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Trace Norkus shortly after releasing a pitch
Norkus contributed six of UNF's 17 strikeouts Wednesday.
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North Florida UNF 8-6
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Winner Florida State FS 11-0
North Florida UNF
8-6
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Final
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Florida State FS
11-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
North Florida UNF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1
Florida State FS 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 8 0

W: HANEY, C. (1-0) L: Miller, Eddie (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

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

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.

Up Next
UNF returns to Harmon Stadium for a three-game set against Western Michigan. Game one is set for 6:05 p.m. this Friday.
 
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