Final Score: #1 Jacksonville 8, #4 North Florida 5
Location: Melching Field at Conrad Park (DeLand, Fla.)
Records: Jacksonville 35-22 | North Florida 33-24
WP: Michael Baumann (5-3) |
LP: Anthony Delaney (6-2) |
Save: Tyler Santana (3)
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The Short Story: Errors haunted the North Florida baseball team as Jacksonville scored seven unanswered runs and took an 8-5 win on Thursday at Melching Field.
LEADING OFF
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Frank German pitched a career high 118 pitches with five runs, none of them earned, on 5.2 innings pitched and five strikeouts.
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Matthew Naylor took sole possession of first in school history with 87 career appearances.
- UNF tied the Division I school record with three triples in the game… The Ospreys produced three triples two other times with one being against JU in 2012.
- The Ospreys scattered 11 hits in the game… Eight of the nine starters produced a hit…
Alex Merritt hit 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI…
Christian Diaz went 2-for-5
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Chris Thibideau ended the season with hits in 23 of the last 30 games... Patrick
Ervin reached base in 21 of the last 24 games... Chris
Berry reached base in 47 of the 52 games he has played this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Ervin collected a walk as the second batter of the game before scoring on a standup triple by Merritt to right center… On the first pitch, Thibideau blasted a two-run home run to right center that extended the UNF lead.
- Angel Camacho scored from second on error by the Ospreys.
- Blake Voyles produced a triple off the right field wall and was driven in on a single down the left field line by Rey Gonzalez… Yahir Gurrola drove a double down the left field line that scored Gonzalez to extend the UNF lead.
- Ruben Someillan reached base on an error before he scored on a double to left center field by Dakota Julyia… Camacho produced a double to left center field that scored Julylia.
- Angel Cassala brought JU within a run on a single to left field that scored Scott Dubrule… Evan Fernandez tied the game with a single to center field bringing in Cassala.
- Dubrule gave the Dolphins the lead on an RBI double to center field that scored Someillan.
- Chris Lehane sliced a double down the right field line that scored Fernandez for an insurance run… Someillan extended the JU lead with an infield hit that plated Lehane.
