Timely Bats, Strong Arms Factor in Baseball’s 6-2 Win Against VMI

Saturday, February 15

2:05 p.m.

University of North Florida

VMI

Reitz had five punchouts in six frames Saturday.

Timely Bats, Strong Arms Factor in Baseball’s 6-2 Win Against VMI

2/15/2020 8:50:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Presno Goes Deep, Madonna Tallies First Career Save

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Brandon Reitz spun six innings of two-run ball, Ricky Presno clubbed a two-run shot during a three-run fifth and freshman Dominick Madonna twirled three spotless frames in UNF's (2-0) 6-2 defeat of VMI (0-2) Saturday, Feb. 15.

UNF 6, VMI 2
Pitchers of Record
Win: Brandon Reitz (1-0)
Loss: Zach Sanders (0-1)
Save: Dominick Madonna (1)

Line Scores
VMI | 2 R, 6 H, 0 E, 5 LOB
UNF | 6 R, 10 H, 3 E, 8 LOB

Behind the Line Score

The Ospreys struck first in the bottom of the first, plating one. Tanner May walked, moved up a base on a groundout and crossed home on a Blake Marabell single to center.
VMI tied it up in the top half of the first. Will Knight opened the frame with a triple and scored on an RBI single from Cody Warner.
The Ospreys regained the lead for good in the bottom of the second. After a Chris Matthias double, Abraham Sequera drove in Matthias with a single back up the middle.
A hit by pitch, wild pitch and sac fly allowed Trey Spratling-Williams to score in the third, putting UNF ahead by two.
VMI cut it to 3-2 in the fourth. Two singles and an errant throw allowed the Keydets to score.
UNF broke it open in the fifth with three runs. May was hit by a pitch and Marabell scored him with a double down the left field line. Ricky Presno hit a towering two-run home run to right one batter later.
After VMI notched back-to-back singles to start the sixth, UNF retired the final 12 batters to seal the game.
Madonna didn't allow a batter to reach base in three frames.