University of North Florida
24-13, 5-2
NJIT
3-26, 0-7
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Drury, Austin (6-2)
L: LUBRESKI, Brett (0-2)
Batting:
2B: COCCIADIFERRO, Matt 1
HR: PIETRONICO, Evan 1
RBI: BURMAN, Alex 1 ; PIETRONICO, Evan 4 ; ETTS, Justin 1 ; ANASTASIA, Michael 1 ; KRAMER, Cody 1
SH: UTTENDORFER, Jesse 1
SF: BURMAN, Alex 1 ; KRAMER, Cody 1
Base Running:
RUNS: MALATESTA, Johnny 1 ; COCCIADIFERRO, Matt 1 ; PIETRONICO, Evan 2 ; HABERSTROH, Bryan 1 ; UTTENDORFER, Jesse 1 ; MACMILLAN, Rex 1 ; BADARACO, Edgar 1
Batting:
2B: Thibideau, Chris 1 ; Weeks, Wes 1
3B: Diaz, Christian 1
RBI: Thibideau, Chris 1 ; Gurrola, Yahir 3 ; Merritt, Alex 2 ; Berry, Chris 2 ; Weeks, Wes 1 ; Diaz, Christian 1 ; Voyles, Blake 1 ; Gonzalez, Rey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ervin, Patrick 3 ; Thibideau, Chris 2 ; Gurrola, Yahir 3 ; Murphy, Tanner 1 ; Weeks, Wes 1 ; Diaz, Christian 2 ; Wilson, Mac 1
SB: Thibideau, Chris 1 ; Gurrola, Yahir 1 ; Murphy, Tanner 1 ; Diaz, Christian 1
HBP: Ervin, Patrick 1 ; Thibideau, Chris 1 ; Wilson, Mac 1
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Ospreys Soar Against NJIT in Series Opener
4/13/2017 9:53:00 PM | Baseball
Location:Â Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Records:Â UNF 24-13, 5-2 ASUN | NJIT 3-26, 0-7 ASUN
WP: Austin Drury (6-2) | LP: Brett Lubreski (0-2) | Save:Â none
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The Short Story: The Ospreys scored in six of the eight innings and recorded 18 hits as they topped NJIT 13-8 on Thursday at Harmon Stadium.
LEADING OFF
- UNF advanced to a 4-0 all time record against NJIT.
- The Ospreys scored a run in six of the eight innings, with two runs coming in three innings and three runs in two innings.
- As a team, UNF scattered 18 hits, which ranks third-best on the season.
- Every starting player for UNF recorded at least one hit in the game... Five Osprey players had a multi-hit game.
- Christian Diaz led UNF going 4-for-5 with two runs and an RBI... Yahir Gurrola went 3-for-5 with three runs and three RBI... Chris Thibideau hit 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI.
- NJIT left the bases loaded in the third inning, while UNF stranded three runners in the fourth inning.
- With two hits, Patrick Ervin owns the team's longest current hit streak of nine games... Wesley Weeks, who accounted for one of the team's hits, also has hit safely in nine games... Chris Berry has reached base in 33 of the 37 games played this season.
HOW IT HAPPENEDÂ
- The Highlanders started the game with a single and a double for the first two batters... Johnny Malatesta scored the first run of the game on a ground out.
- Gurrola singled up the middle that drove in Patrick Ervin and tied the game in the first inning... Berry gave UNF the lead on a single up the middle that scored Gurrola.
- Cody Kramer tied the game in the season inning with a sacrifice fly that plated Bryan Haberstroh.
- The Ospreys scored two runs on two hit by pitches, two walks and a single to take a 4-2 lead.
- Diaz singled to left center before he stole second in the third inning. Blake Voyles brought him home with a single to the right side.
- Thibideau reached on a single, then advanced on an error, before sliding to third on a wild pitch. Gurrola picked up the RBI with a single to the left side... Gurrola then scored on a fielder's choice by Berry.
- Michael Anastasia singled up the middle that scored Evan Pietronico in the fifth inning.
- Ervin crossed the plate off a double to right center by Thibideau... Thibideau then scored on one of six wild pitches thrown by NJIT... Burrola gave the Ospreys double digits when he scored on a single from Alex Merritt.
- UNF recorded three more runs in the seventh inning, highlighted by an RBI triple from Weeks.
- The Highlanders scored on a sacrifice fly, before Pietronico ended the scoring with a grand slam.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Ospreys continue their ASUN conference series with NJIT on Friday at 4 p.m. The two teams concluded the series on Saturday at noon.
