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Chris Matthias swings through pitch
Todd Drexler
Chris Matthias went 3-for-4 with a run scored and one driven in Sunday.
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Hartford HARTFORD 3-3
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Winner North Florida UNF 3-7
Hartford HARTFORD
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Final
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North Florida UNF
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hartford HARTFORD 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 1
North Florida UNF 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 X 7 9 1

W: Roca, Tony (1-0) L: Ken Turner (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Roca Spins a Gem, Ospreys Upend Hartford

Freshman Twirls Seven Innings in Baseball’s 7-2 Victory

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Freshman southpaw Tony Roca didn't allow an earned run in seven frames of work and UNF put up crooked numbers in three consecutive innings as North Florida (3-7) downed Hartford (3-3), 7-2, Sunday, March 1.

Roca fanned two, allowing just four hits and one walk while inducing 12 groundouts in his first win in the Navy and Gray.

UNF 7, Hartford 2

Pitchers of Record
Win: Tony Roca (1-0)
Loss: Ken Turner (0-1)

Line Scores
Hartford | 2 R, 7 H, E, 5 LOB
North Florida | 7 R, 9 H, E, 4 LOB

Behind the Line Score
  • Hartford broke the stalemate with a run in the top of the fifth. Kyle Hawes reached on an infield single and took third on a fielding error on a sharply hit ball to Zach West at second. Tim Dickson plated Hawes with a sac fly to center.
  • UNF put up a three spot in the fifth to take a 3-1 lead. Ricky Presno and Blake Marabell worked consecutive walks and Chris Matthias delivered an RBI single to right center. Austin Hurwitz coaxed another walk before West rolled a two-RBI single through the right side.
  • After a Ricky Presno double, Trey Spratling-Williams belted an opposite field two-run home run to left center for a 5-1 lead.
  • North Florida kept the train rolling in the seventh. A West walk, May single, Presno single and a pair of stolen bags plated two.
  • Zach Chappell replaced Roca to start the eighth. After a scoreless eighth, Hartford pushed one across on two hits in the ninth. Eddie Miller entered for Chappell with two on and one out before working a strikeout and groundout.

Statistical Leaders

Hartford
  • Kyle Hawes | 1-for-2, R
  • Zachary Ardito | 1-for-4, R

North Florida
  • Presno | 2-for-2, 2B, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB
  • West | 1-for-2, R, 2 RBI, BB
  • Matthias | 3-for-4, R, RBI
  • Spratling-Williams | 1-for-4, HR, R, 2 RBI
  • Roca | 7.0 IP, 4 H, R, 0 ER, BB, 2 K, 95 pitches

Notes
  • Zach West made his first career start at second base for the Ospreys.
  • The first out recorded by UNF out of the infield was in the top of the fifth.
  • It's UNF's first win on a Sunday this season.
  • UNF notched a season high for runs.
  • Roca and Zach Chappell both pitched today. Roca and Chappell are Ponte Vedra High School graduates.
  • Hartford didn't have a player with a multi-hit day.
  • Hartford did not have an extra-base hit.
  • UNF homered in every game this series.
  • Tanner May had a season high seven assists at shortstop.

Up Next
UNF hosts Central Michigan in game one of a four-game set Friday, Mar. 6. First pitch is set for 6:05 p.m.
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