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Ospreys Travel To FAMU For Wednesday Night Matchup

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Baseball | 5/1/2018 10:03:00 AM

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The North Florida baseball team travels to Tallahassee to play Florida A&M on Wednesday in non-conference action. 
 
GAMEDAY CENTRAL
WHAT: North Florida at FAMU
WHERE: Tallahassee, Fla. (Moore-Kittles Field)
WHEN: Wednesday, May 2 (5 p.m.)
THE SERIES: UNF leads 22-1
SERIES HISTORY: The Ospreys hold a commanding lead in the all-time series, 22-1, which includes winning the last nine over FAMU. UNF picked up a three-game sweep of FAMU at Harmon Stadium on March 23-25 this season. UNF is 8-1 all-time in Tallahassee. 

ON THE MOUND
Wednesday
UNF – RHP Adam Polansky (1-0, 4.40, 21 K)
FAMU -- TBA 
 
QUICK HITS
  • Jay Prather over the weekend extended his reached base streak to a team leading 27 games. Prather during that stretch is hitting at a .318 clip as he has knocked in a team-high 23 runs.
  • Tanner Murphy enters play on Wednesday with the ASUN lead in batting average (.364), hits (60), home runs (10), slugging percentage (.630) and total bases (104)
  • Batting .350, Dalton Board is second on the team with 35 hits as he has four doubles and a homer with 13 runs driven in. Blake Voyles sits at .315 with nine doubles and 23 runs batted in.
  • Board is hitting .378 over his last ten games.
  • Board and Prather both carry nine game hit streaks into play on Wednesday. 

SCOUTING FAMU
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  • Jacky Miles Jr leads the Rattlers with a .349 average, while adding 51 hits, seven doubles and four homers. Miles has also knocked in a team-high 35 runs. 
  • Batting at a .308 clip, Jordan Curtis leads the team with 52 hits, while adding six doubles and three triples. Curtis also has a team-high 19 stolen bases. 
  • On the mound, Dylan Carlson leads the FAMU bullpen with a 2.42 ERA over 22.1 IP. Carlson has five saves and has struck out 20 batters on the season. 
  • FAMU dropped its last series to Alabama State as the Rattlers lost two of three at home to the Hornets and sit at 20-24 overall. 

UP NEXT
The Ospreys travel down to Fort Myers for a three-game weekend series with FGCU beginning on Friday with first pitch slated for 6:30 p.m. 
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Players Mentioned

Dalton Board

#6 Dalton Board

OF
5' 11"
Junior
L/L
Tanner Murphy

#24 Tanner Murphy

OF
6' 3"
Sophomore
R/R
Adam Polansky

#16 Adam Polansky

RHP
6' 4"
Senior
R/R
Blake Voyles

#5 Blake Voyles

C
6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
L-R
Jay Prather

#42 Jay Prather

IF
5' 7"
Junior
L/R

Players Mentioned

Dalton Board

#6 Dalton Board

5' 11"
Junior
L/L
OF
Tanner Murphy

#24 Tanner Murphy

6' 3"
Sophomore
R/R
OF
Adam Polansky

#16 Adam Polansky

6' 4"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Blake Voyles

#5 Blake Voyles

6' 1"
Redshirt Senior
L-R
C
Jay Prather

#42 Jay Prather

5' 7"
Junior
L/R
IF