Game Notes (PDF)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Winners of their last five games, the North Florida baseball team (11-8) will host Quinnipiac (5-8) in a three-game, weekend series at Harmon Stadium. It will be the first ever meeting between the two schools.
Probable Starting Pitchers
Friday Quinnipiac: RHP Thomas Jankins (1-2, 4.34 ERA, 18.2 IP, 8 BB, 21 SO)
North Florida: RHP
Bryan Baker (1-1, 1.14 ERA, 23.2 IP, 7 BB, 28 SO)
Saturday Quinnipiac: RHP Robbie Hitt (0-2, 10.29 ERA, 14.0 IP, 7 BB, 12 SO)
North Florida: LHP
Tyler DuPont (1-0, 2.41 ERA, 18.2 IP, 2 BB, 12 SO)
Sunday
Quinnipiac: RHP Taylor Luciani (2-1, 4.26 ERA, 19.0 IP, 5 BB, 12 SO)
North Florida: LHP
Austin Drury (1-0, 4.79 ERA, 20.2 IP, 7 BB, 28 SO)
- This weekend will mark the first ever meeting between Quinnipiac and North Florida.
- The Ospreys are 6-0 against current teams in the MAAC, including a three-game sweep of Fairfield last year.
- Friday will be the midpoint of their 34-game home schedule, the most at Harmon Stadium since 2010.
- In the midweek, seniors Kyle Brooks (at Bethune-Cookman) and Corbin Olmstead (vs. USF) both joined the North Florida 200-hit club, becoming the 11th and 12th members respectively.
- Three of the last five games have been walk-off wins for the Ospreys.
- North Florida has turned 24 (four in the midweek) double plays this year, the second most in the nation.
- Corbin Olmstead is riding a 12-game hit streak and is batting .415 (22-for-53) with three home runs and 22 RBIs during that span.
- Since moving to the ninth spot in the order, Chris Thibideau, is batting .600 (12-for-20) with 2 home runs and seven runs scored. The Ospreys are 5-0 with him at the bottom of the order
- Kyle Brooks has reached safely in 13-straight games. He walked seven times in last five games.
- As a team, the Ospreys lead the A-Sun in batting average (.309), runs (128), hits (206) doubles (35) and home runs (16)
- The Ospreys have recorded 10+ hits in their last six games and are 7-3 this season with 10 or more hits.
- Senior Keith Skinner has four, four-hit games this season and has the 26th highest batting average (.444) among all Division I college baseball players.
- After starting the season 0-7 in one-run games, the Ospreys have won their last three one-run decisions.
- North Florida has held a lead in five of its eight losses including both games vs. No.1 Florida
- Nick Karmeris homered twice in the mid-week to up his season total to a team-high four. His homer on Wednesday was his 100th career hit.
Florida Swing: This weekend will wrap a seven-day tour of the state of Florida for the Bobcats. They began the week dropping three-of-four games to fellow A-Sun cohort, FGCU in Fort Myers last weekend. Quinnipiac made their way up the east coast of the state and dropped an 8-3 decision to Bethune-Cookman on Wednesday night. They will head back north in time for their home opener against Yale on Wednesday.
Get to the Pen: Junior Alex Vargas has made six appearance in relief for the Bobcats and has yet to surrender a run in 6.1 innings pitched. He has three saves including a two-inning save in Saturday's victory over FGCU.
Hitting for Average: Louis Iannotti is one of two Quinnipiac hitters batting above .300 through 13 games. The junior has a .460 (23-for-50) batting average, the 14th highest in the country. Matthew Batten has scored a team-high 12 runs and is hitting at a .321 clip.
