JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF baseball takes a short break from ASUN play when it heads to Statesboro, Ga., for a single game against Georgia Southern.
It's the second meeting between the two teams this season after playing at Harmon Stadium in early March.
OSPREYS vs. EAGLES (Statesboro, Ga. | J.J. Clements Stadium) |
GAME 24 |
Tuesday, April 13 at 6 p.m. |
Series History |
UNF leads, 13-10 |
Last Meeting |
Last Time: Georgia Southern W, 3-1 (3.3.2021) |
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1. Against The Opponent
This is the 24th all-time meeting between these two teams ... UNF and Georgia Southern first met in 2006 ... this is the second meeting between the Eagles and Ospreys this season ... Georgia Southern won 3-1 March 3 of this year in the only other meeting between these two teams this season ... the last time UNF played at Georgia Southern was May 11, 2016, a 2-0 win for Georgia Southern ... the Ospreys possess a 13-10 series lead.
2. Last Time Out
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida (9-14, 3-3 ASUN) starter
Tony Roca spun six-scoreless innings as the Ospreys raced out to a 5-0 lead, but FGCU (16-10, 4-2 ASUN) scored seven runs over the final four innings in UNF's 7-5 series-finale loss to the Eagles Saturday, April 3.
3. Trendy
Alex Kachler owns the longest-active reached base streak for UNF ... the grad student has reached in 12 consecutive games and has hit safely in seven in a row ...
Abraham Sequera has also hit safely in each of the last seven games ... Kachler has a team-high 9 multi-hit games, five in which he has tallied three hits ...
Blake Marabell's 17-game reached base streak is the longest of the season for the Ospreys.
4. Rubber Arms
UNF has a pair of relievers that are climbing the NCAA appearances charts amongst active players ... grad transfer
Ethan Jones and redshirt-senior
Eddie Miller are both in the top 40 amongst all active NCAA pitchers (Division I, II and III) for career appearances ... Miller has toed the rubber 71 times while Jones has pitched in 75 games between time at Flagler College and North Florida.
5. Seeing Double
UNF continues to turn the double play with the best of them in the nation ... North Florida is turning nearly one double play per game with 22 on the season, good for the 15th most in Division I ... second baseman
Aidan Sweatt has been involved in turning 18 of those double plays.
Scouting Report | Georgia Southern | Stats | Schedule | Roster
- Georgia Southern is coming off a three-game sweep of Louisiana-Monroe.
- All-told GSU is on a four-game winning streak after also picking up a 2-1 win at Georgia April 6.
- The Eagles are 17-13 and 7-5 in Sun Belt competition.
- GSU is 12-8 at home.
- The Eagles lead the Sun Belt in hitting, batting .296, good for 23rd in NCAA DI.
- Georgia Southern pitchers have a 3.10 strikeout-to-walk ratio, good for first in the Sun Belt Conference and 27th in the country.
- Noah Ledford has clubbed 11 home runs this season while driving in a team-best 26.
- Jason Swan is 9-for-9 in stolen base attempts and has a .320 batting average with 10 doubles.
- Nick Jones is Georgia Southern's first option out of the bullpen, serving up a 0.75 ERA across 16 appearances.