Baseball Faces Bradley in 3-Game Home Series Starting Friday Night

By: North Florida Athletics

Baseball | 3/16/2017 4:06:00 PM

JACKSONVILLE -- The North Florida baseball team welcomes Bradley for a three-game set at Harmon Stadium beginning Friday at 6 p.m. The teams will also play Saturday at 1 p.m. and close Sunday with 12 p.m. first pitch.

UNF Game Notes (PDF)

GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (12-6) vs Bradley (5-9)
WHERE: Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (3,600)
WHEN: Friday, Mar. 17 (6 p.m.) | Saturday, Mar. 18 (1 p.m.) | Sunday, Mar. 19 (12 p.m.)
THE SERIES: UNF leads 2-1
LAST MEETING: Ospreys and Braves met in a three-game series at Harmon Stadium in 2015 (Mar. 20-22)... UNF took the first two games of the set 12-4 and 8-4 before Bradley salvaged a 4-3 decision in a 7-inning contest to close out the series
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FOLLOWING THE ACTION
LIVESTATS: UNFOspreys.com
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MOUND MATCH-UPS
Friday
UNF - Austin Drury (LHP, 2-1, 1.47 ERA, 18.1 IP, 5 BB, 18 K)
BU - Nathan Stong (RHP, 1-1, 6.75 ERA, 13.1 IP, 6 BB, 12 K)

Saturday
UNF - Frank German (RHP, 3-0, 1.14 ERA, 23.2 IP, 7 BB, 28 K)
BU - Ben Olson (LHP, 1-1, 5.06 ERA, 21.1 IP, 13 BB, 16 K)

Sunday
UNF - Brad Depperman (RHP, 0-0, 9.82 ERA, 10.2 IP, 2 BB, 7 K)
BU - TBA

NOTEWORTHY
- Ospreys open the 2017 season with 26 of first 32 games at home with the Bradley series marking the fifth of seven consecutive weekends of home series
- North Florida snapped a two-game losing skid with an 11-2 midweek road victory over the College of Charleston on Tuesday night... Win marked UNF's third straight midweek victory
- With the 11-run output vs CofC, UNF has now produced double-digit run totals in six games including three of their last 5 contests
- UNF leads the ASUN in doubles with 43 led by league leader Yahir Gurolla with 11
- The Osprey offense tops the conference standings in several categories including: Slugging%, Runs Scored, RBI, Home runs and Total Bases... Ospreys are also second in Batting Avg. and Hits
- The UNF pitching corps has also been strong, ranking tops in the ASUN for ERA and Runs allowed while listing second for Opponents batting avg.
- North Florida owns the league's best fielding%, committing a conferenc low 14 errors
- UNF has been most explosive in the 7th inning (23 runs) and 2nd inning (21 runs)... Ospreys are outscoring opponents 46-22 over the final three innings of games

SCOUTING BRADLEY
Roster | Schedule | Statistics
- Braves have won two of their last three games but struggled through a six-game losing skid prior to that stretch
- Bradley Baseball is in its 117th season
- Bradley has only not played a home game this season
-With 65 wins to its credit the last two years, Bradley begins the quest for a third straight winning season for the first time since a 5-year run from 1992-96.
- Since the start of the 2014 season, Bradley leads The Valley with 63 wins away from home - 34 true road wins and 29 neutral-site victories.
- Bradley's 63 road (34) and neutral (29) wins away from home the last three seasons represent 70.8 percent of the team's 89 total wins the last three years.
- Bradley is scheduled to play at least 32 games away from home this season, including the first 18 to start the season.

UP NEXT
North Florida will play a pair of midweek contests with a visit on Tuesday (Mar. 21) at USF followed by the first home midweek game of the season on Wednesday (Mar. 22) against Savannah State at 5 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

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

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

Players Mentioned

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

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

Players Mentioned

#30 Austin Drury

#1 Frank German

Players Mentioned

#30 Austin Drury

#1 Frank German