JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF baseball goes on the road Tuesday for its first road game of 2020 when it battles South Carolina. First pitch is set for 4 p.m. from Founders Park in Columbia, S.C.
Projected Starters
North Florida | LHP
Tony Roca
South Carolina | RHP Andrew Peters
Against The Opponent
- UNF and South Carolina have met once, with the Gamecocks winning 5-2 back in 2018.
- That game was played Feb. 20 of that season in Columbia.
- The Ospreys were down 2-0 before tying the game with two runs in the fifth. South Carolina scored one in each of the next three innings to take the game, 5-2.
- Raff Libunao walked in that game. He is the only member of the 2020 roster to have played in that game.
Against Power Five Teams This Year
- North Florida has seven games against Power Five teams this season.
- This is UNF's fourth consecutive game against a Power Five team.
- UNF plays two games against SEC foes this year in South Carolina and Florida.
Last Time Out
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF scored three in the first, three in the ninth and got the tying run to second base in the final frame, but Rutgers (3-3) held off UNF's late surge as North Florida (2-4) fell, 7-6, in the series finale Sunday, Feb. 23.
Runners left on base loomed large as Rutgers pitchers stranded 11 Ospreys, including the three in the bottom of the eighth.
Mashing Middles
UNF's middle infield has been putting up good numbers offensively. Between
Tanner May,
Grant Grodi and
Abraham Sequera, the trio is hitting .349 (22-for-63) with four doubles and 12 runs. Sophomore
Grant Grodi has showed out in his first six games.
The Ocala, Fla., native is on a six-game hitting streak to start the season with two multi-hit games, including a 3-for-5 day against Rutgers Sunday.
NCBWA Preseason Stopper List
Southpaw
Eddie Miller is coming off a 2019 that saw him spin a 1.31 ERA across 30 appearances.
February 10 he was one of three ASUN pitchers named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List.
Miller is 0-0 with a 2.45 ERA across 7.1 IP this season.
South Carolina |
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- South Carolina is 5-2 on the year, sweeping Holy Cross to open the season while taking a game from Presbyterian and Northwestern.
- Northwestern took two of three games from South Carolina this past weekend, with South Carolina winning the middle game, 12-3.
- South Carolina pitching struck out 17 Northwestern batters in game three of the series.
- SC pitching has spun a 2.66 ERA this season.
- Sophomore catcher Wes Clarke has started off the season on a tear, clubbing four home runs while driving in 13. He is slugging .905.
- Redshirt-sophomore pitcher Carmen Mlodzinski was named to the Golden Spikes Preseason Watch List.
- Junior Noah Campbell was named to the SEC Preseason All-Conference team.
- SC was selected to finish fifth in the SEC Preseason Poll.
