Hartford Holds off Baseball, 6-2

Friday, February 28

6:05 p.m.

University of North Florida

2-6

Hartford

2-2

Hartford

North Florida

Trey Spratling-Williams swings through at bat

Spratling-Williams clubbed a moonshot home run in the seventh inning Friday.

Photo by: Todd Drexler

2/28/2020 8:54:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Spratling-Williams, Grodi Homer in Loss

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Despite a pair of Osprey home runs, Hartford (2-2) got on the board early and lefty starter Nicholas Dombkowski spun seven innings of one-run ball as UNF (2-6) dropped the series opener, 6-2, Friday, Feb. 28.

Hartford 6, UNF 2

Pitchers of Record
Win: Nicholas Dombkowski (2-0)
Loss: Brandon Reitz (1-2)

Line Scores
Hartford | 6 R, 15 H, E, 8 LOB
North Florida | 2 R, 4 H, 2 E, 5 LOB

Behind the Line Score

Hartford scored first, pushing one across in the first. John Thrasher and Zachary Ardito singled to start the frame. Brandon Reitz fanned Jackson Olson before Hartford pulled a double steal, scoring Thrasher while Ardito was thrown out at second. Reitz fanned the following batter.
Tyler Coppo doubled to right center on a ball that Raff Libunao dove for but couldn't hang on to. Nik Pagan singled to left and Coppo scored on a double play off the bat of Devin Kellogg.
Drew DeMartino drove a leadoff solo home run to right center atop the fourth frame.
The Hawks plated two more on a series of singles, a double steal and an error on the double steal.
Olson singled, stole second and was scored on a Tyler Coppo double in the seventh for a 6-0 Hartford lead.
Trey Spratling-Williams hit a towering home run to the trees in right for a solo shot in the bottom of the seventh.
Grant Grodi followed with his own solo shot in the bottom of the eighth, a screamer over the fence in right.

Statistical Leaders
Hartford

Dombkowski | 7.0 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 6 K
DeMartino | 2-for-4, HR, RBI, R, BB
Thrasher | 2-for-5, 2 R

North Florida

Madonna | 2.2 IP, 3 H, ER, BB, 4 K
Santos | 2.1 IP, H, 0 ER
Grodi | 2-for-3, HR, RBI, R, BB
Spratling-Williams | 1-for-4, HR, RBI R

Notes

Jeslyn Whitehead made his first start in the field.
Cade Reich swiped his first career bag.
Grodi has hit safely in all but one game this year.
Spratling-Williams and Grodi hit their first career home run at UNF respectively.
Jered Geis pinch hit, getting his first career at-bat.
It was UNF's fourth game with Hartford in series history.