Ohio State Tops Baseball in Front Half of Two-Game Set

Tuesday, March 10

6:05 p.m.

University of North Florida

3-12

Ohio State

6-7

Ohio State

North Florida

Abraham Sequera went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI Tuesday.

Photo by: Britt Moore

3/10/2020 9:05:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF got on the board first, but Ohio State's (6-7) Dillon Dingler homered three times as the Ospreys (3-12) fell to the visiting Buckeyes, 10-2, Tuesday, March 10.

Ohio State 10, UNF 2

Pitchers of Record
Win: Wyatt Loncar (1-0)
Loss: Ryan Jean (0-2)

Line Scores
OSU | 10 R, 11 H, 0 E, 2 LOB
North Florida | 2 R, 10 H, 2 E, 10 LOB

Behind the Line Score

UNF scored one in the first. Abraham Sequera single to right, moved up to third on two wild pitches and Blake Marabell plated Sequera with a single through the right side.
The Buckeyes jumped in front, 3-1, in the third. Nolan Clegg and Nick Erwin notched consecutive singles before a chopper to first base off of Sam Wilson's bat was mishandled, scoring Clegg. Wilson was caught stealing one batter later before Dillon Dingler hit a two-run home run to center.
Dingler sent one deep again, this time a solo shot off the top of the cages in left in the top of the sixth.
The Buckeyes capitalized on three singles, two doubles, a passed ball and a wild pitch to plate five in the sixth session.
Erwin singled and Dingler homered to left center, putting the Buckeyes ahead, 10-2, in the top of the ninth.

Statistical Leaders

OSU

Dingler | 3-for-5, 3 HR, 5 RBI
Erwin | 3-for-4, 2 R, 2 RBI
Loncar | 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K

North Florida

Grodi | 2-for-4
Sequera | 3-for-4, RBI, R
Whitehead | 2-for-3, BB

Notes

It was the third Power Five opponent UNF has seen this year and second Big Ten foe UNF has hosted this season.
UNF and OSU have met 14 times.
The last meeting between these two teams was in 2011.
Zach Chappell notched his first career base hit.
Sequera notched the first three-hit game of his 2020 season.
Santos and Reitz both worked three innings of relief.

Up Next
UNF and Ohio State meet again tomorrow. First pitch is set for 2:05 p.m.