LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Ospreys (16-12, 2-2 ASUN) got the tying run 90 feet from home, but Liberty (19-6, 3-1 ASUN) hung on to take the series opener at the Liberty Baseball Stadium Friday night, March 29.

The Ospreys outhit the Flames, 9-7, falling to 11-2 on the season when out-hitting their opponent.

Liberty 4, UNF 3
Pitchers of Record
Win: Andrew McInvale (6-0)
Loss: Brad Deppermann (2-2)
Save: Evan Brabrand (8)

Line Scores
UNF | 3 R, 9 H, 0 E, 6 LOB
Liberty | 4 R, 7 H, 1 E, 3 LOB

Behind the Line Score

• Jay Prather extended his team-best hitting streak to nine games with a single in the first. He moved to second on a Tanner May base hit, but was eventually thrown out at third upon review as he attempted to advance on an off-speed delivery in the dirt.
• UNF got in scoring position again in the second, but couldn't push one across.
• Liberty took a 2-0 lead in the second. Brandon Rohrer got sawed off but landed a single in right center. Lefty Logan Mathieu went the other way, landing a two-run home run into the bullpen in straight away left.
• The Ospreys cut the deficit in half in the third. Tanner Murphy hooked a one-out double inside third, and Austin Hurwitz clubbed him home with an RBI ground rule double into the gap in right center, getting over the wall in one bound.
• Wes Weeks was better than two official reviews to score UNF's second run. Berry reached on a fielding error by Liberty's second baseman atop the fourth. Wes Weeks rolled one to third, reaching on a fielder's choice before swiping second. Weeks was originally ruled out at second on the steal attempt, but the first review proved otherwise. One pitch after the review, Alex Reynolds ripped a single to right. Weeks was called out again on the throw to the plate, but after the second review of the frame, the redshirt-senior was called safe, tying the game at two.
• The Flames quickly took the 4-2 lead in the fourth. Tyler Galazin and Rohrer reached on singles, advanced another base with a wild pitch, and Mathieu plated Galazin with a deep sacrifice fly to left center. Cam Locklear scored Rohrer with a double into right center.
• Weeks tripled to right center and scored on an RBI groundout by Reynolds, cutting the deficit to 4-3 in the seventh.
• UNF came within 90 feet of tying the game in the ninth. Weeks opened the ninth with a single through the left side and later stole second after Brabrand got a pair of strikeouts. He advanced another 90 feet on a wild pitch as Tanner Clark came on as a pinch hitter. Clark hit a sharp one hopper to second, but Wagner got in front of it and recorded the final out at first.

Statistical Leaders
UNF

• Prather | 2-for-4
• Weeks | 2-for-4, 2 R, 3B, 2 SB
• Deppermann | 8.0 IP, 8 K, 4 ER, 7 H, 0 BB

Liberty

• Mathieu | 2-for-4, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR
• McInvale | 6.1 IP, 6 K, BB, 7 H, 3 R
• Brabrand | 2.2 IP, 3 K, 2 H, 0 ER

Notes

• Friday was UNF's first game outside of the state of Florida this season.
• This was meeting number seven between these two teams. It's the first time that they met as ASUN foes, and their first encounter in Virginia.
• Liberty leads the all-time series, 4-3.
• Prather extended his hitting streak to nine games.
• Hurwitz recorded his first extra-base hit as an Osprey.
• Berry now has 104 career walks, needing only nine more to match the UNF Division I record.
• This is Deppermann's sixth consecutive start of at least 5.0 innings. He's reached that mark six of seven starts this year. He went a season-long 8.0 innings.
• Deppermann dealt the first complete game of the season for the Ospreys. 
• Deppermann has 180 career strikeouts, good for fourth all-time in UNF's Division I history. He already has more punchouts than he did in 53.1 innings of work in 2017.
• Weeks' triple is just the second of the year for UNF.
• Tonight's game marked the midway point for the regular season.

Up Next
The two teams meet for game two of the three-game series tomorrow at 4 p.m.