Baseball Completes First Sweep of JU Since 2013

Sunday, March 28

Jacksonville, Fla.

1 p.m.

University of North Florida

9-11, 0

Jacksonville

5-15, 0

North Florida

Jacksonville

Kachler clubbed homer number four of the season Sunday.

Photo by: Todd Drexler

3/28/2021 8:47:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Ospreys Club 15 Hits Including a Pair of Home Runs

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Starter Tony Roca fanned seven batters in five innings and the UNF bats (9-11, 3-0 ASUN) exploded for 15 hits including a pair of long balls in a 9-3 win at Jacksonville (5-15, 0-3 ASUN) Sunday, March 28.

UNF completed the series sweep, its first against Jacksonville since 2013. The Ospreys outscored the Dolphins 27-12 over the weekend.

The Ospreys are on a four-game winning streak after taking a midweek affair at USF prior to the JU series.

Pitchers of Record
Win: Tony Roca (1-1)
Loss: Jagger McCoy (0-2)

Line Scores
UNF | 9R, 15H, 0E, 8 LOB
JU | 3R, 7H, 2E, 9 LOB

Behind the Line Score

Aidan Sweatt opened the game with his third double of the series, scored on an Alex Kachler single before Trey Spratling-Williams tallied his third extra-base hit of the series with an RBI double.
JU got one back in the bottom of the first. Dakota Julylia singled and Duncan Hunter scored him with a double to center.
Blake Marabell drew a four-pitch walk, stole second and scored on Spratling-Williams' liner back up the box.
UNF plated three in the fourth. Isaiah Byars singled, stole second and scored on Tanner Clark's two-out RBI single to left center. One batter later Kachler turned on a hanging curveball for a towering two-run homer to left.
Justin Holmes reached a throwing error by Julylia and later scored as Clark reached on an infield error.
Jesus Pacheco hit a solo home run to left in the bottom of the sixth.
Isaiah Byars clubbed his first home run as an Osprey for the 8-2 UNF lead in the top of the eighth.
JU plated its final run in the bottom of the inning on a Christian Coipel home run.
The Ospreys tacked on one more in the ninth. Kachler walked, moved to third on Spratling-Williams' double and scored on an Austin Bogart single.

Statistical Leaders
UNF

Kachler | 2-for-4, 2R, 3RBI, HR
Byars | 3-for-4, 2R, RBI, HR
Spratling-Williams | 3-for-5, 2R, 2 2B
Roca | 5.0 IP, 5H, ER, 3BB, 7K

Julylia | 2-for-5, R
Hunter | 2-for-4, RBI, 2B
Coipel and Pacheco | HR

Notes

There were a combined four home runs in the game.
UNF had 11 hits through four innings.
Kachler paces the Ospreys with four home runs this season.
UNF tied a season high with two stolen bags, while also tying a season high by catching two JU baserunners.
The Osprey bullpen allowed two runs in four innings of work, fanning five.
All told, UNF pitchers fanned 12.

Up Next
UNF hosts game one of a three-game series against FGCU Thursday, Apr. 1 at 6:05 p.m.