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Baseball Visits USF, Hosts Savannah State in Midweek Clashes
3/20/2017 1:40:00 PM | Baseball
JACKSONVILLEÂ -- The North Florida baseball team plays a pair of midweek contests with a road game at in-state foe USF on Tuesday followed by a home rematch against Savannah State on Wednesday night.
GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (14-7) at USF (19-1)
WHERE: USF Baseball Stadium (3,211)
WHEN: Tuesday, March 21 - 6:30 PM
THE SERIES: UNF leads 8-6Â
LAST MEETING: The Bulls and Ospreys played a home-and-home series last season with UNF taking both contests... North Florida posted a 7-6 home victory on Mar. 16 and then edged USF, 7-5, in Tampa on Apr. 12... UNF and USF are scheduled to meet again on Apr. 19 in Jacksonville.
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
Livestats: GoUSFBulls.com
ON THE MOUND
UNF - Cooper Bradford (RHP, 1-0, 13.2 IP, 1.32 ERA, 6 BB, 16 K)
USF - D.J. Roberts (RHP, 2-0, 16.1 IP, 2.76 ERA, 3 BB, 15 K)
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GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (14-7) vs Savannah State (9-11)
WHERE:Â Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (3,600)
WHEN:Â Wednesday, March 22 - 5 PM
THE SERIES: North Florida leads 10-2Â
LAST MEETING: The Ospreys posted a 12-3 victory earlier this season (Feb. 28) at Tiger Stadium... The Ospreys outhit the Tigers, 13-5, and broke things open with a 7-run explosion in the fourth inning... A trio of UNF relievers worked five scoreless innings before the Tigers were able to add a run in their final at-bat... Four UNF players recorded multiple hits on the nightled by a 3-for-3 performance by Patrick Ervin that also included 3 runs scored, an RBI and two walks
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
Livestats: UNFOspreys.com
PROMOTION: Wine Down Wednesday - $3 Wine
ON THE MOUND
UNF - Adam Polansky (RHP, 0-1, 13.2 IP, 5.93 ERA, 7 BB, 10 K)
SSU - Charles Wilson (RHP, 0-1, 12.0 IP, 6.00 ERA, 8 BB, 14 K)
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NOTEWORTHY
- UNF is 3-1 in midweek games this season with all of them coming on the road
-Â Ospreys have won three consecutive road contests entering the week
- North Florida has won their last three games against USF and four of the last five... UNF is 4-5 vs USF in Tampa
- This season, the Bulls have currently won 18 games in a row and have played 18 of their 20 games at home
- Against Savannah State, UNF has now won five straight including the 12-3 victory early this year... Ospreys are 7-0 vs Tigers at Harmon Stadium
- Wednesday's game vs SSU will mark North Florida's first midweek home game of the season
- The Tigers are 0-5 on the road this year after being swept by Florida A&M this past weekend to open MEAC play
- Only three players have played and started in every game this season for UNF: Yahir Gurrola, Patrick Ervin, Alex Merritt... Gurrola (RF) and Ervin (SS) have started in the same positions every contest while Merritt has played 12 games at 1B and 9 games at 3B
- Gurrola owns the longest current hit streak for UNF at 5 games... Gurrola also posted the squad's longest of the season with 12
- Chris Berry has reached base in 10 consecutive games while Chris Thibideau has reached safely in the last nine contests
- Entering the week, North Florida is ranked among ASUN leaders in several offensive categories including:
  1st in Batting Average, RBIs, Doubles, HRs, Total Bases | 2nd in Slug%, Runs Scored, Hits, Sac Bunts, Sac Flys
- The UNF pitching corps also tops the ASUNÂ in ERA and Runs Allowed... Defensively, Ospreys rank first in the league for Fielding% and have committed the fewest errors
- The Osprey lineup features four of the conference's Top 10 hitters in average: Tanner Murphy (2nd), Yahir Gurrola (6th), Chris Thibideau (7th), Patrick Ervin (10th)... Gurrola is 2nd in ASUN Slug% with Thibideau ranked 4th... Chris Berry is listed 3rd for On-Base%
- Gurrola tops the conference listings for Runs Scored (27), Hits (34), Doubles (11) and Total Bases (61)... He has collected muliple hits in 11 of 21 games this year
- Weekend starters Frank German (1st) and Austin Drury (4th) are ranked in Top 5 of ASUNÂ for ERA... German is the lone conference hurler below 1.00 ERA, boasting a 0.88, while ranking second in opponent's batting avg (.174)
- German's 4 victories this season shares the conference lead
UP NEXT
North Florida returns home to host Dallas Baptist in a weekend series. The set kicks off Friday at 6 p.m. followed by games Saturday (1 p.m.) and Sunday (12 p.m.)
