Ospreys Eliminate FGCU in 10-5 Win

Thursday, May 23

DeLand, Fla.

11:00 a.m.

University of North Florida

32-24

FGCU

34-21

North Florida

FGCU

Picture of Nick Marchese following through on a pitch.

Marchese improved to 7-0 on the season.

5/23/2019 3:01:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

UNF Pounds Out 13 Hits and Ties Season High With 10 Walks

DeLAND, Fla. - North Florida (32-24) put up crooked numbers in four innings and tied a season high with 10 walks to stave off elimination and remove FGCU (34-21) from the 2019 ASUN Baseball Championship with a 10-5 win Thursday, May 23, from Melching Field at Conrad Park.

UNF will play tomorrow at 3 p.m. in another elimination contest. The Ospreys could play Lipscomb, Liberty or Jacksonville.

UNF 10, FGCU 5

Pitchers of Record
Win: Nick Marchese (7-0)
Loss: Evan Lumbert (6-3)
Save: Ryan Jean (2)

Line Scores
UNF | 10 R, 12 H, E, 14 LOB
FGCU | 5 R, 4 H, E, 13 LOB

Behind the Line Score

UNF scored one after an erratic second inning from FGCU starter, Evan Lumbert. Tanner May, Clark and Murphy walked before David Maberry wore a fastball off the elbow guard, putting UNF ahead, 1-0. Lumbert got Jay Prather to fly to right to end the threat.
Walks haunted Lumbert and the Eagles again in the third. Alex Reynolds, May and Clark walked before Chris Berry deposited a curveball into left for the 3-0 lead.
Free passes factored in again, this time for FGCU. Jalen Townsend was hit by a pitch before Richie Garcia and Alex Brait walked. Consecutive RBI groundouts cut UNF's lead to 3-2 in the third. Two more walks tied the game, 3-3.
Four two-out runs created a 7-3 Osprey advantage in the fourth. David Maberry drew a leadoff walk, ushering Lumbert from the game. Prather lined a single to right one batter later before a one-out single from Blake Marabell loaded the bags. Reynolds rolled one to second, although FGCU couldn't turn the inning-ending double play as UNF went up, 4-3, and extended the inning. Three straight singles coming from May, Clark and Berry, put UNF ahead by four.
With one away and runners at first and second, Marchese got a timely double play to end the Eagles' sixth.
The Eagles got within 7-5 in the seventh as Joe Kinker hooked a two-RBI double down the left field line, scoring Keith Stevens and Eric Gonzalez after a single and a walk put them on.
UNF took the wind out of FGCU's sails with three runs on three hits, an error and a walk. Wes Weeks opened the inning with a leadoff single and was pushed to second on Marabell's sac bunt. Reynolds drew a walk and May singled to right center, scoring Weeks. Reynolds would score as Townsend mishandled the ball in center, pushing May to second. Clark blooped a single to right and Berry scored May with a sac fly to center.
Jean turned in scoreless eight and ninth innings to secure the second save of his season.

Statistical Leaders
UNF

Berry | 3-for-4, 4 RBI
May | 2-for-4, 4 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Clark | 2-for-3, RBI, 2 BB
Reynolds | 0-for-3, 3 R, 2 BB, RBI
Jean | SV: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Marchese | W: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 6 BB

FGCU

Brait | 1-for-3, R, 2 BB
Kinker | 2-for-3, 2 RBI, 2 BB

Notes

This is the seventh time UNF and FGCU have met in the ASUN Championship. UNF is 4-3 against FGCU in ASUN Championship history.
All three of UNF's Tanners walked in the the second inning.
Berry became the 15th Osprey in UNF history to notch 200 hits with a single in the fourth.
Berry put up his 18th multi-hit game of the year and second in the 2019 ASUN Championship.
Thursday was the first game UNF has played in the morning this season. It was only the third game UNF has played on a Thursday.
The Ospreys scored eight two-out runs.

Up Next
UNF will play tomorrow at 3 p.m. in another elimination contest. The Ospreys could play Lipscomb, Liberty or Jacksonville.