Ospreys Host College of Charleston in Midweek Rematch

By: North Florida Athletics

Baseball | 4/3/2017 8:38:00 PM

JACKSONVILLE -- The North Florida baseball team welcomes College of Charleston to Harmon Stadium on Tuesday at 4 p.m. for the return game of a home-and-home series. The Ospreys and Cougars met on Mar. 14 in Charleston, S.C.

GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (20-11) vs College of Charleston (13-15)
WHERE: Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (1,000)
WHEN: Tuesday, April 4 - 4 PM
THE SERIES: UNF lead 1-0
LAST MEETING: UNF and CofC met for the first time in program history earlier this season in Charleston with the Ospreys claiming the inaugural matchup with a 11-2 win. The Ospreys scored in 6 of the 9 frames and pounded out 16 hits.

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ON THE MOUND
UNF - Cooper Bradford (RHP, 1-0, 21.2 IP, 1.66 ERA, 11 BB, 25 K)
CofC - Griffin McLarty (RHP, 0-3, 15.2 IP, 8.62 ERA, 10 BB, 17 K)

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NOTEWORTHY
- UNF is 5-3 in midweek games this season with tonight's game marking just the third at home
- Alex Merritt was named ASUN Player of the Week on Monday... Merritt becomes third player this season to collect a weekly conference honor joining Yahir Gurrola and Frank German.
- In the first meeting, all 9 Osprey starters recorded a hit versus the Cougars with 7 players boasting 2 hits each... Chris Berry and Christian Diaz both tallied homers in the game
- Ospreys scored runs in 6 of the final 7 innings against CofC with Charleston sending seven different pitchers to the mound
- Chris Thibideau enters game with a 19-game on-base streak followed closely by Chris Berry with 18... Alex Merritt carries a 9-game hitting streak and looks to match his season best of 10 straight games
- North Florida is ranked first or second in the ASUN for several offensive categories including: 1st in Batting Avg, Runs, RBI, Doubles and Total Bases and 2nd in Slug%, Hits and HRs... UNF is also the league leader in fielding pct and has committed the fewest errors (including an error-free weekend vs Kennesaw State)
- The Osprey pitching corps rank 3rd in ERA
- Individual top performers for UNF in the ASUN rankings include: 3 players in Top 10 Batting Avg (Alex Merritt - 4th | Patrick Ervin - 6th | Yahir Gurrola - 7th)... Gurrula leads the league in Runs, Hits, RBI, Doubles and Total bases and is 2nd in HRs and Slug%... Chris Berry ranks 2nd in on-base pct... Frank German is listed third in ASUN for ERA and Opponent's Batting Avg, while sharing the league lead with 5 wins... Matthew Naylor is tied for second with 5 saves
- AROUND THE NATION: UNF ranks 6th in the NCAA in hits, while ranking 26th in runs and 27th in doubles... The Ospreys are also listed 38th in fielding... Yahir Gurrola ranks 3rd nationally in hits and runs, 9th in total bases and is tied for 39th in doubles with teammate Alex Merritt
- CofC Head Coach Matt Heath played at LSU when UNF head coach Smoke Laval was an assistant

UP NEXT
North Florida hits the road for a three-game set at Lipscomb on Friday-Sunday (Apr. 7-9). The trip to Nashville marks the Ospreys first weekend series away from home this season.

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Players Mentioned

#21 Chris Berry: UTL; 6' 0"; Sophomore; L/R

#28 Christian Diaz: 1B; 6' 1"; Redshirt 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

#4 Alex Merritt: INF; 6' 1"; Senior; R-R

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

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

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

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

Players Mentioned

#21 Chris Berry
: 6' 0"; Sophomore; L/R
: UTL

#28 Christian Diaz
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Senior; R/R
: 1B

#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

#4 Alex Merritt
: 6' 1"; Senior; R-R
: INF

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

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

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

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