University of North Florida
2-2
Rutgers
1-3
Baseball Falls to Rutgers Friday Night
2/21/2020 8:57:00 PM | Baseball
Rutgers 14, UNF 3
Pitchers of Record
Win: Logan Clayton (0-1)
Loss: Harry Rutkowski (1-1)
Line Scores
Rutgers | 14 R, 18 H, 0 E, 12 LOB
UNF | 3 R, 8Â H, 4 E, 5 LOB
Behind the Line Score
- Rutgers strung together four consecutive singles to start the game and benefited on an error in the outfield to take a 4-0 run after one.
- A walk, two singles and a double ignited a five-run second for the Scarlet Knights as they went ahead, 9-0.
- UNF got on the board in the third. Chris Matthias hooked a double inside the third base bag and later scored on a Grant Grodi single through the left side.
- Rutgers plated one more in the fourth. A throwing error allowed Kevin Welsh to reach second to open the frame. Danny DiGeorgio single up the middle to score Welsh.
- Another multi-hit frame, walk and an error allowed Rutgers to go ahead, 12-1, after the top of the fifth.
- Tanner May singled up the box, Trey Spratling-Williams was hit by a pitch and Ricky Presno plated May with a single to center.
- Rutgers made it 14-2 with two more on a triple and two singles in the seventh.
- Blake Marabell doubled to start the ninth and Raff Libunao plated him with a single up the middle for a run in the final frame.
Statistical Leaders
UNF
- Roca |Â 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 K
- Matthias | 1-for-4, 2B, R
Rutgers
- DiGeorgio | 4-for-5, 2 R
- Richie Schiekofer | 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2B, 3B
- Rutkowski |Â 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 K
Notes
- UNF and Rutgers last met in 2017.
- It's the first of UNF's five games against Big Ten teams this season.
- Zach West made his first start at shortstop as an Osprey.
- Tony Roca, Rafael Santos and Justin Parrish made their UNF debuts.
- UNF is 2-3 against Rutgers all-time.
- UNF is 12-17 against Big Ten foes.
Up Next
UNF and Rutgers meet for game two tomorrow at 2:05 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rutkowski, Harry (1-1)
L: Clayton, Logan (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Owens, Sam 1 ; Schiekofer, Richie 1
3B: Schiekofer, Richie 1
RBI: DiGeorgio, Danny 1 ; Owens, Sam 2 ; Nyisztor, Mike 1 ; Schiekofer, Richie 2 ; Brito, Chris 2 ; Dezzi, Tim 1 ; Serruto, Peter 2
SF: Schiekofer, Richie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DiGeorgio, Danny 2 ; Owens, Sam 2 ; Nyisztor, Mike 3 ; Schiekofer, Richie 3 ; Brito, Chris 1 ; Welsh, Kevin 1 ; Serruto, Peter 1 ; Valderrama, Victor 1
HBP: Serruto, Peter 1
Batting:
2B: Marabell, Blake 1 ; Matthias, Chris 1
RBI: Grodi, Grant 1 ; Presno, Ricky 1 ; Libunao, Raff 1
Base Running:
RUNS: May, Tanner 1 ; Marabell, Blake 1 ; Matthias, Chris 1
HBP: Spratling-Williams, Trey 1 ; Presno, Ricky 1
