Baseball Welcomes FAMU for Tuesday Midweek Tilt

By: North Florida Athletics

Baseball | 4/10/2017 4:10:00 PM

JACKSONVILLE -- The North Florida baseball team hosts in-state foe Florida A&M at Harmon Stadium on Tuesday at 5 p.m. for the first of two meetings between the pair this season on the diamond.

GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (22-13) vs Florida A&M (17-14)
WHERE: Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (1,000)
WHEN: Tuesday, April 11 - 5 PM
THE SERIES: UNF leads 17-1
LAST MEETING: The Ospreys swept a home-and-home series with the Rattlers last year, earning a 15-0 victory on Mar. 29 at Harmon Stadium and a 9-6 win in Tallahassee on Apr. 6...

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FOLLOWING THE ACTION
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ON THE MOUND
UNF - Matt Vaka (RHP, 0-0, 15.0 IP, 7.80 ERA, 5 BB, 9 K)
FAMU - Dylan Carlson (RHP, 0-0, 9.2 IP, 5.59 ERA, 9 BB, 12 K)

UNF Baseball StatPak (pdf)

NOTEWORTHY
- UNF is 5-4 in midweek games this season with tonight's game marking the fourth one at home
- Ospreys and Rattlers are scheduled to meet again on May 3 in Tallahassee
- Patrick Ervin and Wesley Weeks enter the game owning the longest current hit streaks at 7 games apiece
- North Florida is coming off another successful weekend of play in the ASUN having taken 2 of 3 on the road at Lipscomb... The Ospreys are currently tied for 2nd in ASUN standings at 4-2, just one game behind Stetson and Jacksonville at 5-1
- In the latest ASUN offensive rankings, UNF tops the league in runs, hits, RBI, doubles and total bases and are listed second in batting average, slugging pct. and homeruns
- On the mound in ASUN rankings, the Ospreys own the 4th best ERA and have the 4th most strikeouts
- UNF continues to top the league in fielding percentage and has committed the fewest errors this season
- Three UNF batters are listed among the ASUN Top 10 in average: Patrick Ervin (3rd), Yahir Gurrola (6th) and Chris Thibideau (10th)... Gurrola leads the conference in runs, RBI, doubles and total bases while also ranking second in slugging pct., hits and third in homers... Frank German ranks 5th among ASUN pitchers in ERA and is tied for second in wins with teammates Anthony Delaney and Austin Drury... Matthew Naylor ranks second in the ASUN for saves.
- AROUND THE NATION: UNF ranks 9th in the NCAA in hits, while ranking 32nd in runs and 20th in doubles... The Ospreys are also listed 69th in fielding... Yahir Gurrola ranks Top 10 nationally in hits (6th), runs (7th) and total bases (10th) and is 19th in doubles

UP NEXT
North Florida remains home for a three-game ASUN series against NJIT beginning on Thursday (Apr. 13) at 6 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

#35 Anthony Delaney: RHP; 5' 9"; Senior; R/R

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

#3 Patrick Ervin: 2B; 6' 0"; Redshirt Senior; L-R

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

#39 Matthew Naylor: RHP; 6' 3"; Redshirt Senior; R/R

#15 Chris Thibideau: UTL; 6' 0"; Senior; R/R

#18 Matt Vaka: RHP; 6' 1"; Junior; R/R

#2 Wes Weeks: OF; 6' 1"; Sophomore; R/R

#20 Yahir Gurrola: OF; 6' 0"; Junior; R/R

Players Mentioned

#35 Anthony Delaney
: 5' 9"; Senior; R/R
: RHP

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

#3 Patrick Ervin
: 6' 0"; Redshirt Senior; L-R
: 2B

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

#39 Matthew Naylor
: 6' 3"; Redshirt Senior; R/R
: RHP

#15 Chris Thibideau
: 6' 0"; Senior; R/R
: UTL

#18 Matt Vaka
: 6' 1"; Junior; R/R
: RHP

#2 Wes Weeks
: 6' 1"; Sophomore; R/R
: OF

#20 Yahir Gurrola
: 6' 0"; Junior; R/R
: OF