Final Score: FAMU 6, North Florida 5
Location: Tallahassee, Fla. (Moore-Kittles Field)
Records: North Florida (19-23) | FAMU (20-25)
WP: Josh Barr (3-1) |
LP: Adam Polansky (1-1) |
Save: Dylan Carlson (6)
Jacksonville, Fla. – The North Florida baseball team battled back from a 6-1 deficit but came up one run short, 6-5 to fall to FAMU on Wednesday Night at Moore-Kittles Field.
LEADING OFF
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Chris Berry paced the Osprey offense with a pair of base hits including a seventh inning double.
- Five other Ospreys got in the hit column highlighted by
Dalton Board with an RBI double.
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Tanner Murphy got on base four times with three walks and drew a hit by pitch. Murphy has now reached base safely in 20 straight games.
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Jay Prather with his fourth inning RBI single extended his reached base streak to a team-high 28 games in a row.
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Mac Wilson had his sixth multi RBI game with his sixth inning two-run single.
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Justin Tworek and
Nick Marchese combined to throw three shutout innings down the stretch to help keep the Ospreys tight to FAMU.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Rattlers got out to an early 2-0 lead in the opening frame as they strung together three base hits.
- In the second, FAMU took advantage of a pair of Osprey errors to add a run and take a 3-0 lead.
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Jay Prather got the Ospreys on the board in the fourth with an RBI single to score
Tanner Murphy.
- FAMU responded quickly with an RBI single to make it 4-1 in the fourth.
- The Rattlers added two more in the bottom of the fifth to take a 6-1 lead.
- UNF started its climb back with
Blake Voyles reaching on a fielder's choice to make it 6-2.
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Mac Wilson followed with a two run single to make it 6-4 after 5.5 innings.
- In the seventh,
Dalton Board went the other way with an RBI double to make it 6-5, but FAMU held on for the 6-5 victory.
WHAT'S 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.