Friday, April 27
Jacksonville, Fla.
6 p.m.
University of North Florida
vs
Stetson
Baseball Returns to the Diamond Against Stetson
4/26/2012 2:56:00 PM | Baseball
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After over a week off due to final exams, the University of North Florida baseball team returns to the field for a three-game Atlantic Sun Conference weekend series against Stetson at Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium. The series begins on Friday, April 27 with a game beginning at 6:00 p.m. The Ospreys and Hatters will play Saturday and Sunday in games slated for 1:00 p.m.
The Ospreys enter the weekend after winning three consecutive games heading into final exams. UNF has won four of their last five games, including a pair of wins over Lipscomb and Florida A&M.
For his efforts against Lipscomb, Kyle Westwood was named Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher of the Week as announced by the league office. Westwood threw a complete game shutout against conference foe Lipscomb on Saturday, April 14. The junior recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts en route to the shutout. Westwood tossed a career-high 9.0 innings in his second career complete game (previous high was 8.0 innings on the road against FGCU earlier this season). The right-hander fanned a career-high 11 batters in the game, breaking his previous high of 10 strikeouts set a week earlier on the road against ETSU.
The Tarpon Springs, Fla. native had at least one strikeout in seven innings with a pair of strikeouts in four innings. He surrendered just four hits – all singles – and did not issue a walk. No batter in the Lipscomb lineup reached second base in the game. In the game, Westwood retired 16 consecutive batters from the third inning to the eighth inning. For the entire game, he faced just three batters over the minimum with six 1-2-3 innings. Opponents batted just .133 against him.
The following day, the baseball team received a complete game pitching performance en route to a 6-1 victory over Lipscomb. Tyler Moore recorded his first complete game of the season, recording a career-high 11 strikeouts, helping the Ospreys claim the Atlantic Sun Conference series.
Moore surrendered four hits during his 9.0 innings pitched. The sophomore allowed one unearned run and issued one walk. Moore struck out a career high 11 batters on the day. The right-hander retired the first 15 batters he faced with seven strikeouts through the first five innings. He had six 1-2-3 innings and faced four batters over the minimum.
Over the course of the weekend, the North Florida starting pitchers tossed 25.1 innings, allowing just one earned run. The trio of Michael Renner, Westwood and Moore combined for 25 strikeouts with relievers Jamie Cardwell and Chandler Jagodzinski each adding a K to give UNF 9.0 strikeouts per game as a pitching staff.
In the final game before finals, North Florida scored 13 runs on 14 hits en route to a 13-1 midweek victory over Florida A&M on Tuesday, April 17. The Ospreys used an 8-run third inning to take control of the game, improving to 14-6 at home.
Nine batters in the lineup recorded hits on the night with four batters notching multiple hits in the game. T.J. Gavlik led all Ospreys with three hits and three RBI on the night. Alex Bacon, Corey Bass and Andrew Karmeris each had a pair of hits in the game. Bacon, Ryan Roberson and Spencer Herrmann each recorded doubles on the night. Garrick Ferguson led all players with four runs in the game, followed by Gavlik who scored twice. Herrmann and Roberson each added two RBI apiece.
North Florida is 12-16 all-time against Stetson. The Hatters hold a 7-5 edge over the Ospreys at Harmon Stadium. Stetson has won the last four meetings between the two team, sweeping the series last season in Deland.
Scouting the Opposition:
The Hatters come into this weekend's series at UNF riding a four-game win streak, both overall and against the Ospreys. Stetson swept UNF last year in DeLand, the ! rst A-Sun sweep in the short history of the series.
Despite posting a 3-1 record last week, the Hatters slipped to 12th, their lowest ranking of the year, in the latest CollegeBaseballDaily.com Mid-Major poll. Stetson had been ranked No. 1 in the first four polls, but fell to 11th two weeks ago. Purdue is the No. 1 team in the poll again this week, their fourth at the top.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After over a week off due to final exams, the University of North Florida baseball team returns to the field for a three-game Atlantic Sun Conference weekend series against Stetson at Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium. The series begins on Friday, April 27 with a game beginning at 6:00 p.m. The Ospreys and Hatters will play Saturday and Sunday in games slated for 1:00 p.m.
The Ospreys enter the weekend after winning three consecutive games heading into final exams. UNF has won four of their last five games, including a pair of wins over Lipscomb and Florida A&M.
For his efforts against Lipscomb, Kyle Westwood was named Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher of the Week as announced by the league office. Westwood threw a complete game shutout against conference foe Lipscomb on Saturday, April 14. The junior recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts en route to the shutout. Westwood tossed a career-high 9.0 innings in his second career complete game (previous high was 8.0 innings on the road against FGCU earlier this season). The right-hander fanned a career-high 11 batters in the game, breaking his previous high of 10 strikeouts set a week earlier on the road against ETSU.
The Tarpon Springs, Fla. native had at least one strikeout in seven innings with a pair of strikeouts in four innings. He surrendered just four hits – all singles – and did not issue a walk. No batter in the Lipscomb lineup reached second base in the game. In the game, Westwood retired 16 consecutive batters from the third inning to the eighth inning. For the entire game, he faced just three batters over the minimum with six 1-2-3 innings. Opponents batted just .133 against him.
The following day, the baseball team received a complete game pitching performance en route to a 6-1 victory over Lipscomb. Tyler Moore recorded his first complete game of the season, recording a career-high 11 strikeouts, helping the Ospreys claim the Atlantic Sun Conference series.
Moore surrendered four hits during his 9.0 innings pitched. The sophomore allowed one unearned run and issued one walk. Moore struck out a career high 11 batters on the day. The right-hander retired the first 15 batters he faced with seven strikeouts through the first five innings. He had six 1-2-3 innings and faced four batters over the minimum.
Over the course of the weekend, the North Florida starting pitchers tossed 25.1 innings, allowing just one earned run. The trio of Michael Renner, Westwood and Moore combined for 25 strikeouts with relievers Jamie Cardwell and Chandler Jagodzinski each adding a K to give UNF 9.0 strikeouts per game as a pitching staff.
In the final game before finals, North Florida scored 13 runs on 14 hits en route to a 13-1 midweek victory over Florida A&M on Tuesday, April 17. The Ospreys used an 8-run third inning to take control of the game, improving to 14-6 at home.
Nine batters in the lineup recorded hits on the night with four batters notching multiple hits in the game. T.J. Gavlik led all Ospreys with three hits and three RBI on the night. Alex Bacon, Corey Bass and Andrew Karmeris each had a pair of hits in the game. Bacon, Ryan Roberson and Spencer Herrmann each recorded doubles on the night. Garrick Ferguson led all players with four runs in the game, followed by Gavlik who scored twice. Herrmann and Roberson each added two RBI apiece.
North Florida is 12-16 all-time against Stetson. The Hatters hold a 7-5 edge over the Ospreys at Harmon Stadium. Stetson has won the last four meetings between the two team, sweeping the series last season in Deland.
Scouting the Opposition:
The Hatters come into this weekend's series at UNF riding a four-game win streak, both overall and against the Ospreys. Stetson swept UNF last year in DeLand, the ! rst A-Sun sweep in the short history of the series.
Despite posting a 3-1 record last week, the Hatters slipped to 12th, their lowest ranking of the year, in the latest CollegeBaseballDaily.com Mid-Major poll. Stetson had been ranked No. 1 in the first four polls, but fell to 11th two weeks ago. Purdue is the No. 1 team in the poll again this week, their fourth at the top.
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