University of North Florida Athletics

Baseball Visits Rival Jacksonville for Mayor's Cup Game on Wednesday

By: North Florida Athletics

Baseball | 3/7/2017 10:32:00 AM

JACKSONVILLE -- The North Florida baseball team travels across town to face rival Jacksonville in a non-conference midweek tilt on Wednesday at 6 p.m. The Mayor's Cup game is set for a 6 p.m. first pitch at Sessions Stadium on JU's campus.

GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (8-4) at Jacksonville (6-6)
WHERE: Sessions Stadium (1,500)
WHEN: Wednesday, March 8 - 6 PM
THE SERIES: Jacksonville leads 35-26
LAST MEETING: The Dolphins earned a 2-1 win in last year's series match-up at Sessions Stadium... The Ospreys took the opener 7-4 before dropping the next two games by the counts of 6-2 and 8-0, respectively... The two wins by JU snapped a five-game win streak for UNF in the series

FOLLOWING THE ACTION
LIVESTATS: JUDolphins.com

ON THE MOUND
UNF - Brad Depperman (RHP, 0-0, 4.2 IP, 11.57 ERA, 1 BB, 3 K)
JU - Mark Potter (RHP, 1-1, 11.2 IP, 3.09 ERA, 6 BB, 6 K)

NOTEWORTHY
- This marks the third annual Mayor's Cup game between UNF and JU with the Ospreys getting the win in both of the previous contests... UNF posted a 3-2 victory in the inaugural game in 2015 at Sessions Stadium before outlasting the Dolphins 10-6 last year at Harmon Stadium
- Ospreys are 1-1 in road games this season having split a pair of midweek games at UCF and Savannah State
- North Florida enters the contest having won 6 straight including a weekend sweep over Penn where the Ospreys outscored the Quakers, 16-5
- UNF has reached double digit runs in three games already this season
- Tanner Murphy is swinging a hot bat since being inserted into the starting lineup as the freshman leads the team with a .516 batting average and a .774 slugging percentage. Newcomer Yahir Gurrola has a 9-game hitting steak entering the contest and tops the team with 11 extra base hits this year (7 doubles/2 triples/2 homers)
- This game pits two JU graduates coaching against each other, as Dolphin Head Coach Chris Hayes graduated from JU in 1995 and 2007, and UNF's Smoke Laval graduated in 1977.
- The Ospreys and Dolphins will meet again May 18-20 at Harmon Stadium for their ASUN weekend series

SCOUTING JACKSONVILLE
Roster | Schedule | Statistics
- Jacksonville enters the game at 6-6 having dropped 5 of their last 6... The Dolphins dropped the first two games of their series with Valpo last weekend before posting a 6-3 victory in the series finale on Sunday... Nathan Koslowski (.362) leads the JU offense having driven in 10 runs and boasting a .511 slugging percentage... JU is scheduled to play at USF on Tuesday night before hosting the Mayor's Cup game.

UP NEXT
North Florida returns home to host Rutgers in a four-game weekend series. The set kicks off Friday at 4 p.m. followed by a Saturday doubleheader at 1 & 4 p.m., and Sunday's finale scheduled for 1 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

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

#24 Tanner Murphy: OF; 6' 3"; Freshman; R/R

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

Players Mentioned

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

#24 Tanner Murphy
: 6' 3"; Freshman; R/R
: OF

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

Players Mentioned

#1 Frank German

#24 Tanner Murphy

#7 Cooper Bradford

Players Mentioned

#1 Frank German

#24 Tanner Murphy

#7 Cooper Bradford