Final Score: UNF 8, FAMU 6
Location: Jacksonville, Fla. (Harmon Stadium)
Records: North Florida (12-13) | Florida A&M (11-15)
WP: Nick Marchese (2-3) | LP: Chandellor Benton (2-1) | Save: None
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The North Florida baseball team scored three runs in the seventh inning to complete an 8-6 come from behind victory over Florida A&M on Saturday at Harmon Stadium.
LEADING OFF
- Mac Wilson has reached base for the Ospreys in 19-straight games, while Alex Reynolds and Dalton
Board have reached in 13-straight.
- Tanner Murphy led the team going 3-for-5 with four RBIs and two runs scored with two home runs. Two home runs in a game ties the Division I school record. The last UNF player to hit two in a game was Joe Boyle against Radford in last season's opening day.
- Nick Marchese retired 14 of the 15 batters he faced from the fifth to the ninth innings, including 13-straight.
- Blake Voyles and Alex Hendricks both had two hits in the game.
- With the win, the Ospreys are 5-1 in weekend series this season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Rattlers got on the scoreboard in the first inning off a single that scored Jordan Curtis.
- Wilson tied the game later in the inning on a single to center field that drove in Board.
- Two innings later, FAMU took the lead on an RBI single from Dallas Oliver.
- Murphy put the Ospreys ahead in the third with his first dinger of the game to left field that plated Board.
- Florida A&M took the lead an inning later with four runs on two hits.
- The Ospreys responded in the fourth when they scored two runs on a throwing error and cut the lead to 6-5.
- Murphy's second home run of the game put UNF ahead for good in the seventh inning.
- Later in the inning, Voyles delivered an insurance run with a double to right center that brought home Abraham Sequera.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Ospreys conclude their weekend series against FAMU on Sunday at 12:05 p.m.