
Baseball Drops 5-2 Decision, FGCU Evens Up Series
3/23/2019 5:54:00 PM | Baseball
Studstill Takes No-Hit Bid Into Sixth Inning
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - FGCU starter Mason Studstill walked five but UNF (15-10, 1-1 ASUN) bats couldn't make him pay as the Eagles (14-7, 1-1 ASUN) held the Ospreys to four hits in a 5-2 loss at Harmon Stadium, Saturday, March 23.
FGCU 5, UNF 2
Pitchers of Record:
Win: Mason Studstill (3-0)
Loss: Brandon Reitz (1-2)
Save: Hunter McGarry (2)
Line Scores
FGCU | 5 R, 8 H, 0 E, 11 LOB
UNF | 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 7 LOB
Behind the Line Score
Statistical Leaders:
UNF
FGCU
Notes
Up Next
Game two of the three-game set is slated for 2:05 p.m. from Harmon Stadium tomorrow.
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FGCU 5, UNF 2
Pitchers of Record:
Win: Mason Studstill (3-0)
Loss: Brandon Reitz (1-2)
Save: Hunter McGarry (2)
Line Scores
FGCU | 5 R, 8 H, 0 E, 11 LOB
UNF | 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 7 LOB
Behind the Line Score
- Reitz got out of the first after Abraham Sequera picked a sharp one-hopper before turning a 6-4-3 double play.
- The Eagles got on via to leadoff walk each of the first three innings, finally cashing in for two runs in the third. Marc Coffers worked a free pass, stole second and moved to third on an Alex Brait fly out to center. Jay Hayes went down swinging and Joe Kinker drew another walk. Kohl Gilmore and Eric Gonzalez recorded back-to-back RBI singles up the middle, making it 2-0 FGCU.
- With two outs, Abraham Sequera, Wes Weeks and and Jay Prather worked three consecutive walks before Studstill got out of it with an inning-ending strikeout on Tanner Murphy.
- FGCU opened up a 5-0 lead with three runs in the seventh. Brait got hit by a pitch and Hayes doubled off the left field wall. Kinker walked to load the bags before Alex Reynolds made a diving play on a screamer at first. Richie Garcia drove a sac fly deep enough to center, scoring Brait. Consecutive singles plated two more.
- The Ospreys got over the hump in the seventh, scoring twice with two outs. Sequera  singled up the middle, Weeks doubled to left and Prather drove in Weeks with a hard hit grounder through the right side, cutting it to 5-2.
- FGCU reliever Hunter McGarry settled in after a shaky seventh, retiring the Ospreys in order to earn his second save of the season.
Statistical Leaders:
UNF
- Weeks | 1-for-3, R, RBI, BB
- Sequera | 1-for-2, R, BB
- Bowling | 2.1 IP, H, ER
FGCU
- Hayes | 3-for-5, R
- Kinker | 1-for-3, 2 R, 2 BB
- Studstill | 5.1 IP, H, 5 BB, 7 K
- McGarry | 3.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER
Notes
- Prather extends his hitting streak to six games.
- UNF's four hits is the second-lowest hit total in a game this season.
Up Next
Game two of the three-game set is slated for 2:05 p.m. from Harmon Stadium tomorrow.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Studstill, Mason (3-0)
L: Reitz, Brandon (1-2)
S: McGarry, Hunter (2)
Batting:
2B: Hayes, Jay 1
RBI: Gilmore, Kohl 1 ; Garcia, Richie 2 ; Gonzalez, Eric 1 ; Townsend, Jalen 1
SH: Proffitt, Christian 1
SF: Garcia, Richie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Coffers, Marc 1 ; Brait, Alex 1 ; Hayes, Jay 1 ; Kinker, Joe 2
SB: Coffers, Marc 1 ; Townsend, Jalen 1
HBP: Brait, Alex 1 ; Gilmore, Kohl 1 ; Gonnella, Anthony 1

Batting:
2B: Weeks, Wes 1
RBI: Weeks, Wes 1 ; Prather, Jay 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Weeks, Wes 1 ; Sequera, Abraham 1
Game Leaders
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