GAINESVILLE -- The North Florida baseball team travels to in-state foe Florida at McKethan Stadium on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. before returning home to play USF on Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Harmon Stadium.
GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (26-13) vs #10 Florida (24-12)
WHERE: Alfred A. McKethan Stadium at Perry Field (5,500)
WHEN: Tuesday, April 18 - 6:30 PM
THE SERIES: UF leads 10-6
LAST MEETING: The top ranked Gators topped UNF in both games of a home-and-home series last season. Florida took the first game, 6-2, at Harmon Stadium on Mar. 8, before squeezing out a 5-4 victory the next day at home.
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ON THE MOUND
UNF -
Tyler DuPont (LHP, 0-0, 18.1 IP, 5.89 ERA, 5 BB, 18 SO)
UF - Nate Brown (RHP, 1-0, 12.2 IP, 3.55 ERA, 5 BB, 11 SO)
GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (26-13) vs USF (27-9)
WHERE: Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (1,000)
WHEN: Wednesday, April 19 - 6 PM
THE SERIES: UNF leads 8-7
LAST MEETING: The Bulls earned a 7-3 win over the Ospreys on Mar. 21 in Tampa earlier this season.
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ON THE MOUND
USF - D.J. Roberts (RHP, 2-0, 28.2 IP, 4.08 ERA, 7 BB, 25 SO)
UNF -
Matt Vaka (RHP, 0-0, 20.0 IP, 6.30 ERA, 5 BB, 13 SO)
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NOTEWORTHY
- UNF is 6-4 in midweek games this season with tomorrow's game marking the fourth one on the road
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Wesley Weeks owns the team's longest current hit streak of 11 games...
Patrick Ervin has reached base in 11 straight games...
Chris Berry has reached base in 34 of the 39 games this season.
- North Florida is coming off another successful weekend of play in the ASUN having swept NJIT for the first conference sweep of the year... The Ospreys are currently 2nd in ASUN standings at 7-2, just one game behind Jacksonville at 8-1
- In the latest ASUN offensive rankings, UNF tops the league in batting average, runs, doubles, total bases, hits and RBI and are listed second in slugging percentage, one base percentage and home runs
- On the mound in ASUN rankings, the Ospreys own the third best ERA, have the fourth most strikeouts and have allowed the second fewest runs
- UNF continues to top the league in fielding percentage and has committed the fewest errors this season
- Four UNF batters are listed among the ASUN Top 10 in average:
Patrick Ervin (1st),
Yahir Gurrola (6th),
Chris Thibideau (8th) and
Alex Merritt (9th)... Gurrola leads the conference in runs, RBI, doubles and total bases and hits, while also ranking second in slugging percentage...
Frank German ranks 4th among ASUN pitchers in ERA and leads the league in wins, while sitting fifth in opposing batting average...
Matthew Naylor ranks second in the ASUN for saves and games finished.
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AROUND THE NATION: UNF ranks seventh in the NCAA in hits, while ranking 19th in doubles, 23rd in runs, 24th in batting average and 39th in scoring... The Ospreys are also listed 70th in fielding... Yahir Gurrola ranks Top 10 nationally in hits (4th), runs (4th) is 17th in doubles and 19th in total bases
UP NEXT
North Florida returns home to play a three-game ASUN series against Florida Gulf Coast beginning on Friday (Apr. 20) at 6 p.m.
