Pitching Prowess Propels Baseball to Doubleheader Sweep of FAMU

Sunday, April 28

Jacksonville, Fla.

1:05 p.m.

University of North Florida

25-17

Florida A&M

18-27

FAMU

North Florida

Marchese improved his record to 5-0 with another win Sunday.

Pitching Prowess Propels Baseball to Doubleheader Sweep of FAMU

4/28/2019 7:33:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Ospreys Win Pair of Seven-Inning Contests, 4-0, 10-2

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida's dominance of Florida A&M (18-28) in Jacksonville continued Sunday, in large part thanks to a pair of dandy pitching performances from Nick Marchese and Brandon Reitz.

Together the righties combined to twirl 13 innings of two-run ball as the Ospreys downed FAMU in a pair of seven-inning contests Sunday, April 28, at Harmon Stadium. UNF (26-17) took the opener 4-0 and rolled to a 10-2 win in the series finale, earning a three-game sweep of the Rattlers.

Game 1
UNF 4, FAMU 0

Pitchers of Record
Win: Nick Marchese (5-0)
Loss: Josh Hancock (4-4)

Line Scores
FAMU | 0 R, 3 H, E, 6 LOB
UNF | 4 R, 9 H, 0 E, 6 LOB

Behind the Line Score

Chris Berry hit a towering home run to right to leadoff the first and put UNF up, 1-0.
UNF got some breathing room in the third, establishing a 3-0 lead. Berry laced a single to center, Jay Prather came back from down 0-2 to walk and Tanner Murphy moved them up a base with a flyout to center. Austin Hurwitz plated Berry with a single to center and Wes Weeks scored Prather on a sac fly to left.
The Ospreys completed their scoring in the sixth with some small ball. David Maberry opened with a single and was pinch ran for by Alex Hendricks. Abraham Sequera bunted him over, Blake Marabell moved Hendricks to third on a fly out and Hendricks scored on a wild pitch.
Marchese stranded six, fanned four and recorded his second shutout in three appearances.

Statistical Leaders
FAMU

Three with one single
Hancock | 5.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K

UNF

Berry | 2-for-3, 2 R, RBI, HR
Murphy | 2-for-3, 2B
Maberry | 2-for-3
Marchese | CG, SHO, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 94 pitches

Game 2
UNF 10, FAMU 2

Pitchers of Record
Win: Brandon Reitz (4-4)
Loss: Josh Barr (1-5)

Line Scores
FAMU | 2 R, 7 H, 2 E, 7 LOB
UNF | 10 R, 13 H, E, 9 LOB

Behind the Line Score

The Ospreys jumped on some FAMU walks in the first to plate three. Berry walked, Prather singled to left, Murphy walked and Weeks was beaned, plating Berry. Maberry delivered with a big two-out, two-RBI single through the right side.
UNF's third two-out RBI made it 4-0 UNF in the third. Hurwitz led off with a walk and was pushed to second on a Weeks bloop single that landed down the right field line. Alex Reynolds hit the ball sharply but was the victim of a double play before Maberry came through with a bouncing single past third. Sequera followed with a single to left and Marabell scored two more on a double that landed in front of Seyjuan Lawrence in right.
The Rattlers scored their first run of the day in the fourth. Willis McDaniel doubled down the left field line and eventually scored on a two-out RBI single up the middle off the bat of Kaycee Reese.
UNF got FAMU's run right back in the bottom half. Hurwitz took a slider for a single up the middle and moved to second on a fielding error by Reese at third. Reynolds ripped an RBI single to right, scoring Hurwitz.
The lead bloomed to 10-1 in the fifth. Marabell singled to center and Berry walked for the third time. Prather reached on an infield single and Murphy blistered a two-RBI single to left. Hurwitz would score Prather two batters later with an RBI groundout to first.
McDaniel scored FAMU's second and final run on a Ryan Coscarella single down the right field line in the sixth.
Eddie Miller took over for Reitz in the seventh and fanned a pair to finish the day.

Statistical Leaders
FAMU

McDaniel | 1-for-2, 2 R, 2B
Lawrence | 1-for-1, SB

UNF

Prather | 2-for-4, 2 R
Maberry | 2-for-3, R, 3 RBI
Marabell | 3-for-4, R, 2 RBI

Notes

Berry is the first Osprey to homer in consecutive games this season.
The Ospreys have scored 49 runs in the first inning this season, 14 more than they scored in the first all of last season.
Berry has 11 multi-hit games this season.
It was Marchese's second-longest outing of his career and his fifth quality start of the year.
UNF is a season-high nine games over .500.
The Ospreys are 17-0 against FAMU at Harmon Stadium.
UNF is 25-2 against the Rattlers.
The Ospreys are 13-5 against teams from Florida.

Up Next
UNF hosts UCF Tuesday at 6:05 p.m. to close out the four-game non-conference home stand.