Fordham Outslugs Ospreys on Rainy Sunday, 8-6

Sunday, February 24

Jacksonville, Fla.

1:05 p.m.

University of North Florida

5-3

Fordham

2-5

Fordham

North Florida

Action shot of UNF baseball player Jay Prather leading off of second base against Missouri.

Prather went 3-for-5 with a double and a home run Sunday.

2/24/2019 7:06:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

North Florida Splits Four-Game Series With Fordham

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - In a game that ebbed and flowed as much as the on-and-off rain showers, Fordham (2-5) outlasted the Ospreys, 8-6, to force a series split at Harmon Stadium Sunday, Feb. 24.

Fordham 8, UNF 6

Pitchers of Record:
Win: John Stankiewicz (1-0)
Loss: Max McKinley (1-1)
Save: Kyle Martin (1)

Line Scores:
Fordham | 8 R, 14 H, E, 4 LOB
UNF | 6 R, 11 H, E, 9 LOB

Behind the Line Score

Fordham established a 3-0 lead in the second, an advantage it never relinquished.
A fielding error was followed up by two singles and a Billy Godrick sacrifice fly, making it 1-0.
A safety squeeze and a line drive single into center created the 3-0 lead.
Senior Jay Prather started his big day with a leadoff single in the second. Tanner May walked before designated hitter Max Law hooked an RBI single through the left side, scoring Prather.
Tanner Clark walked and Fordham's catcher Justin Bardwell was handcuffed on a fastball, allowing a passed ball to bring May in.
Fordham's starter Alvin Melendez helped his own cause with a ringing double into the left center gap, scoring Jake MacKenzie from first. Bardwell plated his battery mate with a single, making it 5-2 Rams going into the bottom of the third.
Fordham's Jake Baker and Prather traded solo home runs to right in the fifth, making it 6-3.
The bats quieted on both sides until the eighth. Bardwell completed a big day with an RBI double down the line, widening Fordham's lead.
North Florida cut the deficit to 7-6 with a three-run eighth.
May, Alex Reynolds and pinch hitter Austin Hurwitz sprayed three singles to load the bases with one out. Clark connected for a two-RBI single that ricocheted off second base, scoring Reynolds and May.
Fordham went to its bullpen again. Reliever Cory Wall coaxed a sharp grounder to second base, but Justin Machado kicked the ball, loading the bases.
Chris Berry bounded a ball up the middle that resulted in a six-unassisted fielder's choice, allowing pinch runner Alex Hendricks to score.
Tanner Murphy fouled out to the pitcher to end the threat. Melendez tacked on an RBI single in the eighth before Fordham's Kyle Martin turned a perfect ninth.

Fordham's line score was nearly identical as their game two line score. It posted 8 runs, 14 hits, one error and nine left on base in that contest. The Rams duplicated that today, while leaving only four runners on.
The teams combined for 45 runs in the four-game series.
Fordham's Alvin Melendez appeared in relief and as a starter this series.
Hurwitz is leading the Ospreys in hitting at .500.
UNF (5-3) sent 39 batters to the plate Sunday, the most thus far in 2019.

Up Next
The Ospreys host Florida Atlantic Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 6:05 p.m. They'll follow things up with a 3:05 first pitch on Wednesday.