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David Maberry holding a baseball bat looking on at the pitcher.
Maberry notched four hits Sunday.
9
Winner Kennesaw State KSU 24-28, 9-12 ASUN
4
North Florida UNF 30-21, 11-9 ASUN
Winner
Kennesaw State KSU
24-28, 9-12 ASUN
9
Final
4
North Florida UNF
30-21, 11-9 ASUN
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kennesaw State KSU 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 2 9 15 0
North Florida UNF 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 17 0

W: Rine, Jared (3-5) L: Bowling, Hunter (1-1) S: McLinskey, Jake. (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Owls Outlast Ospreys in Home Finale, 9-4

Game Featured Two Hour 17 Minute Weather Delay in Top of the Fourth

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The 2019 home finale for the Ospreys (30-21, 11-9 ASUN) saw 32 combined hits and a two hour and 17 minute weather delay, but when it was all said and done Kennesaw State (24-28, 9-12 ASUN) emerged with a 9-4 win Sunday, May 12. 

KSU 9, UNF 4
Pitchers of Record
Win: Jared Rine (3-5)
Loss: Hunter Bowling (1-1)
Save: Jake McKlinskey (2)

Line Scores
KSU | 9 R, 15 H, 0 E, 9 LOB
UNF | 4 R, 17 H, 0 E, 12 LOB

Behind the Line Score
  • Justin Russell broke an 0-for-8 skid to start the series with a solo home run on a high curve ball in the second inning.
  • UNF had a good opportunity in the second after a leadoff double from David Maberry and a single off the bat of Alex Reynolds. A foul out and strike-em out, throw-em out thwarted UNF.
  • The Owls extended their lead in the next frame, taking a 3-0 lead. Tyler Simon reached on a fielder's choice before Jake Franklin singled to left center, advancing Simon to third as he was going on the pitch. Terence Norman doubled to right center, scoring Simon before a Russell RBI groundout plated Franklin.
  • UNF got to KSU in the bottom of the third. Chris Berry shot a single through the left side and two batters later Tanner Murphy launched a two-run homer to left, cutting the deficit to 3-2.
  • Lightning got in the way of things before the fourth inning could start. A series of lightning delays created a the two-hour plus hiatus before the game resumed. Hunter Bowling entered for starter Brandon Reitz while Jared Rine took over for Jake Rothwell.
  • North Florida got even in the fifth. Tanner Clark hooked a double down the right field line and scored on an RBI single to left from Wes Weeks.
  • KSU put together a three-run sixth to establish a 6-3 lead. Garrett Hodges and Tyler Tolve put up back-to-back singles through the right side, setting up David Chabut's eighth sac bunt of the year. Jaylen Smith walked before Daniel Seres was set down swinging. Trace Norkus uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Hodges to score before Simon drove in two with a single through the left side.
  • With the bases loaded, Murphy dropped a Texas Leaguer down the right field line, scoring Sequera. Clark laced a one hopper right to Smith at second, getting the Owls out of it with a double play.
  • Simon continued his big day with an RBI double scorched off the left field wall, scoring Smith who had reached on an infield single two batters earlier.
  • More insurance came KSU's way in the ninth after Chabut split the gap in right for a two-RBI double, scoring Tolve and Hodges, putting the Owls ahead, 9-4.

Statistical Leaders
UNF
  • Murphy | 2-for-5, R, 3 RBI, HR
  • Maberry | 4-for-5, 2 2B
  • Berry | 2-for-4, BB, R
  • Clark | 2-for-5, R, 2B

Kennesaw State
  • Russell | 1-for-5, R, 3 RBI, HR
  • Norman | 2-for-5, R
  • Simon | 3-for-5, 2B, R, 3 RBI
  • Chabut | 2-for-4, 2 RBI
  • McLinskey | 3.2 IP, 5 H, 0 ER

Notes
  • North Florida has put up double-digit hits in 21 games this season.
  • Today was the first weather delay of UNF's home slate this season.
  • UNF concluded the season 23-11 at home.
  • Murphy and Weeks are tied for the team lead with six homers apiece.
  • North Florida remains with the series lead against KSU, 49-45.
  • Seven Ospreys recorded at least two hits.
  • Maberry put up the first four-hit game of his season.
  • Murphy had 15 putouts in center this weekend.
  • Weeks tied Murphy for the team lead in stolen bases, recording his 17th of the season.

Up Next
The Ospreys start a three-game set at Stetson Thursday, May 16. First pitch of the final regular season series is slated for 6:30 p.m.
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