JACKSONVILLE -- The North Florida baseball team returns to ASUN Conference play as the Ospreys host Florida Gulf Coast for a three-game series at Harmon Stadium beginning Friday at 6 p.m. The teams will also play Saturday at 1 p.m and Sunday at 1 p.m.

UNF Game Notes (PDF)

GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Florida Gulf Coast (28-12, 4-5 ASUN) at North Florida (26-15, 7-2 ASUN)
WHERE: Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (1,000)
WHEN: Friday, Apr. 21 (6 p.m.) | Saturday, Apr. 22 (1 p.m.) | Sunday, Apr. 23 (1 p.m.)
THE SERIES: FGCU leads 21-12
LAST MEETING: The Ospreys took the regular season series, 2-1, including an 11-10 victory in 12 innings in game two... UNF cruised to a 12-6 victory in the opening round of the ASUN Tournament before the Eagles topped the Ospreys 3-2 on a late homerun to advance to the ASUN Championship.

WEEKEND SERIES SPONSOR: Global Diamonds

FOLLOWING THE ACTION
LISTEN: 1010 XL (AM)
LIVESTATS: UNFOspreys.com
VIDEO: ASUN TV (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)

MOUND MATCH-UPS
Thursday
UNF - Austin Drury (LHP, 6-2, 3.26 ERA, 49.2 IP, 19 BB, 41 K)
FGCU - Kutter Crawford (RHP, 5-0, 1.15 ERA, 47.0 IP, 17 BB, 58 K)

Friday
UNF - Frank German (RHP, 6-0, 2.22 ERA, 52.2 IP, 17 BB, 51 K)
FGCU - Josh Dye (LHP, 6-2, 2.57 ERA, 56.0 IP, 5 BB, 45 K)

Saturday
UNF - Brad Deppermann (RHP, 3-2, 5.35 ERA, 38.2 IP, 6 BB, 28 K) 
FGCU - Garrett Anderson (RHP, 3-1, 3.10 ERA, 49.1 IP, 10 BB, 40 K)

NOTEWORTHY
- Ospreys opened the 2017 season with 26 of first 32 games at home including seven consecutive weekends of home series... This weekend's FGCU series marks a stint where UNF is home for nine of 10 games 
- UNF has not lost a weekend series this season including a series sweep of Penn (Mar. 3-5) and NJIT (Apr. 13-15)... The Ospreys split both of their four-game series this year against Northeastern and Rutgers
- North Florida has claimed the opening game in seven of their nine weekend series so far this year
- UNF has been most explosive in the 2nd inning (42 runs)... Ospreys are outscoring opponents 80-34 over the first two innings of games
- Ospreys have held 15 opponents under 3 runs scored, owning an 13-2 record when accomplishing that feat
- UNF is 19-4 when scoring first and own a 13-4 record when tallying runs in their first at-bat
- STREAKING: Wesley Weeks had his 12 game hit streak halted in the game... Patrick Ervin, did not play in today's game, but has reached base in 11 straight games he has played... Chris Berry has reached base in 35 of the 41 games this season....   Merritt and Yahir Gurrola top the squad with 17 multi-hit games this season
- ASUN RISING:North Florida leads the ASUN offensive rankings in Batting Average, Runs, Hits, RBI, Doubles and Total Bases / Ospreys are 2nd in Slug%, On Base%, Stolen Bases & HR...  On the Mound, UNF ranks 2nd in Runs Allowed & Saves, 3rd in ERA... UNF also features the top fielding team in the conference and have committed the fewest errors
- Four Ospreys are ranked in ASUN Top 10 for hitting: Patrick Ervin (3rd), Chris Thibideau (5th), Yahir Gurrola (7th), Alex Merritt (9th) ... Gurrola also tops the league charts in Runs, RBI, Doubles, Hits and Total Bases and is second in Slug%... Patrick Ervin is second in the ASUN's on-base percentage 
-UNF is currently listed in NCAA Top 50 for Batting Avg (30th), Hits (7th), Runs (24rd), Doubles (16th)... Gurrola ranks 6th in runs and 6th in hits, 18th in total bases, 21st in doubles and 47th in RBI...  Merritt is T37th in doubles

SCOUTING FGCU
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UP NEXT
North Florida hosts UCF at 6 p.m. on May 2 before starting a seven game road trip.