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Morgan Purvis
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Penn PENN 0-3
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Winner North Florida UNF 8-4
Penn PENN
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Final
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North Florida UNF
8-4
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Penn PENN 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
North Florida UNF 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 X 7 13 0

W: Howze, Austin (1-0) L: Burnick, Andrew (0-1)

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Game Recap: Baseball | | North Florida Athletics

Osprey Baseball Earns Weekend Sweep over Penn

Final Score: North Florida 7, Penn 3
Location: Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Records: UNF 8-4 | Penn 0-3
WP: Austin Howze (1-0) | LP: Andrew Burnick (0-1) | Save: None
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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 OFF 
- 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 HAPPENED 
- 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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Players Mentioned

Chris Berry

#21 Chris Berry

UTL
6' 0"
Sophomore
L/R
Christian Diaz

#28 Christian Diaz

1B
6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
Patrick Ervin

#3 Patrick Ervin

2B
6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
L-R
Austin Howze

#19 Austin Howze

RHP
6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
Alex Merritt

#4 Alex Merritt

INF
6' 1"
Senior
R-R
Trace Norkus

#29 Trace Norkus

RHP
6' 2"
Sophomore
R/R
Adam Polansky

#16 Adam Polansky

RHP
6' 4"
Junior
R/R
Alex Smith

#36 Alex Smith

RHP
6' 3"
Redshirt Senior
R-R
Wes Weeks

#2 Wes Weeks

OF
6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
Tanner Murphy

#24 Tanner Murphy

OF
6' 3"
Freshman
R/R

Players Mentioned

Chris Berry

#21 Chris Berry

6' 0"
Sophomore
L/R
UTL
Christian Diaz

#28 Christian Diaz

6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
1B
Patrick Ervin

#3 Patrick Ervin

6' 0"
Redshirt Senior
L-R
2B
Austin Howze

#19 Austin Howze

6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
R/R
RHP
Alex Merritt

#4 Alex Merritt

6' 1"
Senior
R-R
INF
Trace Norkus

#29 Trace Norkus

6' 2"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP
Adam Polansky

#16 Adam Polansky

6' 4"
Junior
R/R
RHP
Alex Smith

#36 Alex Smith

6' 3"
Redshirt Senior
R-R
RHP
Wes Weeks

#2 Wes Weeks

6' 1"
Sophomore
R/R
OF
Tanner Murphy

#24 Tanner Murphy

6' 3"
Freshman
R/R
OF