Final Score: USC Upstate 2, North Florida 1
Location: Harley Park (Spartanburg, S.C.)
Records: USC Upstate 20-25, 4-9 ASUN | North Florida 31-16, 10-3 ASUN
WP: Conner Campbell (3-3) |
LP: Matthew Naylor (2-3) |
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The Short Story: The North Florida baseball team fell to USC Upstate, 2-1 in walk off fashion, during a pitching battle on Friday at Harley Park.
LEADING OFF
- The Ospreys have now won eight of the 11 first games played during a weekend series… UNF has still not lost an ASUN series all season.
- The loss was the first defeat in Spartanburg since May of 2013.
- The Ospreys break a five-game win streak, while UNF had previously won eight straight games to Upstate.
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Austin Drury retired 20 straight batters between the second and the eighth innings… He pitched 7.1 innings in the game, close to his career high 8.1 innings against Northeastern on Feb. 25, earlier this year.
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Dalton Board produced UNF's only run of the game on a solo home run to right field… Both of his career home runs have come against the Spartans.
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Chris Thibideau saw his 11 game hit streak come to a halt, but has hits in 17 of the last 19 games...
Patrick Ervin has reached base in 15 straight games he has played...
Chris Berry has reached base in 40 of the 42 games he has played.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Upstate scored first when Brendan Brundage singled to right field that scored Pat Raiff.
- Board tied the game with on a solo home run to right field in the second inning.
- Hunter Gilbert singled to right field that drove in J.J. Shimko for the winning run.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Ospreys continue their series against Upstate on Saturday at 1 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.