Baseball’s Early Lead Slips Away In Game One With UConn

Friday, February 25

Jacksonville, Fla.

6:05 p.m.

University of North Florida

1-5

UCONN

3-1

UCONN

North Florida

Photo by: Jeremiah Wilson

2/25/2022 10:31:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Ospreys Outhit Opponent for the Fifth Time in Six Games

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second, but UConn responded with four in the third and runs in three additional innings as North Florida (1-5) dropped game one of three against the Huskies (3-1), 11-5, Friday, Feb. 25.

UNF has outhit opponents in five of its six games this season, doing so again tonight with the team's third double-digit hit outing. Dallen Leach had a game-high three hits and three Ospreys made their UNF debuts.

UConn 11, UNF 5

Pitchers of Record
Win: Austin Peterson (1-0)
Loss: Tony Roca (0-1)
Save: Ian Cooke (1)

Line Scores
UCONN | 11R, 10H, 2E, 5 LOB
UNF | 5R, 11H, 0E, 6 LOB

Behind the Line Score

UNF went up 3-0 in the second, generating three hits while taking advantage of an error … Westbrook singled, moved to third on a fielding error and scored after Dallen Leach legged out a fielder's choice, preventing UConn from turning two … Tyler Gerteisen turned on one, doubling into the right field corner and Aidan Sweatt worked a marvelous at-bat before singling in two through the left side.
UConn got four runs back in the top of the third, all coming with two outs, taking the lead for good … the Huskies posted two runs on an opposite field two-run home run from Zach Bushling … Casey Dana doubled in two more with a hot shot down the left field line.
The Huskies strung some strong two-out at-bats together in the fourth, scoring two more after a double and single made it 5-3 UConn.
UNF capitalized on another UConn error and used two-out hitting to cut the deficit to 5-4 in the fourth … Westbrook reached on an error, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored when Leach singled to left center on a hanging breaking ball.
UConn extended its lead to 7-4 in the fifth. A walk and single preceded a two-RBI double from Kevin Ferrer.
Two extra-base hits, a walk, hit by pitch and sac fly made it 11-4 UConn in the top of the eighth.
Abraham Sequera drilled a ground rule double to dead center and later scored on a Westbrook single to right, giving UNF another run in the eighth. That was it for UNF's scoring.