Baseball | 4/16/2018 1:33:00 PM

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The North Florida baseball team travels to Tampa to play USF on Tuesday before returning home to face Savannah State, on Wednesday at 2 p.m.
 
GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida at USF
WHERE: Tampa, Fla. (USF Baseball Stadium)
WHEN: Tuesday, April 17 (6:30 p.m.)
THE SERIES: USF leads 10-9
SERIES HISTORY: The Ospreys trail the all-time series, 44-41, dating back all the way to 1988. UNF took two-of-three from the Owls last season. Kennesaw State has a 23-16 record on its home field in this all-time series.

WHAT: Savannah State vs North Florida
WHERE: Jacksonville, Fla. (Harmon Stadium)
WHEN: Wednesday, April 18 (2 p.m.)
THE SERIES: UNF 11-2
SERIES HISTORY: North Florida leads the all-time series, 11-2, including winning six in a row over the Tigers. UNF has a perfect 8-0 record inside Harmon Stadium against Savannah State. 
 
FOLLOW THE ACTION
WATCH: Facebook Live (Tues) | Facebook Live (Wed)
LIVE STATS: SidearmStats.com (Tues) | UNFOspreys.com (Wed.)
Listen: USF Radio (Tues)

ON THE MOUND
Tuesday
UNF – RHP Matt Vaka (0-1, 3.33, 15 K)
USF – RHP Baron Stuart (2-2, 4.78, 17 K)
 
Wednesday
UNF – RHP Nick Marchese (2-4, 5.40, 20 K)
SSU -- TBA
 
QUICK HITS

• Tanner Murphy enters Tuesday game with the league lead in batting average (.370), hits (54), home runs (10), slugging percentage (.658) and total bases (96)
• Batting .337, Dalton Board is second on the team with 30 hits as he has four doubles and a homer with 13 runs driven in. Blake Voyles sits at .326 with three homers and 18 runs batted in.
• Over the last ten games for UNF, Jay Prather is hitting at a .342 clip while driving in a team best 10 runs during that 10 game stretch. 
• Frank German enters the week with a solid 1.32 ERA which is second in the ASUN and sits inside the top 20 in the nation. German also ranks 10th in the country in WHIP (0.80)
• UNF is tied for second in Stolen Bases (40), while ranking third in Triples (10), Home Runs (25) and is fourth in batting average (.275) and slugging percentage (.395). The Ospreys also have the second fewest strikeouts in the ASUN (210). 
• Prather has a team-high 22 game reached base streak, while Murphy and Chris Berry have reached base in 14 straight.

 
SCOUTING USF
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• David Villar leads the Bulls with a .389 average which ranks third in the AAC, while adding 51 hits, 16 doubles and seven homers. Villar has also added a team-high 37 runs batted in as he earned AAC Player of the Week honors last week.
• Batting at a .330 clip, Joe Genord is second on the team with 36 hits and has 10 doubles and a team-high nine home runs while knocking in 36 runs. 
• On the rubber, Max Holmes leads the Bulls bullpen as he's one of three pitchers in the bullpen with a sub 2.00 ERA as Holmes has thrown 6.2 IP of shutout baseball. Pete Strzelecki leads the USF staff with a 6-2 record and a 2.67 ERA, while picking up 64 strikeouts. 
• USF enters play on Tuesday ranked third in the nation in doubles (90) and eighth in the NCAA in triples (14).
• The Bulls come off of a series win over No. 7 East Carolina last weekend in Greenville and sit with a 23-13 overall record.

SCOUTING SAVANNAH STATE
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• Kyle Gerdts leads Savannah State with a .295 average, while adding 26 hits, three doubles and a triple. Freddie Landers and Marcus Mitchell leads the team with 14 runs driven in. 
• On the mound, David Sharp leads the Tigers with a 2.84 ERA and an 0-1 record, while Trevor Mckenna is 2-4 with a 2.92 ERA in eight starts. 
• Savannah State comes off of losing three straight to Bethune-Cookman over the weekend and sit with a 5-21 record on the season. 

UP NEXT
The Ospreys are off until April 27th when they welcome in Stetson to Harmon Stadium for a three-game weekend series beginning with a 6:05 first pitch on the 27th.