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Abraham Sequera releases his bat after hitting a pitch
Sequera went 4-for-7 in his first games of 2019.
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Western Michigan WMU 5-9
11
Winner North Florida UNF 9-7
Western Michigan WMU
5-9
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Final
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North Florida UNF
9-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Western Michigan WMU 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 8 2
North Florida UNF 2 0 2 3 2 2 0 0 X 11 16 1

W: Reitz, Brandon (1-1) L: SZOTT, Jack (1-1) S: Bowling, Hunter (1)

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Western Michigan WMU 5-10
10
Winner North Florida UNF 10-7
Western Michigan WMU
5-10
4
Final
10
North Florida UNF
10-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Western Michigan WMU 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 14 1
North Florida UNF 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 10 14 0

W: Chappell, Zach (1-0) L: SZCZEPANIAK, Drew (0-2) S: Norkus, Trace (3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Offensive Outburst Fuels Baseball to Doubleheader Sweep of WMU

UNF Pounds Out 30 Hits to Take Two-of-Three From WMU

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida exploded for 30 hits and 21 runs to sweep a doubleheader against visiting Western Michigan (5-10) Saturday. The Ospreys (10-7) won by scores of 11-2 and 10-4 to take their third series of the season. 

UNF 11, WMU 2

Pitchers of Record:
Win: Brandon Reitz (1-1)
Loss: Jack Szott (1-1)
Save: Hunter Bowling (1)

Line Scores:
WMU | 2 R, 8 H, 2 E, 11 LOB
UNF | 11 R, 16 H, E, 12 LOB

Behind the Line Score
  • Tanner Murphy tagged his third home run of the season to put UNF up 2-0 in the bottom of the first.
  • Reitz worked out of a jam in the second. With runners on second, back-to-back fielder's choices followed by a swinging strikeout set down the Broncos.
  • The top of the order came through for UNF again in the third. Wes Weeks reached on a throwing error from short and after a Tanner May flyout, Jay Prather extended his hitting streak to 11 with a roller up the middle. Murphy tagged an RBI single into left center, plating Weeks. Austin Hurwitz followed with his own RBI single back up the box, making it 4-0.
  • UNF was persistent and patient in the fourth, scoring three times on three hits. Alex Reynolds led the frame off with a double to right center. Abraham Sequera pushed a bunt single past the pticher and Weeks drew a walk to load the bags. A May RBI-walk, Prather RBI-single to left and an Austin Hurwitz RBI fielder's choice plated three, putting UNF ahead 7-0. Hurwitz's fielder's choice was nearly a single to left as the WMU's Drew Devine could only keep the line drive in the infield by knocking it down before getting the Ospreys at third base.
  • Reynolds and Sequera tucked back-to-back doubles inside the left field line, making it 8-0. Weeks laced a liner up the middle, driving in Sequera one batter later.
  • It became 11-0 in the sixth. Berry smacked a double into the right-field corner to start the inning. Reynolds and Sequera walked before Weeks and May tallied consecutive RBI singles.
  • The Broncos finally got to Reitz in the seventh, plating two via a double, two hit by pitches and a fielding error.
  • Bowling worked three scoreless innings behind Reitz to earn his first career save, fanning one while only permitting two hits.

Statistical Leaders:
UNF
  • Murphy | 3-for-4, HR, R, BB, 3 RBI
  • Weeks | 2-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB
  • May | 1-for-5, 2 RBI
  • Sequera | 3-for-4, 2 R
  • Reitz | 6.0 IP, 6 H, 2 K, 2 BB

WMU
  • Jimmy Roche | 2-for-4
  • Ethan Hadukovic | 2-for-3

UNF 10, WMU 4

Pitchers of Record:
Win: Zach Chappell (1-0)
Loss: Drew Szczepaniak (0-2)
Save: Trace Norkus (3)

Line Scores:
WMU | 4 R, 14 H, E, 12 LOB
UNF | 10 R, 14 H, 0 E, 9 LOB

Behind the Line Score
  • Weeks threw out a WMU runner attempting to score from second on a single to right, closing out the Broncos' first.
  • He promptly followed that up with a leadoff double to left center to ignite UNF's five-run first.
  • Max Law floated a single into shallow center, putting runners at the corners. After a wild pitch and a walk, Murphy brought Weeks in with a sacrifice fly. Prather swiped second, Hurwitz walked and Berry went with an outside pitch for a two-RBI double down the left field line to put UNF ahead 3-0. Hendricks got hit by a pitch in the shoulder and Reynolds found space in right center for a two-RBI single.
  • WMU scored a two-out run in the third. Jesse Forestell laced a double down the left field line, scoring Blake Dunn after he reached with a hit by pitch.
  • UNF scored two with two outs in the third, moving its lead to 7-1. Hendricks and Reynolds walked before Sequera blistered a line drive off WMU's hurler, loading the bases. Weeks scored Hendricks and Reynolds with a single into right center.
  • Four singles, three with two outs, cut UNF's lead to 7-3 after four and a half.
  • Three singles, two of which were RBI base knocks from Prather and Weeks made it 9-3 Ospreys in the bottom of the sixth. 
  • The Ospreys got their final run in the seventh. Law tagged a hard one-hopper off the leg of righty Tyler Thorington for a single. Murphy roped a single to center and Hurwitz capped a big day with a bounding ball that got through the right side, plating Law.
  • Trace Norkus worked two uneventful innings in relief before coming across some danger in the ninth. Norkus stranded the bases loaded in the ninth, fanning the final two batters that he retired to earn the three-inning save.

Statistical Leaders:
UNF
  • Weeks, Murphy, Prather | 2-for-4 (combined four runs, six runs, three RBI)
  • Hurwitz | 3-for-4, R, RBI, BB
  • Chappell, Norkus | Combined 7.0 IP, ER, 4 K

WMU
  • Hudson | 4-for-5, R, 2B
  • Cooper Marshall | 2-for-4

Notes
  • Hendricks and Sequera started for the first time this season. It was Sequera's first appearance.
  • Bowling and Norkus combined to give UNF three three-inning saves this season.
  • UNF's 21 runs in a doubleheader is its most since scoring 23 against Northeastern February 25, 2018.
  • Hurwitz is hitting .500 for the year (15-for-30). He has two three-hit games this year. 
  • UNF is 10-5 all-time against Western Michigan.
  • Eight different UNF pitchers have recorded wins this season.

Coach Parenton's Comments:
"The guys came focused and in the first inning we started really well and it went from there. Their guy last night was changing speeds and hitting his spots. Today we got on their pitcher really quick after having a good workout in the cage, talking about staying focused and staying through the middle, and our guys were able to do a good job of that." -- Head coach Tim Parenton.

Up Next
The Ospreys go to Bethune-Cookman for a 6 p.m. first pitch Tuesday, March 12.
 
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