Tuesday, May 2
Jacksonville, Fla.
6:00 p.m.
University of North Florida
vs
UCF
Baseball Plays Two Midweek Tilts
5/1/2017 11:59:00 AM | Baseball
JACKSONVILLE -- The North Florida baseball team hosts in-state foe Central Florida at Harmon Stadium on Tuesday at 6 p.m. before traveling to Florida A&M on Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Moore-Kittles Field.
GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Central Florida (31-13) vs North Florida (29-15)
WHERE: Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (1,000)
WHEN: Tuesday, May 2 - 6 PM
THE SERIES: UCF leads 11-9
LAST MEETING: The Ospreys own a slim 11-9 advantage over UCF in the all-time series between the two schools... The two teams split the series last year, before the Ospreys won both games in the 2015 series... The Knights took a 3-2 win in Orlando on Feb. 21 earlier this year.
Special Promotions:
n/a
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
LIVE STATS:Â UNFOspreys.com
WATCH: ASUN TV
LISTEN:Â 1010 XL (AM)
TICKETS: Purchase Tickets
ON THE MOUND
UCF -Â Trent Thompson (RHP, 0-1, 0.45 ERA, 20.0 IP, 7 BB, 22 SO)
UNF - Tyler DuPont (LHP, 1-0, 4.56 ERA, 23.2 IP, 8 BB, 21 SO)
GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (26-13) at FAMU (27-9)
WHERE: Moore-Kittles Field (500)
WHEN: Wednesday, May 3Â - 3 PM
THE SERIES: UNF leads 18-1
LAST MEETING: UNF holds a dominant 18-1 record over FAMU all-time. The lone win the for Rattlers came on April 9, 2014 in Tallahassee. The Ospreys topped FAMU, 6-5, on April 11 earlier this year, in walk off fashion.
Special Promotions:
n/a
ON THE MOUND
UNF -Â Adam Polansky (RHP, 1-2, 4.94 ERA, 27.1 IP, 11 BB, 15 SO)
UNF Baseball StatPak (pdf)
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 gamesÂ
- UNF has not lost a weekend series this season including a series sweep of Penn (Mar. 3-5), NJIT (Apr. 13-15) and FGCU (Apr. 21-23)... The Ospreys split both of their four-game series this year against Northeastern and Rutgers
- North Florida has claimed the opening game in eight of their 10 weekend series so far this year
- UNF has been most explosive in the 2nd inning (43 runs)... Ospreys are outscoring opponents 83-39 over the first two innings of games
- Ospreys have held 16 opponents under 3 runs scored, owning an 14-2 record when accomplishing that feat
- UNF is 20-4 when scoring first and own a 14-4 record when tallying runs in their first at-bat
- STREAKING: Thibideau extended the team's longest current hit streak to nine games and has hits in 15 of the last 16 games... Patrick Ervin has reached base in 14 straight games he has played... Chris Berry has reached base in 37 of the 39 games he has played this season... Merritt and Gurrola top the squad with 20 multi-hit games this season, while Ervin is right behind with 19
- ASUN RISING: North Florida leads the ASUN offensive rankings in Batting Average, Runs, Hits, RBI, Doubles, On Base % & Total Bases / Ospreys are 2nd in Slug% and Stolen Bases... Â On the Mound, UNF leads the conference in Runs Allowed & Runners Picked Off, they rank 2nd in Doubled Allowed & Saves, 3rd in ERA, Opposing Batting Average, Walks and HR Allowed... 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 (1st), Chris Thibideau (3rd), Yahir Gurrola (7th), Alex Merritt (8th) ... Gurrola also tops the league charts in Runs, RBI, Hits and Total Bases and is second in Doubles... Patrick Ervin leads ASUN in Batting Average & On Base %... Chris Thibideau sits second in Slug % and third in Doubles... Alex Merritt ranks third in RBI
- AROUND THE NATION: UNF is currently listed in NCAA Top 50 for Batting Avg (23rd), Hits (17th), Runs (42nd), Doubles (T31st)... Gurrola ranks 11th in runs and T26th in hits and T38th in total bases
UP NEXT
North Florida has back-to-back road conference series for the first time this season, against USC Upstate beginning on May 5 and at Stetson on May 12.
GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: Central Florida (31-13) vs North Florida (29-15)
WHERE: Dusty Rhodes Field at Harmon Stadium (1,000)
WHEN: Tuesday, May 2 - 6 PM
THE SERIES: UCF leads 11-9
LAST MEETING: The Ospreys own a slim 11-9 advantage over UCF in the all-time series between the two schools... The two teams split the series last year, before the Ospreys won both games in the 2015 series... The Knights took a 3-2 win in Orlando on Feb. 21 earlier this year.
Special Promotions:
n/a
FOLLOWING THE ACTION
LIVE STATS:Â UNFOspreys.com
WATCH: ASUN TV
LISTEN:Â 1010 XL (AM)
TICKETS: Purchase Tickets
ON THE MOUND
UCF -Â Trent Thompson (RHP, 0-1, 0.45 ERA, 20.0 IP, 7 BB, 22 SO)
UNF - Tyler DuPont (LHP, 1-0, 4.56 ERA, 23.2 IP, 8 BB, 21 SO)
GAME DAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida (26-13) at FAMU (27-9)
WHERE: Moore-Kittles Field (500)
WHEN: Wednesday, May 3Â - 3 PM
THE SERIES: UNF leads 18-1
LAST MEETING: UNF holds a dominant 18-1 record over FAMU all-time. The lone win the for Rattlers came on April 9, 2014 in Tallahassee. The Ospreys topped FAMU, 6-5, on April 11 earlier this year, in walk off fashion.
Special Promotions:
n/a
ON THE MOUND
UNF -Â Adam Polansky (RHP, 1-2, 4.94 ERA, 27.1 IP, 11 BB, 15 SO)
UNF Baseball StatPak (pdf)
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 gamesÂ
- UNF has not lost a weekend series this season including a series sweep of Penn (Mar. 3-5), NJIT (Apr. 13-15) and FGCU (Apr. 21-23)... The Ospreys split both of their four-game series this year against Northeastern and Rutgers
- North Florida has claimed the opening game in eight of their 10 weekend series so far this year
- UNF has been most explosive in the 2nd inning (43 runs)... Ospreys are outscoring opponents 83-39 over the first two innings of games
- Ospreys have held 16 opponents under 3 runs scored, owning an 14-2 record when accomplishing that feat
- UNF is 20-4 when scoring first and own a 14-4 record when tallying runs in their first at-bat
- STREAKING: Thibideau extended the team's longest current hit streak to nine games and has hits in 15 of the last 16 games... Patrick Ervin has reached base in 14 straight games he has played... Chris Berry has reached base in 37 of the 39 games he has played this season... Merritt and Gurrola top the squad with 20 multi-hit games this season, while Ervin is right behind with 19
- ASUN RISING: North Florida leads the ASUN offensive rankings in Batting Average, Runs, Hits, RBI, Doubles, On Base % & Total Bases / Ospreys are 2nd in Slug% and Stolen Bases... Â On the Mound, UNF leads the conference in Runs Allowed & Runners Picked Off, they rank 2nd in Doubled Allowed & Saves, 3rd in ERA, Opposing Batting Average, Walks and HR Allowed... 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 (1st), Chris Thibideau (3rd), Yahir Gurrola (7th), Alex Merritt (8th) ... Gurrola also tops the league charts in Runs, RBI, Hits and Total Bases and is second in Doubles... Patrick Ervin leads ASUN in Batting Average & On Base %... Chris Thibideau sits second in Slug % and third in Doubles... Alex Merritt ranks third in RBI
- AROUND THE NATION: UNF is currently listed in NCAA Top 50 for Batting Avg (23rd), Hits (17th), Runs (42nd), Doubles (T31st)... Gurrola ranks 11th in runs and T26th in hits and T38th in total bases
UP NEXT
North Florida has back-to-back road conference series for the first time this season, against USC Upstate beginning on May 5 and at Stetson on May 12.
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