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Austin Bogart leading off of a base.
Bogart hit. 500 for the weekend.
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North Florida UNF 4-8
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Winner Georgia UGA 9-3
North Florida UNF
4-8
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Final
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Georgia UGA
9-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
North Florida UNF 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 1
Georgia UGA 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 7 8 0

W: Bearden (2-0) L: Reitz, Brandon (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

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

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.
 
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