Sunday, March 5
Jacksonville, Fla.
1:00 p.m.
University of North Florida
8-4
7
vs
3
Penn
0-3
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Penn
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
7
0
North Florida
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
1
X
7
13
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Howze, Austin (1-0)
L: Burnick, Andrew (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Matt, Peter 1
RBI: Graul, Tim 1 ; Matt, Peter 1 ; Adams, Chris 1
SF: Graul, Tim 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Murnane, Andrew 1 ; Graul, Tim 1 ; Phelan, Sean 1
SB: Adams, Chris 1
HBP: Graul, Tim 1
Batting:
2B: Murphy, Tanner 1
HR: Gurrola, Yahir 1
RBI: Gurrola, Yahir 1 ; Ervin, Patrick 1 ; Murphy, Tanner 2 ; Weeks, Wes 2 ; Berry, Chris 1
SH: Ervin, Patrick 1 ; Gonzalez, Rey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gurrola, Yahir 2 ; Ervin, Patrick 1 ; Merritt, Alex 1 ; Murphy, Tanner 1 ; Diaz, Christian 1 ; Gonzalez, Rey 1
HBP: Berry, Chris 1
PO: Weeks, Wes 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
0
AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
2
AB
5
R
2
H
2
RBI
1
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Morgan Purvis
Osprey Baseball Earns Weekend Sweep over Penn
3/5/2017 7:38:00 PM | Baseball
Final Score: North Florida 7, Penn 3
Location: Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Records:Â UNF 8-4 | Penn 0-3
WP: Austin Howze (1-0) | LP: Andrew Burnick (0-1) | Save: None
PDF Boxscore
The Short Story: The North Florida baseball team won its sixth consecutive game and earn the weekend sweep over Penn with a 7-3 victory on Sunday at Harmon Stadium.
LEADING OFFÂ
- North Florida pounded out 13 hits led by three each from Alex Merritt and Tanner Murphy
- Yahir Gurrola extended his hit streak to nine games with a pair of hits including his second homer of the year
- Ospreys broke open a 3-3 tie game scoring 4 runs in the 7th and 8th innings to earn the sweep
- Austin Howze worked 4.1 innings in relief allowing just two hits and striking out four
HOW IT HAPPENEDÂ
- UNF got things started in the first inning as Gurrola led off the game with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Patrick Ervin. Alex Merritt followed by a single to move Gurrola to third before Tanner Murphy drove him in with the team's third hit of the inning.
- Penn answered in the top of the second after Sean Phelan singled to start the inning and scored as the Quakers strung together a pair of two-out singles against Osprey starter Adam Polansky
- The hot-hitting Gurrola put the Ospreys back in the lead in the bottom half of the second when he clubbed his second homer of the season to left field
- The Quakers again responded in their next at-bat, capitalizing on a leadoff walk for Andrew Murmane. A single by Matt O'Neill moved Murmane to third followed by a sac fly to center for Tim Graul
- The Ospreys made it three straight scoring innings by adding a run in the third. Back-to-back singles for Merritt and Murphy followed by a walk by Wes Weeks loaded the bases. Chris Berry than was hit by a pitch to bring Merritt home for a 3-2 UNF lead... Penn made a pitching change and the Ospreys were unable to add any more runs despite having the bases loaded with no outs
- Penn would knot the score at 3 in the fifth when Graul reached base on a hit by pitch  and moved to second on a wild pitch. Howze replaced Alex Smith on the mound for the Ospreys and was greeted by an RBI double from Peter Matt
- After three scoreless innings for UNF, the Ospreys broke things open with three runs in the bottom of the 7th. A leadoff walk by Rey Gonzalez was followed by another walk by Patrick Ervin. Murphy then doubled to left scoring Gonzalez and moving Ervin to third. Weeks would push a single thru the left side that chased both Ervin and Murphy across the plate for a 6-3 UNF lead
- The Ospreys would close out the scoring with a manufactured insurance run in the 8th. Christian Diaz singled and was bunted over to second by Gonzalez. Ervin then scored Diaz with a single back up the middle.
- Howze kept the Quaker bats at bay after surrendering a double to the first batter he faced, as the righty went three-up, three-down over the final three innings of the game
WHAT'S NEXT
The Ospreys face crosstown rival Jacksonville on Wednesday in the Mayor's Cup game at JU.
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Location: Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Records:Â UNF 8-4 | Penn 0-3
WP: Austin Howze (1-0) | LP: Andrew Burnick (0-1) | Save: None
PDF Boxscore
The Short Story: The North Florida baseball team won its sixth consecutive game and earn the weekend sweep over Penn with a 7-3 victory on Sunday at Harmon Stadium.
LEADING OFFÂ
- North Florida pounded out 13 hits led by three each from Alex Merritt and Tanner Murphy
- Yahir Gurrola extended his hit streak to nine games with a pair of hits including his second homer of the year
- Ospreys broke open a 3-3 tie game scoring 4 runs in the 7th and 8th innings to earn the sweep
- Austin Howze worked 4.1 innings in relief allowing just two hits and striking out four
HOW IT HAPPENEDÂ
- UNF got things started in the first inning as Gurrola led off the game with a single and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Patrick Ervin. Alex Merritt followed by a single to move Gurrola to third before Tanner Murphy drove him in with the team's third hit of the inning.
- Penn answered in the top of the second after Sean Phelan singled to start the inning and scored as the Quakers strung together a pair of two-out singles against Osprey starter Adam Polansky
- The hot-hitting Gurrola put the Ospreys back in the lead in the bottom half of the second when he clubbed his second homer of the season to left field
- The Quakers again responded in their next at-bat, capitalizing on a leadoff walk for Andrew Murmane. A single by Matt O'Neill moved Murmane to third followed by a sac fly to center for Tim Graul
- The Ospreys made it three straight scoring innings by adding a run in the third. Back-to-back singles for Merritt and Murphy followed by a walk by Wes Weeks loaded the bases. Chris Berry than was hit by a pitch to bring Merritt home for a 3-2 UNF lead... Penn made a pitching change and the Ospreys were unable to add any more runs despite having the bases loaded with no outs
- Penn would knot the score at 3 in the fifth when Graul reached base on a hit by pitch  and moved to second on a wild pitch. Howze replaced Alex Smith on the mound for the Ospreys and was greeted by an RBI double from Peter Matt
- After three scoreless innings for UNF, the Ospreys broke things open with three runs in the bottom of the 7th. A leadoff walk by Rey Gonzalez was followed by another walk by Patrick Ervin. Murphy then doubled to left scoring Gonzalez and moving Ervin to third. Weeks would push a single thru the left side that chased both Ervin and Murphy across the plate for a 6-3 UNF lead
- The Ospreys would close out the scoring with a manufactured insurance run in the 8th. Christian Diaz singled and was bunted over to second by Gonzalez. Ervin then scored Diaz with a single back up the middle.
- Howze kept the Quaker bats at bay after surrendering a double to the first batter he faced, as the righty went three-up, three-down over the final three innings of the game
WHAT'S NEXT
The Ospreys face crosstown rival Jacksonville on Wednesday in the Mayor's Cup game at JU.
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