DeLAND, Fla. - Despite being in a 0-0 stalemate in the fifth, Stetson scored in four consecutive innings as North Florida (10-16, 4-4 ASUN) dropped a 16-4 decision to the Hatters (20-11, 6-2 ASUN) Saturday, April 17.
The series will be decided tomorrow with the first pitch set for 1 p.m.
Pitchers of Record
Loss:
Max McKinley (3-3)
Win: Chris Gonzalez (4-1)
Line Scores
UNF | 4R, 8H, E, 7 LOB
Stetson | 16R, 18H, E, 8 LOB
Behind the Line Score
- There were only five combined baserunners through four and a half innings.
- Stetson broke the 0-0 tie, going up 1-0 after a single and two-out double from Jorge Arenas gave the Hatters the lead.
- A single followed by a Hernan Sardinas two-run home run down the right field line put Stetson up, 3-0, in the sixth.
- Brandon Hylton homered one batter later in the nearly the same location.
- Stetson turned in a seven-run seventh, using five hits, an error, a walk and two hit-by-pitches for an 11-0 lead.
- UNF hit around in the eight, reducing the deficit to 11-4. Caleb Stafford doubled down the left field line and scored on an Abraham Sequera single. Isaiah Byars doubled, Blake Pound scored Sequera with a sac fly and Blake Marabell scored two on a single.
- Sardinas hit a solo home run to right for a 12-4 lead in the eighth. Stetson added four more in that inning.
Statistical Leaders
UNF
- Kachler | 1-for-3, R, 2B, BB
- Sequera | 2-for-3, R, RBI
- Marabell | 1-for-4, 2 RBI
- Byars | 2-for-4, R
Stetson
- Gonzalez | 7.2 IP, 5H, 3ER, 0BB, 4K
- Sardinas | 2-for-5, 2HR, 3RBI
- Hylton | 2-for-4, HR, 2R
- Arenas | 4-for-5, 3RBI
Notes
- Stafford notched his first hit and run scored as an Osprey.
- Pound picked up his first career RBI.
- Kachler and Sequera are on 10-game hitting streaks.
Up Next
The series finale is slated for 1 p.m. tomorrow.