Baseball Walks Off In 12 Against Fordham, 4-3

Friday, February 22

Jacksonville, Fla.

6:05 p.m.

University of North Florida

4-1

Fordham

0-4

Fordham

North Florida

Eddie Miller follows through after piitching the ball

Miller didn't allow a hit in his 4.0 innings of relief.

2/22/2019 11:49:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

UNF Wins In Longest Game Since 2016

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - 33 different players, 12 innings and 3 hours and 33 minutes later the game-winning run crossed home plate at Harmon Stadium Friday, Feb. 22.

When junior Tanner Murphy touched home on Tanner May's bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 12th UNF (4-1) walked off on in style on visiting Fordham, 4-3.

Pitchers of Record:
Fordham | Brian Weissert (0-1)
UNF | Eddie Miller (1-0)

Line Scores:
Fordham | 3 R, 7 H, 0 E, 9 LOB
UNF | 4 R, 8 H, 2 E, 11 LOB

Behind the Line Score

The first five innings of baseball were controlled by the two pitchers on the mound, Brad Deppermann and lefty Matt Mikulski.
The two teams combined for only four hits through five innings.
Fordham's Nick Labella hit a ringing double into the left field corner with one out in the fifth. With two outs, Jake Baker laced a single into right that Wes Weeks gathered and fired back to Hurwitz at home, cutting down Labella at home.
The Rams crossed home in the sixth though. A one-out single from Jake MacKenzie turned into three bases as the shortstop stole second and third. Catcher Justin Bardwell drove him in with a sacrifice fly one batter later.
UNF answered with three in the bottom of the sixth. Hurwitz and Weeks singled before Berry rolled into a fielder's choice, putting runners at the corners.
Murphy beat out a tapper to third, plating Hurwitz before David Mabbery dropped in an RBI single to left, putting UNF up, 2-1. Jay Prather took a fastball off his back to load the bases before May hooked an RBI single to left.
Deppermann turned a perfect seventh and reliever Ethan Michaelis followed with his own scoreless inning in the eighth.
Jason Coules singled to start the ninth and Labella lifted the big blow to left, a game-tying two-run home run.
Miller entered and quieted the Rams for 4.0 innings. The redshirt-junior didn't allow a hit, permitting only two walks while fanning four.
The wild night was capped off with four consecutive walks in the bottom of the ninth. Murphy, Chris Matthias and Prather all walked to set up May's game-winning free pass.

Coach's Comments
"It was a great battle. They're a good team, they won 35 games last year in a good A-10 conference. The one thing that you have to do is play the whole game, and while they hit the big two-run home run to tie it up, our guys never gave in and we had a good win." -- Head coach Tim Parenton.

Notes

Fordham had seven players pitch, including their starting right fielder and leadoff hitter, Alvin Melendez.
Wes Weeks is on a five-game hitting streak to start the year, hitting .522 during that span.
Miller spun the second-longest outing of his career. His career long was set last season against Radford, a 4.1 inning effort. He had six strikeouts in that effort, also a career high.
It was UNF's longest-game inning wise since defeating FGCU 11-10 April 30, 2016.
This was the first-ever meeting between these two teams.
This was UNF's first game without an extra-base hit this season.
Fordham falls to 0-4 while UNF picks up its third win in a row.

Statistics Leaders:
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