JOEY KNIGHT | Times
He surrendered a home run on his eighth pitch of the night, then walked the next batter on five pitches. His command and composure mostly eluded him.
But by the end of USF starter Peter Strzelecki's 1 1/2-inning stint Saturday night, Bulls coach Mark Kingston called it one of the most valiant efforts he has witnessed.
"I could not have done it," Kingston said.
Four nights after losing his father suddenly to a heart attack at age 52, the Bulls redshirt junior from Lake Worth took the mound against American Athletic Conference front-runner Houston, then watched his team (33-10, 8-6) rally for a 7-4 triumph before an announced USF Baseball Stadium crowd of 992.