Friday
North Florida: RHP
Bryan Baker (1-2, 2.14 ERA, 42.0 IP, 9 BB, 44 SO)
Jacksonville: RHP Michael Baumann (3-1, 4.22 ERA, 32.0 IP, 16 BB, 36 SO)
Saturday
North Florida: LHP
Tyler DuPont (2-1, 5.00 ERA, 27.0 IP, 2 BB, 15 SO)
Jacksonville: RHP Nathan Disch (3-3, 3.06 ERA, 35.1 IP, 12 BB, 27 SO)
Sunday
North Florida: LHP
Austin Drury (2-0, 4.28 ERA, 33.2 IP, 15 BB, 20 SO)
Jacksonville: RHP Spencer Stockton (3-2, 3.28 ERA, 35.2 IP, 10 BB, 24 SO)
- This will be the second meeting this season as the Ospreys retained the second annual Mayor's Cup with a 10-6 victory at home on March 2.
- Friday will be the 59th meeting between the Ospreys and Dolphins with Jacksonville holding a 33-25 edge in the all-time series that began in 1988.
- Under Smoke Laval, the Ospreys are 12-7 against Jacksonville and have won their last four meetings, tied for the longest win streak for UNF in the series' 28-year history.
- The Ospreys are 19-16 against the Dolphins since 2006. North Florida has won six of the 10 series since the two joined the Atlantic Sun.
- At John Sessions Stadium, each team has won 11 games and the Ospreys have won five of the last six at Jacksonville including a sweep in the 2013 series.
- Smoke Laval, a 1977 graduate of Jacksonville, will be honored along with his 1976 teammates prior to Saturday's game. The team is regarded as one of the best ever at Jacksonville and won a school-record 45 games. They finished 9th in the final Collegiate Baseball Poll and took two games against Florida State before falling to Auburn in the NCAA South Regional Final.
- Last season, Laval earned his 600th career victory in an April 18th game against his alma mater.
- With Wednesday's dramatic win over Florida A&M, the Ospreys have come-from-behind in 10 of their 19 wins this season.
- As a team, the Ospreys lead the A-Sun in batting average (.308), scoring (7.2 rpg), runs (222), hits (338), home runs (30) and slugging % (.444).
- The Ospreys matched a season-high with four home runs against Florida A&M on Wednesday.
- When hitting two or more home runs in a game, the Ospreys are unblemished at 9-0.
- The 338 hits as team this season are the seventh most of any team in the country
- North Florida recorded two wins in the midweek despite getting out-hit in both contests
- Keith Skinner struck out for only the fifth time this season, he is the ranked 16th on the country's toughest to strikeout list
- Corbin Olmstead moved into the league lead with his 9th home run of the year on Wednesday. He is now tied for third all-time on the school's home run list and four shy of tying the school mark.
- Right fielder Nick Karmeris lead the team with eight outfield assists, only the fifth Osprey since 2001 to record eight or more assists in a season.
- Karmeris had a season-high, three hits including his sixth home run on Wednesday. He has recorded an RBI in six-straight games.
- The Ospreys bullpen is 12-5 and boasts a 2.79 ERA.
- Reliever Matthew Naylor has pitched in the last five games for the Ospreys. He is tied for second in the A-Sun and is 16th in the nation with 17 appearances.
- Senior Corbin Olmstead earned his 11th career victory on Wednesday night. He is tied with Naylor for eighth on the school's D-1 era Wins list.
- Alex Smith put forth his longest outing of his career (3.2 IP) and earned his first victory of the season on Tuesday against Bethune-Cookman. He has yet to surrender an earned run in 10.2 innings this season
- Junior Bryan Baker's 2.14 ERA is the lowest in the Atlantic Sun and his 44 strikeouts are the third most in the league.
- The Ospreys matched a season-high with three double plays turned against Bethune on Tuesday.
- North Florida's 34 double plays are the fifth most in the country, trailing national leader Georgia Tech by nine.
- Tuesday's game against Bethune was the ninth time the Ospreys didn't commit an error. They are third in the league with a .969 fielding percentage
