Marchese, Early Scoring Factor in 11-4 Win Against Columbia

Sunday, March 17

Jacksonville, Fla.

1:05 p.m.

University of North Florida

13-9

Columbia

2-10

Columbia Lions

North Florida

Clark had a big weekend, going 5-for-9 with three runs, five RBI, a double and a home run.

Photo by: Mackenzie Brown

3/17/2019 5:06:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Ospreys Split Series With Lions

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF posted consecutive four-run innings and Nick Marchese dealt 5.1 innings of one-run middle relief as the Ospreys (13-9) took care of Columbia, 11-4, on a damp Sunday at Harmon Stadium.

UNF 11, Columbia 4
Pitchers of Record:
Win: Nick Marchese (3-0)
Loss: Sean Higgins (0-3)

Line Scores
COL | 4 R, 13 H, 2 E, 11 LOB
UNF | 11 R, 13 H, E, 11 LOB

Behind the Line Score

UNF scored four quick runs in the bottom of the first. Wes Weeks reached on a bloop single into right and Jay Prather rolled a base hit through the right side. Tanner Murphy brought Weeks home with a blistering double into left. Tanner Clark and Chris Berry drew consecutive free passes, scoring Prather. After a Tanner May ground ball resulted in a force play at home, Alex Reynolds lifted a fly ball to center. Clark scored on the sac fly and Columbia's first baseman threw wide to third after receiving the cutoff throw, allowing Berry to score.
The Lions (2-10) cut three runs into their deficit in the second. Liam McGill singled to center before back-to-back Lions flew out to Weeks in right. Joshua Solomon put down a bunt single and AJ DiFillipo walked. Ben Porter scored McGill with a single to right and Julian Bury followed that with an RBI single to left. Bury's hit bounced and glanced off Raff Libunao's glove in left, allowing another Lion to score.
Libunao ignited a four-run second with a leadoff single. He was balked to second and took third on a Weeks groundout. Prather drove Libunao in on a single to right before taking third on a Tanner Clark single to left center. Berry got hit by a curveball and May delivered a three-run double into the left-field corner.
Neither team scored for four and a half innings until the Ospreys put up three in the seventh. Libunao laced a single to right, Weeks singled to center and Prather worked a walk. Clark clubbed a two-RBI double into the corner in right before Berry scored Prather with a sacrifice fly to center.
Solomon opened the eighth with a two bagger to left, scoring later on a Jack Chernow sacrifice fly.
Marchese left after 5.1 innings of work, allowing only one earned run. The senior improved to 3-0 on the year.
Will Ohme entered and got the final four outs.