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Chris Thibideau connects for a solid hit
20
Winner Col. of Charleston COFC 14-15
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North Florida UNF 20-12
Winner
Col. of Charleston COFC
14-15
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Final
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North Florida UNF
20-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Col. of Charleston COFC 0 4 1 0 2 5 1 3 4 20 22 0
North Florida UNF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 12 5

W: Detwiler, W. (1-0) L: Bradford, Cooper (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | North Florida Athletics

Ospreys Drop Midweek Clash vs College of Charleston

Final Score: North Florida 3, College of Charleston 20
Location: Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Records: UNF (20-12) | College of Charleston (14-15) 
WP: Will Detwiler (1-0) | LP: Cooper Bradford (1-1) | Save: None
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The Short Story: In a midweek rematch against College of Charleston on Wednesday, the North Florida baseball team saw the Cougars collect 22 hits en route to a 20-3 victory at Harmon Stadium. The loss snapped a two-game win streak for the Ospreys and evened the all-time series with CofC to 1-1.

LEADING OFF 
- North Florida scored the first run of the game but it was a short-lived lead as the College of Charleston responded with 16 unanswered runs
- The Ospreys tallied 12 hits in the game with eight different players recording one
- Chris Thibideau led the way at the plate for UNF finishing 4-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored... Thibideau extended his team-best on-base streak to 20 games
- Chris Berry pushed his current on-base streak to 19 games while Alex Merritt has now hit safely in 10 straight contests
- Back-up catcher James Fitpatrick had a memorable day collecting his first collegiate hit with a homerun
- UNF struggled defensively committing a season high 5 errors in the game
- The Cougars amassed 22 hits and scored runs in 7 of 9 innings including five with more than one run crossing the plate
- CofC had five players post multiple hit performances led by a 5-for-6 with 4 runs scored outing by Tommy Richter
- North Florida used seven different pitchers in the contest with no hurler working more than 2.0 innings and every pitcher surrendering at least one run
- In the first meeting of the season between UNF and CofC on Mar. 14 in Charleston, the Ospreys posted an 11-2 victory

HOW IT HAPPENED 
- North Florida got the scoring started early as Chris Thibideau belted his 5th homer of the year over the centerfield fence in the bottom of the first
- College of Charleston answered back in the top of the second. After a pop-up to start the frame, the Cougars tallied three consecutive singles to load the bases leading to a grand slam from Ari Sechopoulos, his first collegiate homer.
- The Cougars would add a single run in the third when Tommy Richter's dying line drive to centerfield got past a diving Thibideau allowing the CofC hitter to reach third and then score on a sacrifice fly by Bradley Dixon.
- After a scoreless fourth inning, CofC would score runs in the 5th (2), 6th (5), 7th (1) and 8th (3)
- The Ospreys would notch their second run in the bottom of the eighth when Patrick Ervin led off the frame with a double off the right field fence and then raced home on an RBI single by Thibideau.
- Charleston would tack on 4 more runs in the top half of the 9th before James Fitzpatrick closed the scoring for the Ospreys when he deposited his first collegiate hit over the left field fence.

WHAT'S NEXT
The Ospreys will return to ASUN Conference action with their first weekend road series of the year, travelling to Nashville for a three-game series at Lipscomb starting on Friday at 7 p.m. (ET)

 
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