Baseball | 2/20/2017 4:48:00 PM
ORLANDO -- The North Florida baseball team hits the road for the first time in 2017 on Tuesday night as the Ospreys visit UCF for an in-state battle at Jay Bergman Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (2-1) vs UCF (3-0)
WHERE: Jay Bergman Field (3,600)
WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 21 - 6:30 PM
THE SERIES: North Florida leads 11-8
LAST MEETING: Ospreys claimed a 4-3 victory last season (Apr. 14) at Harmon Stadium... Knights edged UNF, 5-4, in last season's first meeting in Orlando on Feb. 24... North Florida has won 3 of the last 4 meetings
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
TV/WEB: UCFKnights.TV ($$)
LIVESTATS: UCFKnights.com
ON THE MOUND
UNF -
Matt Vaka (RHP, 3-1, 4.63 ERA, 46.2 IP, 14 BB, 21 K)*
UCF - Chris Williams (RHP, 1-0, 2.30 ERA, 15.2 IP, 8 BB, 12 K)*
*stats from 2016 season
NOTEWORTHY
- Ospreys were 12-9 on the road last season while the Knights boasted an 18-12 mark at home last year
- UNF's
Frank German (So, RHP) was named the ASUN Pitcher of the Week on Monday after pitching 6.2 hitless innings including a career best 10 strikeouts against Radford on Sunday
- North Florida earned a series victory over Radford in the opening weekend of play posting a 9-0 shutout on Friday and a 9-2 Sunday victory... Highlanders edged the Ospreys 8-7 on Saturday
- UCF posted a three-game home sweep over Sienna this past weekend with winning scores of 17-6, 3-0, 7-2
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Austin Drury also had a strong showing on the mound for UNF, posted 6.0 scoreless innings of work highlighted by 9 strikeouts as part of a combined shutout to open the year
- At the plate,
Blake Voyles and
Joe Boyle both batted .455 on the opening weekend... Voyles led the team with 5 RBI while Boyle tallied a pair of homers and scored 5 times...
Chris Thibideau and
Patrick Ervin joined Voyles and Boyle with 5 hits each for the three game set
UP NEXT
North Florida returns home for a rare 4-game weekend series (Feb 24-26) against Northeastern. UNF faces NU at 4:00 p.m. on Friday followed by a Saturday doubleheader scheduled for start times of 1:00 and 4:30 p.m. The series concludes with a final game at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
