Baseball Plays First Road Series of 2017 at Lipscomb

By: North Florida Athletics

Baseball | 4/6/2017 4:50:00 PM

NASHVILLE -- The North Florida baseball team makes its first weekend trip of the season as the Ospreys visit ASUN Conference foe Lipscomb for a three-game series at Dugan Field beginning Friday at 6 p.m. (CT). The teams will also play Saturday (2 p.m. CT) and Sunday at 1 p.m. CT

UNF Game Notes (PDF)

GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (20-12) at Lipscomb (16-12)
WHERE: Dugan Field (750)
WHEN: Friday, Apr. 7 (6 p.m.) | Saturday, Apr. 8 (2 p.m.) | Sunday, Apr. 9 (1 p.m.) -- All Times Central
THE SERIES: UNF leads 23-14
LAST MEETING: In last year's series, UNF claimed a 2-1 series victory at Harmon Stadium on May 6-8 (G1 LU 6-1 | G2 UNF 13-6 | G3 UNF 6-5) and then topped the Bisons 1-0 in 10 innings in the ASUN Tournament at Dugan Field... The last series in Nashville, UNF won 2 of 3 games (G1 UNF 4-3 | G2 LU 11-3 | G3 UNF 8-0)

FOLLOWING THE ACTION
LISTEN: n/a
LIVESTATS: LipscombSports.com
VIDEO: ESPN3 (Friday & Sunday) | Facebook Live (Saturday)

MOUND MATCH-UPS
Friday
UNF - Austin Drury (LHP, 4-2, 3.58 ERA, 37.2 IP, 14 BB, 33 K)
LU - Brady Puckett (RHP, 4-2, 3.97 ERA, 47.2 IP, 12 BB, 38 K)

Saturday
UNF - Frank German (RHP, 5-0, 1.73 ERA, 41.2 IP, 13 BB, 43 K)
LU - Jeffrey Passantino (RHP, 1-0, 2.38 ERA, 45.1 IP, 5 BB, 51 K)

Sunday
UNF - Brad Depperman (RHP, 2-1, 5.72 ERA, 28.1 IP, 5 BB, 23 K)
LU - Dayton Tripp (RHP, 2-2, 7.52 ERA, 26.1 IP, 9 BB, 15 K)

NOTEWORTHY
- North Florida and Lipscomb have met 37 times previously with UNF holding a 23-14 lead all-time including a 21-12 mark in ASUN play... The Ospreys have won three in a row vs LU entering the weekend... UNF is 10-6 all-time in Nashville
- Ospreys opened the 2017 season with 26 of first 32 games at home including seven consecutive weekends of home series... This weekend's Lipscomb series marks UNF's first back-to-back road games of the year and also the first hotel stay for the team this season
- UNF has not lost a weekend series this season including a series sweep of Penn (Mar. 3-5)... The Ospreys split both of their four-game series this year against Northeastern and Rutgers
- North Florida has claimed the opening game in 5 of their 7 weekend series so far this year
- UNF has been most explosive in the 2nd inning (37 runs)... Ospreys are outscoring opponents 67-25 over the first two innings of games
- Ospreys have held 13 opponents under 3 runs scored, owning an 12-1 record when accomplishing that feat
- UNF is 16-2 when scoring first and own a 10-3 record when tallying runs in their first at-bat
- STREAKING: Alex Merritt, the ASUN POW, has a 10-game hit streak entering the weekend, which is the 2nd longest of the season for UNF... Chris Thibideau (20), Chris Berry (19) and Merritt (11) all currently have double-digit on-base streaks... Merritt and Yahir Gurrola top the squad with 15 multi-hit games this season
- ASUN RISING: North Florida leads the ASUN Offensive rankings in Batting Avg, Runs, Hits, RBI, Doubles and Total Bases / Ospreys are 2nd in Slug% & HR... On the Mound, UNF ranks 2nd in Stirkeouts, 3rd in ERA and Saves and is 4th in Opp Batting Avg... 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 (5th), Alex Merritt (7th), Chris Thibideau (8th), Yahir Gurrola (9th).. Gurrola also tops the league charts in Runs, RBI, Doubles and Total Bases and is second in Slug%, Hits and HRs... Chris Berry owns the ASUN's highest on-base percentage
-FACE THE NATION: UNF is currently listed in NCAA Top 50 for Batting Avg (43rd), Hits (6th), Runs (34th), Doubles (31st), HRs (50th)... Gurrola ranks 4th in runs and 10th in hits, 12th in total bases and 57th in RBI... Gurrola & Merritt are T47th in doubles

SCOUTING LIPSCOMB
Roster | Schedule | Statistics | Notes

UP NEXT
North Florida will host Florida A&M on Tuesday at 5 p.m. before welcoming NJIT for an ASUN series on Apr. 13-15 at Harmon Stadium.

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Players Mentioned

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

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

#20 Yahir Gurrola: OF; 6' 0"; Junior; R/R

Players Mentioned

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

#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

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

#20 Yahir Gurrola
: 6' 0"; Junior; R/R
: OF