JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida scored runs in four of six innings, generated 11 hits as a team and
Erin Kyle spun her second complete game of the weekend as the Ospreys (4-1) ran away with a 10-2 six-inning win against Winthrop (0-5) Sunday, Feb. 13. With the win, UNF has its best start through five games since the 2015 campaign.
The Ospreys had six different players record an RBI, with
Hayley Bejarano and
Hadlee Reichert both tallying their first two runs driven in at North Florida.
Kyle made quite an entrance into the North Florida rotation, spinning six innings of one-earned run ball while fanning six and walking just one batter.
UNF 10, WINTHROP 2 (6 innings)
Pitchers of Record
Win:
Erin Kyle (2-1)
Loss: Bella Roy (0-2)
Line Scores
WU | 2R, 4H, 5E, 3 LOB
UNF | 10R, 11H, E, 7 LOB
Behind the Line Score
- Paige Pfent roped an RBI double off the top of the right center wall, scoring Shannon Glover from second for a 1-0 UNF lead after the first inning.
- Erin Kyle was in a groove early, retiring the first six batters she faced while fanning three.
- Logan Jackson made the Eagles pay for a muffed throw at first as she drove a triple off the wall in right, driving in Abi Annett for a 2-0 lead in the second. It was Jackson's first-career triple.
- Kyle continued her dominance, retiring Winthrop in order once again in the third inning.
- Winthrop got one back in the fourth. A fielding error, stolen base, wild pitch and bloop single got the Eagles on base and on the board for the first time all afternoon.
- The Ospreys batted around and put up a six-spot in the fifth. Kayla McGory doubled down the left field line, Shannon Glover roped a single through the left side and Pfent walked to load the bases with nobody out. Bejarano came through with a two-RBI single back up the box to drive in two. Gianna Niemeier notched her fourth pinch-hit RBI of the weekend with an RBI groundout. The Ospreys scored another after a fielding miscue at third allowed Bejarano to score. After a walk, Kayla Harper beat out an infield single, allowing Savannah Channell to score.
- The Eagles got one back thanks to a walk and two singles in the sixth.
- Hadlee Reichert turned a slick 5-4-3 double play to help UNF to get out of the jam in the sixth session.
- Reichert turned defense into offense the next half inning when she cleared the bases to give UNF the win in six. With runners at first and second, Reichert clubbed a two-RBI triple into the right field corner. She would come around to score the 10th run after Winthrop's second baseman made an errant throw.
Statistical Leaders
WINTHROP
- Macy McCall | 1-for-3, 2R
- Lauren King | 1-for-2, RBI, BB
UNF
Notes
- Jackson hit her first-career triple.
- This was the fifth meeting between these two teams.
- Erin Kyle started at least one game in each day over the three-day tournament.
- Niemeier notched a pinch hit-RBI in three different games this weekend.
- Mackenzie Woods made her debut as a pinch runner.
- Bejarano tallied her first two-RBI as an Osprey.
- Hadlee Reichert made her first appearance at third base.
- Woods made her first appearance at catcher.
- Regan Hermeling had her first at-bat of the year.
- Reichert also had her first at-bat of the year.
Up Next:
The Ospreys stay at home next week to host Mercer in a doubleheader Friday, Feb. 18 and Michigan State in a twin bill the following day.
