JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF sprang to a 4-0 lead in the first and four UNF pitchers navigated around a trio of FGCU solo home runs as the Ospreys (15-9, 1-0 ASUN) opened ASUN play with a 7-4 win against FGCU (13-7, 0-1 ASUN) Friday, March 22, at Harmon Stadium.

UNF 7, FGCU 4

Pitchers of Record:
Win: Brad Deppermann (2-1)
Loss: Evan Lumbert (2-2)
Save: Trace Norkus (4)

Line Scores:
FGCU | 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 8 LOB
UNF | 7 R, 9 H, E, 10 LOB

Behind the Line Score

• The Ospreys scored four in the first. The first three Ospreys to bat reached before Tanner Clark put UNF ahead 1-0 with an RBI fielder's choice to shortstop, scoring Wes Weeks. Weeks started the inning off with a hit by pitch, Jay Prather singled to left and Tanner Murphy walked. Another Tanner, this time Tanner May, doubled to left center, plating Prather for a 2-0 advantage. Chris Berry brought Clark in with a sacrifice fly to left center and Alex Reynolds casted a bloop-RBI doubled down the left field line, completing UNF's scoring in the first.
• FGCU got its first hit and run on a solo shot to left off the bat of right fielder Jay Hayes to open the fourth. Kohl GIlmore cut the deficit in half with his own solo shot to right center, cutting it to 4-2.
• Alex Brait singled up the middle with one out, swiped second and eventually scored on a Hayes double down the left field line, narrowing UNF's lead to 4-3 the following frame.
• UNF answered in the bottom of the fifth. Berry grinded out an at-bat before delivering with an inside-out RBI single to left center, scoring Prather. Prather reached with a carbon copy leadoff single through the left side and took second on a Clark walk.
• UNF came up with two big runs in the seventh. Once again, Prather started the frame with a single. Murphy walked before a pair of wild pitches pushed runners to second and third. Clark worked the count to 3-2 before singling to right center, making it 7-3 Ospreys.
• Joe Kinker hit FGCU's third solo home run of the night, a towering home run to left field in the top of the eighth.
• Eddie Miller entered with two out in the eighth, hitting a batter before notching a punch out.
• Miller got a strikeout to open the ninth before walking FGCU's pinch hitter, Elijah Eusebio. Miller got the second out on a pop out, although Brait cued an infield single to third as the Ospreys went to Norkus in the pen.
• Norkus broke off a stellar breaking pitch with the count full, fanning Kinker for his fourth save.

Statistical Leaders

UNF

• Prather | 4-for-5, 3 R, 2B
• Clark | 1-for-3, 3 RBI
• Berry | 1-for-3, 2 RBI
• Deppermann | 5.0 IP, 3 ER, 4 H, 3 K, 3 BB

FGCU

• Hayes, Kinker, Gilmore | One solo home run apiece
• Brait | 2-for-5, R

Notes

• UNF has scored 32 runs in the first inning, the most runs it has scored in any one inning this year.
• The Ospreys are 11-4 when scoring first.
• North Florida has had a pitcher record a save in 12 of its 15 wins.
• Brad Deppermann has 172 strikeouts after six punchouts tonight. He moves into sole possession of third all-time in UNF's Division I history.
• Jay Prather has 13 multi-hit games this season after posting the first four-hit performance for an Osprey this season.
• Miller's streak of appearances without an earned run moves to 19.2 innings and 12 total appearances.

Up Next
Game two of the three-game set is slated for 2:05 p.m. from Harmon Stadium tomorrow.