Final Score: Stetson 4, North Florida 3 (11 Innings)
Location: Jacksonville, Fla. (Harmon Stadium)
Records: North Florida (19-20) | Stetson (32-11)
WP: Brooks Wilson (4-0) |
LP: Brad Deppermann (0-3)
Jacksonville, Fla. – The North Florida baseball team battled back from a 3-0 deficit before falling in 11 innings to Stetson on Friday night at Harmon Stadium.
LEADING OFF
- It was the Ospreys first extra inning game since Feb. 23, 2018 when UNF defeated SIU 5-4 in 10 innings at Harmon Stadium.
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Dalton Board and
Tanner Murphy paced the Osprey offense with a pair of hits each, while
Blake Voyles had two of the three UNF runs driven in.
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Frank German threw a career-high 9.0 innings in a no decision as he struck out eight, while allowing one earned run. German set a season-high with 116 pitches thrown.
- German has had at least seven strikeouts in at least eight straight starts.
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Jay Prather extended his reached base streak to 25 in a row with his seventh inning single that tied the game at three for the Ospreys.
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Chris Berry and Murphy extended their on base streaks to 17 in a row.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Stetson got on the board with a pair of runs in the opening inning as it took advantage of a pair of Osprey errors to take a 2-0 lead.
- Both pitchers locked in over the next five innings as they combined to only allow three baserunners during that stretch.
- The Hatters added a solo homer in the top of the sixth to extend their lead to 3-0.
- In the seventh, Board got the Ospreys going with a leadoff bunt single as Murphy followed with a single thru the left side.
- Voyles then hit a double to the right center field gap to score Board and Murphy to cut UNF's deficit to one, 3-2.
- Prather quickly followed with an RBI single to make it 3-3.
- The offense stayed quiet once again until the 11th when the Hatters turned a leadoff single into a go ahead run that gave the Hatters a 4-3 victory.
- UNF did get runners to second and third before the Hatters closed the door on the game.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Ospreys and Hatters return to Harmon Stadium for a 2:05 first pitch on Saturday afternoon.
