Yoakam (1–2) || || 418 || 4–11 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 14 || Toledo || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || W 5–3 || Lehnen (1–3) || Calhoun (0–3) || Atkinson (1) || 418 || 5–11 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| March 15 || Toledo || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || W 11–2 || Cleary (1–0) || Schillace (2–2) || || 517 || 6–11 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 18 || at #29 || || William Peccole Park • Reno, NV || L 3–5 || Wilkins (1–0) || Perez (0–1) || Whitt (10) || 726 || 6–12 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 19 || at #29 Nevada || || William Peccole Park • Reno, NV || L 10–11 || Held (4–0) || Yoakam (1–3) || || 813 || 6–13 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 20 || at #29 Nevada || || William Peccole Park • Reno, NV || L 4–7 || Deitrich (4–1) || Lehnen (1–4) || Romero (1) || 930 || 6–14 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 21 || at #29 Nevada || || William Peccole Park • Reno, NV || L 6–17 || Fain (3–0) || Olasz (0–3) || || 1,247 || 6–15 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 25 || at || || Lindsey Nelson Stadium • Knoxville, TN || L 0–7 || Warren (2–0) || Voss (0–1) || || 1,644 || 6–16 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 27 || at South Florida || || USF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL || L 4–8 || Herget (5–1) || Orndorff (0–1) || || 609 || 6–17 || 0–1|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 28 || at South Florida || || USF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL || L 3–4 (11) || Peterson (3–1) || Yoakam (1–4) || || 1,044 || 6–18 || 0–2|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 29 || at South Florida || || USF Baseball Stadium • Tampa, FL || L 4–15 (7) || Valdes (3–1) || Atkinson (1–3) || Peterson (8) || 690 || 6–19 || 0–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| March 31 || at || || Nischwitz Stadium • Dayton, OH || L 3–5 || Randolph (4–0) || Patishall (0–2) || Blair (2) || 346 || 6–20 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| April 2 || #10 UCF || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || W 4–1 || Atkinson (2–3) || Finfrock (6–1) || Zellner (1) || 267 || 7–20 || 1–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| April 3 || #10 UCF || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || W 5–3 || Orndorff (1–1) || Howell (4–3) || Zellner (2) || 233 || 8–20 || 2–3|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| April 4 || #10 UCF || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 1–2 || Rodgers (5–0) || Lehnen (1–5) || || 917 || 8–21 || 2–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| April 8 || at Indiana || || Bart Kaufman Field • Bloomington, IN || W 5–4 || Yoakam (2–4) || Foote (1–1) || Zellner (3) || 1,549 || 9–21 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| April 10 || Memphis || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || W 6–2 || Atkinson (3–3) || Wallingford (1–1) || Yoakam (1) || 411 || 10–21 || 3–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| April 11 || Memphis || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 3–8 || Toscano (5–1) || Zellner (2–1) || || 598 || 10–22 || 3–5|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| April 12 || Memphis || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || W 8–7 (12) || Schimmoeller (3–3) || Blackwood (0–1) || || 535 || 11–21 || 4–4|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| April 14 || Xavier || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || W 4–0 || Hammans (1–0) || Jacknewitz (0–2) || || 1,315 || 12–22 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| April 15 || Wright State || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 9–15 || Trapino (4–0) || Perez (0–2) || || 279 || 12–23 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbbbbb"| April 17 || at #28 Houston || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || colspan=7| Postponed Rescheduled for April 18|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| April 18 || at #28 Houston || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || L 1–4 || Weigel (4–0) || Atkinson (3–4) || || 1,904 || 12–24 || 4–6|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| April 18 || at #28 Houston || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || L 0–13 || Dowdy (5–1) || Orndorff (1–2) || || 1,904 || 12–25 || 4–7|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| April 19 || at #28 Houston || || Cougar Field • Houston, TX || L 2–9 || Romero (4–3) || Lehnen (1–6) || || 1,793 || 12–26 || 4–8|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| April 21 || #3 Louisville || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 2–6 || Leland (3–0) || Hammans (1–1) || || 489 || 12–27 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| April 22 || at Xavier || || J. Page Hayden Field • Cincinnati, OH || W 8–5 || Yoakam (3–4) || Johnson (1–3) || Zellner (4) || 378 || 13–27 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| April 24 || Tulane || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 0–4 || Merrill (3–3) || Atkinson (3–5) || Gibaut (4) || 522 || 13–28 || 4–9|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| April 25 || Tulane || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 6–8 || Duester (5–4) || Zellner (2–2) || || 296 || 13–29 || 4–10|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| April 26 || Tulane || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 5–9 || Massey (5–2) || Lehnen (1–7) || Gibaut (5) || 631 || 13–30 || 4–11|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| May 1 || at Memphis || || FedExPark • Memphis, TN || W 11–4 || Atkinson (4–5) || Hathcock (2–4) || || 732 || 14–30 || 5–11|- align="center" bgcolor="#bbffbb"| May 2 || at Memphis || || FedExPark • Memphis, TN || W 5–4 (12) || Perez (1–2) || Caufield (3–1) || Yoakam (2) || 1278 || 15–30 || 6–11|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| May 3 || at Memphis || || FedExPark • Memphis, TN || L 3–4 || Blackwood (2–1) || Perez (1–3) || || 811 || 15–31 || 6–12|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| May 6 || || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 0–6 || Niemeyer (2–0) || Schimmoeller (1–1) || || 1,072 || 15–32 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| May 8 || at Connecticut || || J. O. Christian Field • Storrs, CT || L 6–12 || Cross (10–2) || Yoakam (3–5) || || 149 || 15–33 || 6–13|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| May 9 || at Connecticut || || J. O. Christian Field • Storrs, CT || L 8–10 || Kay (7–5) || Zellner (2–3) || || 229 || 15–34 || 6–14|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| May 10 || at Connecticut || || J. O. Christian Field • Storrs, CT || L 4–9 || Tabakman (3–4) || Schimmoeller (1–2) || || 286 || 15–35 || 6–15|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| May 12 || Xavier || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 1–5 || Jacknewitz (4–5) || Voss (0–2) || || 350 || 15–36 || –|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| May 14 || East Carolina || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 3–7 || Love (7–3) || Atkinson (4–6) || || 519 || 15–37 || 6–16|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| May 15 || East Carolina || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 4–6 || Kruczynski (7–3) || Zellner (2–4) || Ingle (5) || 677 || 15–38 || 6–17|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| May 16 || East Carolina || || Marge Schott Stadium • Cincinnati, OH || L 7–8 || Durazo (4–0) || Patishall (0–3) || Ingle (6) || 1036 || 15–39 || 6–18|- ! style="background:#000000;color:white;" | Post-season|- |- align="center"| May 19 || #23 Houston || || Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL || || || || || || || |- align="center"| TBD || TBD || || Bright House Field • Clearwater, FL|| || || || || || || |-|All rankings from Collegiate Baseball.|-