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GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (14-7) at USF (19-1)
WHERE: USF Baseball Stadium (3,211)
WHEN: Tuesday, March 21 - 6:30 PM
THE SERIES: UNF leads 8-6Â
LAST MEETING: The Bulls and Ospreys played a home-and-home series last season with UNF taking both contests... North Florida posted a 7-6 home victory on Mar. 16 and then edged USF, 7-5, in Tampa on Apr. 12... UNF and USF are scheduled to meet again on Apr. 19 in Jacksonville.
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
Livestats: GoUSFBulls.com
ON THE MOUND
UNF - Cooper Bradford (RHP, 1-0, 13.2 IP, 1.32 ERA, 6 BB, 16 K)
USF - D.J. Roberts (RHP, 2-0, 16.1 IP, 2.76 ERA, 3 BB, 15 K)
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GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (14-7) vs Savannah State (9-11)
WHERE:Â Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (3,600)
WHEN:Â Wednesday, March 22 - 5 PM
THE SERIES: North Florida leads 10-2Â
LAST MEETING: The Ospreys posted a 12-3 victory earlier this season (Feb. 28) at Tiger Stadium... The Ospreys outhit the Tigers, 13-5, and broke things open with a 7-run explosion in the fourth inning... A trio of UNF relievers worked five scoreless innings before the Tigers were able to add a run in their final at-bat... Four UNF players recorded multiple hits on the nightled by a 3-for-3 performance by Patrick Ervin that also included 3 runs scored, an RBI and two walks
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
Livestats: UNFOspreys.com
PROMOTION: Wine Down Wednesday - $3 Wine
ON THE MOUND
UNF - Adam Polansky (RHP, 0-1, 13.2 IP, 5.93 ERA, 7 BB, 10 K)
SSU - Charles Wilson (RHP, 0-1, 12.0 IP, 6.00 ERA, 8 BB, 14 K)
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NOTEWORTHY
- UNF is 3-1 in midweek games this season with all of them coming on the road
-Â Ospreys have won three consecutive road contests entering the week
- North Florida has won their last three games against USF and four of the last five... UNF is 4-5 vs USF in Tampa
- This season, the Bulls have currently won 18 games in a row and have played 18 of their 20 games at home
- Against Savannah State, UNF has now won five straight including the 12-3 victory early this year... Ospreys are 7-0 vs Tigers at Harmon Stadium
- Wednesday's game vs SSU will mark North Florida's first midweek home game of the season
- The Tigers are 0-5 on the road this year after being swept by Florida A&M this past weekend to open MEAC play
- Only three players have played and started in every game this season for UNF: Yahir Gurrola, Patrick Ervin, Alex Merritt... Gurrola (RF) and Ervin (SS) have started in the same positions every contest while Merritt has played 12 games at 1B and 9 games at 3B
- Gurrola owns the longest current hit streak for UNF at 5 games... Gurrola also posted the squad's longest of the season with 12
- Chris Berry has reached base in 10 consecutive games while Chris Thibideau has reached safely in the last nine contests
- Entering the week, North Florida is ranked among ASUN leaders in several offensive categories including:
  1st in Batting Average, RBIs, Doubles, HRs, Total Bases | 2nd in Slug%, Runs Scored, Hits, Sac Bunts, Sac Flys
- The UNF pitching corps also tops the ASUNÂ in ERA and Runs Allowed... Defensively, Ospreys rank first in the league for Fielding% and have committed the fewest errors
- The Osprey lineup features four of the conference's Top 10 hitters in average: Tanner Murphy (2nd), Yahir Gurrola (6th), Chris Thibideau (7th), Patrick Ervin (10th)... Gurrola is 2nd in ASUN Slug% with Thibideau ranked 4th... Chris Berry is listed 3rd for On-Base%
- Gurrola tops the conference listings for Runs Scored (27), Hits (34), Doubles (11) and Total Bases (61)... He has collected muliple hits in 11 of 21 games this year
- Weekend starters Frank German (1st) and Austin Drury (4th) are ranked in Top 5 of ASUNÂ for ERA... German is the lone conference hurler below 1.00 ERA, boasting a 0.88, while ranking second in opponent's batting avg (.174)
- German's 4 victories this season shares the conference lead
UP NEXT
North Florida returns home to host Dallas Baptist in a weekend series. The set kicks off Friday at 6 p.m. followed by games Saturday (1 p.m.) and Sunday (12 p.m.)
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