Final Score: North Florida 7, Savannah State 1
Location: Jacksonville, Fla. (Harmon Stadium)
Records: North Florida (19-19) | Savannah State (5-22)
WP: Cooper Bradford (4-1) |
LP: Tyler Robinson (0-2)
Jacksonville, Fla. – Behind a four run first and five shutout innings from
Cooper Bradford, the North Florida Baseball team picked up a 7-1 victory over Savannah State on Wednesday afternoon at Harmon Stadium.
LEADING OFF
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Cooper Bradford came on in relief in the fifth inning and allowed just three baserunners, while striking out five Tigers en route to his fourth win of the season.
- Bradford was the first Osprey since Wednesday's starter
Nick Marchese to throw 5.0 shutout innings of relief. Marchese did it on March 24th vs FAMU.
- Bradford matched his season-high with five strikeouts.
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Chris Matthias in the opening inning hit his first colleigate homer to give the Ospreys a 4-0 lead.
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Jay Prather extended his reached base streak to a team-high 24 in a row with his seventh inning homer.
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Tanner Murphy and
Chris Berry both extended their reached base streaks to 16 in a row.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Ospreys got out to a hot start as Voyles knocked a double to deep left center that scored a pair of runs.
- Two batters later, Matthias hit a two-run shot to left for his first career homer to give UNF a 4-0 lead after the opening frame.
- Savannah State got on the board in the third with an RBI single to make it 4-1.
- UNF added a run in the fifth on a Tiger wild pitch which allowed Berry to come into score and make it 5-1 Ospreys.
- In the seventh, Prather hit a solo shot to right that gave UNF a 6-1 advantage. In the next inning Prather added an RBI single to give the Ospreys a 7-1 win.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Ospreys are off this weekend before hosting Stetson in ASUN play next Friday night at 6:05 p.m. inside Harmon Stadium.