Awards and honors

Ian Happ

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Official Baseball Roster. Cincinnati Bearcats. November 22, 2014. November 10, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141110024918/http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/cinn-m-basebl-mtt.html. dead.
  2. Web site: MSU baseball beats Cincinnati to complete weekend sweep. 16 February 2015 . The Dispatch. February 17, 2015.
  3. Web site: The Good and Bad in Santa Clara. 247sports.com. February 25, 2015.
  4. Web site: Weekend Schedule Changes for Cincinnati Baseball. gobearcats.com. February 25, 2015. February 26, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150226030519/http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/022515aac.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Baseball sweeps Cincinnati. The Daily Iowan. March 3, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402144934/http://www.dailyiowan.com/2015/03/02/Sports/41171.html. April 2, 2015. dead.
  6. Web site: Weather Cancels Game vs. Xavier. https://web.archive.org/web/20150307141926/http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/030415aaa.html. dead. March 7, 2015. gobearcats.com. March 17, 2015.
  7. Web site: Men's baseball sweeps Niagara University in series, 3–0. newsrecord.org. March 17, 2015.
  8. Web site: Ka'ai Tom's Cycle Powers Baseball to 9–1 Win at Cincinnati. ukwildcats.com. March 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150315012326/http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/031115aaa.html. March 15, 2015. dead. mdy-all.
  9. Web site: Baseball Postpones Series Opener against Toledo. gobearcats.com. March 17, 2015. March 17, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150317222000/http://www.gobearcats.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/031315aaa.html. dead.
  10. Web site: Rockets Suffer 11–2 Setback in Series Finale with Cincinnati. utrockets.com. March 17, 2015.
  11. Web site: Wolf Pack creams Cincinnati for fifth win in five days. Reno Gazette-Journal. March 23, 2015.
  12. Web site: Pack Scores Most Runs Since 2010 in 17–6 Victory Over Cincinnati. kolotv.com. March 23, 2015. April 2, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402201718/http://www.kolotv.com/sports/headlines/Pack-Scores-Most-Runs-Since-2010-in-17-6-Victory-Over-Cincinnati-297146091.html. dead.
  13. Web site: Vols "hit the reset button" and defeat Cincinnati 7–0. The Daily Beacon. March 30, 2015. https://archive.today/20150404212523/http://utdailybeacon.com/sports/2015/mar/26/vols-hit-reset-button-and-defeat-cincinnati-7-0/. 2015-04-04. dead.
  14. Web site: USF Baseball Walks Off With Win Over Cincinnati. College Baseball Central. March 30, 2015.
  15. Web site: NCAA Div. I Pre-Season All-Americans. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. December 24, 2014.
  16. Web site: Preseason College All-Americans. Perfect Game USA. January 9, 2015.
  17. Web site: 2015 American Athletic Conference Preseason Poll And Awards. 22 December 2014 . College Baseball Daily. December 24, 2014.
  18. Web site: 2015 College Preview: All-America Teams. Baseball America. February 2, 2015.
  19. Web site: Cincinnati's Happ Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year. American Athletic Conference. May 18, 2015.

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