No. 7/11 Florida State Walks Off on UNF’s Record-Setting Night

Wednesday, March 6

Tallahassee, Fla.

6:05 p.m.

University of North Florida

8-6

Florida State

11-0

North Florida

Florida State

Trace Norkus shortly after releasing a pitch

Norkus contributed six of UNF's 17 strikeouts Wednesday.

No. 7/11 Florida State Walks Off on UNF’s Record-Setting Night

3/6/2019 9:52:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Osprey Pitchers Fan a UNF - Division I Record 17

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - UNF scored three runs in the first and the Osprey arms fanned a UNF-Division I Record 17 batters, but No. 7/11 FSU (11-0) crept back in the game and eventually walked off with a win in the ninth at Florida State Wednesday, March 6.

No. 7/11 FSU, 4, UNF 3

Pitchers of Record:
Win: Chase Haney (1-0)
Loss: Eddie Miller (1-1)

Line Scores:
UNF | 3 R, 8 H, E, 7 LOB
FSU | 4 R, 8 H, 0 E, 14 LOB

Behind the Line Score

The Ospreys (8-6) knocked FSU's starter Antonio Velez out of the game after only 0.1 inning of work to put UNF ahead 3-0.
Chris Berry walked, Jay Prather singled to right and David Maberry loaded the bags with a single through the left side. UNF scored one on each of the next three plays. Tanner May walked, Austin Hurwitz ripped a single to right and Wes Weeks hooked an RBI single through the left side.
FSU got one back in the second inning.
Carter Smith walked, moved to second on a hit by pitch and scored on a Nander De Sedas RBI single sliced past a diving Tanner May at shortstop.
The Seminoles tied it up with the long ball in the seventh. Drew Mendoza walked and Elijah Cabell clubbed a two-run home run to right center, evening it at 3-3.
Blake Marabell made a potential game-saving catch in the left field corner to end FSU's seventh inning, stranding two Seminoles. He also made a running catch in the corner on a deep fly ball at the start of FSU's eighth.
The Noles walked off in the ninth.
FSU's Matheu Nelson reached on May's throwing error on a grounder to short, pulling Alex Reynolds barely off the bag. Following a walk De Sedas drove the first pitch he saw off the wall in right, plating the game-winning run.

Statistical Leaders:
UNF

Hurwitz | 2-for-4, RBI
May | 1-for-3, RBI, BB
Trace Norkus | 2.0 IP, 6 K, ER

FSU

Cabell | 2-for-4, 2 RBI, HR, BB
De Sedas | 2-for-5, 2 RBI
FSU's Bullpen | 8.2 IP scoreless innings

Notes

UNF's 17 punch outs are the most in UNF's Division I history. It breaks the Ospreys previous record of 16 set March 4, 2016 against Penn.
The first 11 batters UNF retired came via strikeout. Mike Salvatore's fielder's choice to end the fourth was the first time the Noles were retired in the field.
Norkus set a career high with six strikeouts.
The Ospreys sent a season-high seven to the mound.
Prather extended his hitting streak to nine games.
This is UNF's sixth game against a Power Five opponent this season.
UNF has played two games against top 10 teams.
FSU's starter, Velez, came into the game with a 0.90 ERA and a 2-0 record.
This was Norkus' first-career start.
This is the second 10-0 team UNF has faced this year.
Despite taking the loss lefty Eddie Miller has still not allowed an earned run through 12.1 innnings.