Baseball Bested by FGCU, 6-5

Friday, April 2

Jacksonville, Fla.

3:05 p.m.

University of North Florida

9-13, 3-2

FGCU

15-10, 3-2

FGCU

North Florida

Marabell hit a three-run home run Friday.

Photo by: Johnny Brown | Campus Connection 838

4/2/2021 7:13:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - For the second game in a row UNF baseball (9-13, 3-2 ASUN) outhit FGCU (15-10, 3-2 ASUN), although miscues in the field cost the Ospreys in a 6-5 loss to the Eagles Friday, April 2.

UNF and FGCU have combined for 46 hits between the two games that have totaled an average of three hours and 12 minutes per game.

Pitchers of Record
Win: Tyler Tipton (3-0)
Loss: Austin Bogart (1-2)

Line Scores
FGCU | 6R, 10H, E, 10 LOB
UNF | 5R, 11H, 5E, 9 LOB

Behind the Line Score

An error, two walks and consecutive singles gave FGCU a 3-0 lead in the top of the first.
UNF jumped in front, 4-3, in the bottom of the first. Two walks were followed by an RBI double over the head of Marc Coffers in centerfield. One pitch later Blake Marabell hit a towering home run off the top of the batting facility in left, plating three.
FGCU went ahead in the third, 5-4. The Eagles used infield hits, hit-and-run plays and two errors to score a pair.
UNF tied it 5-5 with a run in the third. Isaiah Byars walked, stole second and took third on a wild throw by FGCU's catcher. A passed ball on a swinging strike scored Byars.
Both starters settled in, turning in three consecutive scoreless frames.
Two singles and a throwing error during a rundown on a pickoff resulted in a 6-5 lead for FGCU in the top of the seventh.
Reliever Tyler Tipton turned in 3.1 scoreless to keep UNF at bay. The Ospreys got one on in the ninth via a infield single by Marabell, although a game-ending double play thwarted the rally.

Statistical Leaders
FGCU

Cam Krzeminski | 2-for-5, 2R, 2B
Ian Farrow | 2-for-4, 3RBI
Johnny Long | 2-for-4, RBI, BB
Tipton | 3.1 IP, 2H, 0ER, 0BB, 3K

UNF

Marabell | 2-for-5, HR, 3RBI
Clark | 2-for-4, R, BB
Isaiah Byars | 2-for-4
Miller | ND, 2.1 IP, 2H, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

Notes

UNF has posted consecutive double-digit hit performances.
Bogart tied a season-long 6.0 innings of work. He turned in 101 pitches, a season high.
Stephen Halstead's ERA has dropped to 0.68 after 0.2 scoreless.
It was Marabell's fifth homer as an Osprey.
Marabell homered in his only other series against FGCU, doing so March 24, 2019.
Spratling-Williams is on a nine-game hitting streak.

Up Next
The series finale is set for tomorrow at 1:05 p.m.