University of North Florida Athletics

Baseball Travels to Savannah State on Tuesday Night

By: North Florida Athletics

Baseball | 2/27/2017 4:59:00 PM

JACKSONVILLE -- The North Florida baseball team visits Savannah State on Tuesday night for just the second road game of the season for the Ospreys.

GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (4-4) at Savannah State (6-2)
WHERE: Tiger Stadium (1,500)
WHEN: Tuesday, March 28 - 5 PM
THE SERIES: North Florida leads 9-2
LAST MEETING: Ospreys claimed a 7-3 victory last season (Apr. 20) in Savannah... UNF also won on February 23, 7-4, when the Tigers came to Harmon Stadium ... North Florida has won 5 of the last 6 meetings

FOLLOWING THE ACTION
LIVESTATS: SSUAthletics.com

ON THE MOUND
UNF - Cooper Bradford (RHP, 0-0, 2.2 IP, 0.00 ERA, 0 BB, 4 K)
SSU - Colby Rhea (LHP, 0-0, 1.2 IP, 5.40 ERA, 0 BB, 1 K)

NOTEWORTHY
- Ospreys were 0-1 on the road this season while the Tigers boast a 6-1 mark at home in 2017
- North Florida's bats exploded in the final two games of their weekend series with Northeastern with the Ospreys outscoring the Huskies, 28-7.
- UNF belted a near program record 7 doubles in their 17-6 win over Northeastern in Saturday's second game of the doubleheader
- In Sunday's contest with NU, Frank German posted his second straight quality start scattering six hits over 7 innings of work and allowing just 1 run to a squad that had scored 53 runs in the five games before
- Cooper Bradford will be making his first collegiate start for the Ospreys
- The Ospreys and Tigers will meet again this season on Mar. 22 in Jacksonville

UP NEXT
North Florida returns home to host Penn in a weekend series. The set kicks off Friday at 4 p.m. while Saturday and Sunday have 1 p.m. starts.

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Players Mentioned

#30 Austin Drury: LHP; 5' 11"; Sophomore; L/L

#3 Patrick Ervin: 2B; 6' 0"; Redshirt Senior; L-R

#1 Frank German: RHP; 6' 2"; Sophomore; R/R

#15 Chris Thibideau: UTL; 6' 0"; Senior; R/R

#18 Matt Vaka: RHP; 6' 1"; Junior; R/R

#5 Blake Voyles: C; 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior; L-R

#7 Cooper Bradford: RHP; 6' 1"; Freshman; R/R

#10 Joe Boyle: IF; 6' 1"; Junior; R/R

Players Mentioned

#30 Austin Drury
: 5' 11"; Sophomore; L/L
: LHP

#3 Patrick Ervin
: 6' 0"; Redshirt Senior; L-R
: 2B

#1 Frank German
: 6' 2"; Sophomore; R/R
: RHP

#15 Chris Thibideau
: 6' 0"; Senior; R/R
: UTL

#18 Matt Vaka
: 6' 1"; Junior; R/R
: RHP

#5 Blake Voyles
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior; L-R
: C

#7 Cooper Bradford
: 6' 1"; Freshman; R/R
: RHP

#10 Joe Boyle
: 6' 1"; Junior; R/R
: IF