Ospreys Come Up Short in Rubber Game at No. 21 Georgia

Sunday, March 7

Athens, Ga.

1 p.m.

University of North Florida

4-8

#21 Georgia

9-3

North Florida

Georgia

Bogart hit. 500 for the weekend.

3/7/2021 7:06:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Bulldogs Walk-Off in the Ninth

ATHENS, Ga. - Alex Kachler hit a towering two-run home run for a 2-0 UNF (4-8) lead in the third and Tony Roca was perfect through 4.2 innings, but No. 21 Georgia (9-3) rallied late to take the rubber game, 7-4, Sunday, March 7.

Georgia's Cheney Rogers delivered a three-run walk-off home run in the ninth, breaking a 4-4 tie.

Kachler homered for the third time on the weekend, driving in four while scoring five times over three games.

Pitchers of Record
Win: Hank Beardan (2-0)
Loss: Brandon Reitz (0-1)

Line Scores
UNF | 4R, 4H, E, 9 LOB
#21 UGA | 7R, 8H, 0E, 3 LOB

Behind the Line Score

Kachler broke the scoreless tie with a monstrous home run to left in the third, scoring Aidan Sweatt
Roca allow a baserunner until the bottom of the fourth when Riley King laced a two-out single.
UGA scored one in the fifth inning. Garrett Blaylock tripped to center and scored on the same play due to an error.
Kachler drew a leadoff walk in the sixth before being plated by an Austin Bogart two-out double.
Roca ran into his first trouble of the day in the fifth. Back-to-back singles followed by a walk brought in righty Stephen Halstead from the bullpen. Halstead minimized the damage, getting a double play and strikeout as UGA scored only one.
UNF scrapped one more out in the seventh. Abraham Sequera walked, Kachler was intentionally walked and Tanner Clark was hit by a pitch. Blake Marabell drew an RBI free pass.
A triple and double bookended an RBI groundout and hit by pitch as UGA evened it, 4-4 in the seventh.
The Bulldogs won on the Rogers three-run walk-off home run to right in the bottom of the ninth.

Statistical Leaders
UNF

Kachler | 1-for-2, HR, 2R, 2RBI, 3BB
Bogart | 2-for-4, RBI
Roca | ND, 5.0 IP, 4H, 2R, ER, BB, 6K

UGA

Rogers | 1-for-3, 3-Run HR, 3RBI
Blaylock | 1-for-3, 3B, 2R, RBI
Jaden Woods | 5.2 IP, 2H, 3ER, 4BB, 7K

Notes

Sweatt's hitting streak was snapped at 10 games.
Bogart hit .500 for the weekend with one run and five RBI.
Halstead fanned four and didn't allow a hit in two relief appearances this weekend.
Reitz allowed his first earned runs of the year.
UNF has played eight of 12 games against ranked opponents this season.

Up Next
UNF hosts UCF Wednesday. First pitch is set for 6:05 p.m.