Seniors Shine in Regular Season Finale Win Against Stetson

Sunday, May 16

Jacksonville, Fla.

3:05 p.m.

University of North Florida

19-21

Stetson

26-21

Stetson

North Florida

Senior Day photo of UNF baseball's seniors

5/16/2021 7:46:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Marabell Hits Game-Winning Home Run, Miller Tallies the Win and Reitz the Save

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF baseball (19-21) celebrated Senior Day with some scintillating play by those being honored Sunday as the Ospreys were vaulted by Blake Marabell's game-winning solo home run in the eighth in a 3-2 win against Stetson (26-21) May 16.

North Florida used nine pitchers, with lefty Eddie Miller picking up the win after a scoreless eighth and Brandon Reitz tallying save number eight to take hold of the conference lead in that statistical category.

Ricky Presno, Tanner Clark, Marabell, Miller and Reitz were honored prior to the game.

Pitchers of Record
Win: Eddie Miller (1-1)
Loss: Bret Neilan (1-3)
Save: Brandon Reitz (8)

Line Scores
Stetson | 2R, 5H, 2E, 6 LOB
UNF | 3R, 6H, E, 8 LOB

Behind the Line Score

Stetson went up 1-0 in the first. Andrew MacNeil singled to leadoff the game, stole second and eventually scored after two groundouts.
The Hatters used three singles to take a 2-0 lead after the top of the fourth.
UNF got one back in the fourth. Blake Marabell reached on a miscue in right, advancing to third on the play. He eventually scored on an Aidan Sweatt sac fly to right.
Marabell was also involved in UNF's game-tying run in the fifth. Isaiah Byars walked, stole second, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Marabell's RBI single to left.
Marabell came through again, launching the go-ahead home run off the top of the batting facility in left for the 3-2 lead in the eighth.
Reitz retired all three batters he faced to secure his eighth save of the year.

Statistical Leaders
Stetson

Kyle Ball | 2-for-4, R, RBI
Banks Griffith | 1-for-3, RBI

UNF

Blake Marabell | 3-for-4, HR, 2R, 2RBI
Ricky Presno | 2-for-4

Notes

UNF used a season-high nine pitchers.
Marabell tied his own season high by reaching safely in 17 consecutive games.
Stephen Halstead dropped his season ERA to a miniscule 0.86.
It was the third one-run ball game between these two teams in the last four meetings.
Marabell hit his third home run against Stetson this season.
UNF didn't allow a Stetson extra-base hit.
Nine UNF pitchers combined to throw 133 pitches.
The last time UNF used nine pitchers in a game was February 18, 2015 in a 16-9 win against The Citadel.