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Nick Marchese winds up to throw a pitch
Marchese improved his record to 5-0 with another win Sunday.
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FAMU FAMUB 18-27
4
Winner North Florida UNF 25-17
FAMU FAMUB
18-27
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Final
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North Florida UNF
25-17
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
FAMU FAMUB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
North Florida UNF 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 4 9 0

W: Marchese, Nick (5-0) L: HANCOCK,Josh (4-4)

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FAMU FAMUB 18-28
10
Winner North Florida UNF 26-17
FAMU FAMUB
18-28
2
Final
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North Florida UNF
26-17
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
FAMU FAMUB 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 7 2
North Florida UNF 3 0 3 1 3 0 X 10 13 1

W: Reitz, Brandon (4-4) L: BARR,Josh (1-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Pitching Prowess Propels Baseball to Doubleheader Sweep of FAMU

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.
 
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