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Picture of all of the UNF baseball seniors gathered for Senior Day.
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Kennesaw State KSU 23-28, 8-12 ASUN
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Winner North Florida UNF 30-20, 11-8 ASUN
Kennesaw State KSU
23-28, 8-12 ASUN
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Final
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North Florida UNF
30-20, 11-8 ASUN
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kennesaw State KSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 1
North Florida UNF 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 3

W: Miller, Eddie (3-3) L: Exley, Brian (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Walks Off On Kennesaw State to Cap Senior Day

May’s Pinch Hit Sac Fly in the Ninth Scores Hendricks

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - One would be hard pressed to deliver a great Senior Day gift than a walk-off win, and Saturday the Ospreys (30-20, 11-8 ASUN) did just that, downing Kennesaw State, 3-2, via a pinch hit walk-off sacrifice fly from Tanner May in the bottom of the ninth May 11 from Harmon Stadium.

UNF 3, KSU 2
Pitchers of Record
Win: Eddie Miller (3-3)
Loss: Brian Exley (0-1)

Line Scores
KSU | 2 R, 4 H, E, 5 LOB
UNF | 3 R, 6 H, 3 E, 6 LOB

Behind the Line Score
  • After Chris Berry was hit by a curveball, Wes Weeks walloped a two-run home run to left for a 2-0 run lead in the bottom of the third.
  • Both pitchers settled into a groove as Marchese fanned six through five innings and Kennedy set down 12 straight after Weeks' homer.
  • Three errors allowed KSU (23-28, 8-12 ASUN) to tie it, 2-2, in the seventh. After a Terence Norman single a Justin Russell grounder to Chris Berry was mishandled. Berry made the play on the ensuing sac bunt before Tyler Tolve lined out to Abraham Sequera. Nick Marchese got David Chabut to dribble a roller back to the mound, but Marchese couldn't handle it, allowing Norman to score. With runners at the corners, Chabut took off for second, drawing an errant throw from Austin Hurwitz while allowing Russell to score.
  • Starters Nick Marchese and Ryan Kennedy put forth strong efforts, but the decisions would come from the bullpen.
  • Eddie Miller and Brian Exley traded turns with shutdown innings before UNF got to Exley in the ninth.
  • David Maberry turned on a high and inside fastball, doubling to left to leadoff the ninth. After being pinch ran for by Alex Hendricks, Alex Reynolds popped out to second. Blake Marabell was intentionally walked, bringing up pinch hitter Tanner May. Hendricks got a great read on a pitch in the dirt, advancing to third before May laced a lineout to left, allowing Hendricks to tag up and score the winning run.

Statistical Leaders
UNF
  • Weeks | 1-for-4, R, 2 RBI
  • Berry | 1-for-3, R
  • Marchese | 6.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, BB, 6 K, 84 pitches
  • Miller | 2.1 IP, H, 0 R, BB, 2 K, 40 pitches

Kennesaw State
  • Simon | 2-for-3, BB
  • Kennedy | 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, BB, 2 K, 76 pitches

Notes
  • UNF honored its nine senior student-athletes and one of its student managers prior to the game as part of Senior Day.
  • Weeks leads the team with six homers.
  • Murphy has recorded 11 putouts in the two games against KSU.
  • UNF is 49-44 against the Owls all time.
  • The Ospreys won their 30th game of the year, doing so after winning game number 23 at home on the season.
  • North Florida is 23-10 at Harmon this year.
  • UNF has won four conference series this year.
  • This is the second walk-off win for UNF this season, and first since Tanner May's walk-off walk against Fordham February 22.
  • Marchese has spun at least 6.0 innings in each of his last five starts.

Up Next
The series finale and final home game of the 2019 season is set for 1:05 p.m. from Harmon Stadium tomorrow.
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