University of North Florida
GEORGIA COLLEGE
UNF baseball team sweeps doubleheader from Ga. College & State
2/20/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (Feb. 19, 2005) -
The Ospreys (7-4, 2-3 PBC) got off the deck after being swept in their Peach Belt opening series a week ago at UNC Pembroke. On Saturday afternoon, the preseason conference favorites jumped ahead early in both games and won both with solid pitching.
In game one, UNF reliever Colin Fender held the Bobcats (4-5, 2-3 PBC) scoreless over the final 4.1 innings, and the Ospreys scored five runs in the final three frames, to break a 4-4 tie. Fender (2-0) earned the win, striking out four while allowing only two hits.
Jon Skorupski finished 3-for-4 in the first game, including a two-run double in the seventh that pushed the Ospreys ahead for good. Sadry Café was 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs for UNF, which pounded out 12 hits.
Travis Spell (0-3) suffered the loss for Georgia College, allowing five runs in three innings of relief.
In game two, UNF's Kyle Aylor and Brandon Durden matched up in a pitching duel. Aylor (2-0) pitched five strong innings for the win, allowing only one run and five hits while striking out eight GC&SU batters. UNF's Josh Papelbon pitched two scoreless innings in relief to earn his third save.
"We got two pretty well-pitched games from our guys and got some timely hits," UNF head coach Dusty Rhodes said. "In the first game we didn't play well early but we did in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings. Anytime you can get two conference wins on the road, it is a good day, especially after what happened to us last week. Overall, it was a good day."
Durden (0-1) pitched a complete game, allowing seven hits and two earned runs while striking out six, but suffered the loss.
The Ospreys jumped ahead 2-0 in the second game, getting an unearned run in the first inning after Josh Howard reached on an error and scored on Matt Oxendine's groundout. An Oxendine groundout in the third inning also scored Howard to push UNF's lead to 2-0.
Georgia College answered with Mike DeVeaux's RBI- single in the bottom of the third to make it 2-1. Things stayed that way until the sixth when UNF tallied its final run on a sacrifice fly by Kevin Johnson.
Howard was 2-for-4 with two runs scored for UNF in the second game, while Oxendine was 1- for-4 with two RBIs.
The teams will conclude their three-game series on Sunday afternoon with a single game at 1 p.m.
