JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville held a 3-2 lead in the fourth, but junior hurler Brandon Reitz settled in to retire 10 straight and North Florida (18-16, 4-5 ASUN) bats erupted for three consecutive frames with a crooked number as the Ospreys downed JU (20-12, 6-3 ASUN) in the rubber match, 11-3, Sunday, April 7, at Harmon Stadium.

UNF 11, JU 3
Pitchers of Record
Win: Brandon Reitz (2-3)
Loss: AJ Jones (4-2)

Line Scores
JU | 3 R, 8 H, E, 6 LOB
UNF | 11 R, 13 H, E, 10 LOB

Behind the Line Score

• UNF went up, 2-0, in the bottom of the first inning.
• Chris Berry opened the frame with a single to left and was followed by a double down the left field line off the bat of Jay Prather. Tanner Murphy plated Berry with an RBI groundout and Tanner Clark brought home Prather on a sac fly to center.
• JU plated two to tie it, 2-2, in the second. Scott Dubrule reached on a fielding error at short to start the inning, and Cory Heffron was hit by a pitch. A single, productive groundout and a sac fly later, JU tied it.
• The Dolphins took a 3-2 lead, doing all of their work with two outs in the fourth. John Cassala singled on a flare to left field and eventually took second after alertly advancing on a curveball in the dirt. Reagan Wright plated Cassala with a single to left center.
• UNF jumped back on top in the home half of the fourth. Tanner Murphy dropped a bleeder into right, Tanner Clark doubled down the right field line and Wes Weeks muscled a two-RBI single to right center. Weeks swiped second and Maberry continued his hot-hitting for the series with an RBI single through the left side.
• Weeks came within a few feet of a grand slam in the fifth, but he still delivered a sac fly to the track in left center. Berry scored on the play after leading off the inning with a walk. Alex Reynolds was hit by a pitch and Maberry turned on a pitch to single inside the third base bag, scoring two for an 8-3 lead.
• UNF jumped over a fielding error by Dubrule to go up 10-3 in the sixth. Marabell's tapper to second was mishandled, Berry bunted him over and Prather plated Marabell with a roller through the right side. Prather was running and eventually scored on a 3-2 delivery to Tanner Clark as it was deposited into left center.
• Reitz settled in from the fourth through seventh inning, retiring 10 consecutive batters during UNF's offensive outburst.
• Trace Norkus entered for Reitz after back-to-back JU singles started the eight. The senior rolled a double play, Berry to Prather and on to Reynolds, and got Jacob Southern to pop out.
• Patience at the plate and some wild tosses from JU righty Ethan Sander pushed UNF's 11th run across. Weeks and Reynolds walked and Sander spun two wild pitches, plating Weeks.
• Norkus twirled 2.0 innings of scoreless relief behind Reitz.

Statistical Leaders
JU

• Dubrule | 2-for-4, R
• Camacho | 2-for-4, R

UNF

• Maberry | 3-for-4, 3 RBI
• Weeks, Clark, Prather, Berry | 2-for-3, combined nine runs, six RBI
• Reitz | 7.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R, ER, BB, 2 K, 107 pitches

Notes

• UNF scored first in each game this series.
• UNF has scored an inning-best 40 runs in the first frame.
• Weeks now has a team-high 10 stolen bases.
• Chris Berry walked again, notching his 23rd of the season. He's three walks shy of tying the UNF Division I record.
• North Florida needed only one hit in its three-run fifth.
• The Ospreys took a series from JU for the first time since 2015.
• Reitz spun a career-long 7.0 innings.
• JU didn't have an extra-base hit.
• UNF's one-through-seven batters went 13-for-24.

Up Next
The next time UNF takes the field will be the first game of a three-game series against NJIT Friday, April 12, at 6:05 p.m.