Baseball Takes One of Two in Doubleheader at UCF

Friday, March 11

Orlando, Fla.

3 p.m.

University of North Florida

5-10

UCF

10-4

North Florida

UCF

Sequera totaled four of UNF's 19 hits in game one.

Photo by: Brock Borgeson

3/11/2022 10:28:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Ospreys Erupt for 19 Hits in Game One

ORLANDO, Fla. - It was a tale of two games in Friday's doubleheader at UCF. North Florida erupted for 19 hits in a 10-2 game-one win, while the Knights (11-4) pulled off the seven-inning shutout of the Ospreys as North Florida dropped the second game, 4-0, splitting the twin bill.

UNF's 19-hit total in the first game was the program's most since pounding out 20 in a win against FGCU March 24, 2019. Max McKinley went five innings, allowing only one earned run to tally the victory in the first game as five different Ospreys (5-11) notched multi-hit performances.

UCF's Connor Staine went the distance in game two, allowing only two hits.

GAME 1 | UNF 10, UCF 2

Pitchers of Record
Win: Max McKinley (1-1)
Loss: Litchfield (2-1)
Save: Ryan Jean (1)

Line Scores
UNF | 10R, 19H, 0E, 7 LOB
UCF | 2R, 5H, 4E, 8 LOB

Behind the Line Score

UNF jumped on UCF's David Litchfield, lacing eight hits in the first two innings to go ahead 4-0 after the top of the second. Isaiah Byars, Aidan Sweatt and Abraham Sequera all notched two-out RBI singles to get UNF ahead, 4-0.
After a weather delay interrupted play in the second, a pair of UCF doubles gave the Knights their first run of the game.
UNF pulled off two-out magic again in the third. Brock Edge doubled with one out and after a groundout, Tyler Gerteisen legged out an infield hit. Byars grounded to third, but a high throw allowed Edge to score and Byars to reach. Sweatt drove in Gerteisen with an infield single to shortstop.
Drew Leinenbach doubled and scored on a throwing error on a comebacker that got away from UCF's pitcher, giving UNF a 7-1 lead in the fifth.
Sweatt added another RBI to his total with an RBI single in the fifth, scoring Byars for an 8-1 lead.
Dallen Leach drove in one more in the fifth with a sac fly.
UNF tallied its final run as UCF coughed up another unearned run in the sixth.
UCF scored once in the eighth on an RBI single.
Jean spun three scoreless in relief to get the save.

Statistical Leaders
UNF

Max McKinley | 5.0 IP, 3H, ER, 0BB, 6K, 58 pitches
Aidan Sweatt | 3-for-6, 2R, 4 RBI
Brock Edge | 3-for-4, 3R, 2 2B, BB
Abraham Sequera | 4-for-6, RBI
Ryan Jean | 3.0 IP, H, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

UCF

Trent Taylor | 2-for-4, 2 2B
Lex Boedicker | 1-for-2, R

Talking with Max following the game-one win against UCF! #SWOOPLife pic.twitter.com/qv7RCym3NF
— UNF Baseball (@OspreyBSB) March 12, 2022

GAME 2 | UCF 4, UNF 0 (7 innings)

Pitchers of Record
Win: Connor Staine (2-0)
Loss: Zach Chappell (0-2)

Line Scores
UNF | 0R, 2H, E, 2 LOB
UCF | 4R, 7H, 0E, 7 LOB

Behind the Line Score

UCF got one in the third on a sac fly, but Zach Chappell limited further damage by getting a strikeout to strand runners at second and third.
The Knights added two more in the fourth inning.
UCF extended its lead to 4-0 in the sixth with a single through the left side.
UCF's Connor Staine kept his roll going, retiring the Ospreys in order in the seventh.
Neither team had an extra-base hit as the squads went station to station in game two.

Statistical Leaders
UNF

Aidan Sweatt | 1-for-3
Dallen Leach | 1-for-3
Jason Gonzalez | 3.0IP, 3H, ER, BB, 4K

UCF

Connor Staine | W, CG, 2H, 0ER, 0BB, 7K
Seven players with one single

Notes

UNF's 19 hits was its most since pounding out 20 in a win against FGCU March 24, 2019.
Edge notched his second three-hit game of the year.
Sweatt tallied a career-high four RBI.
The all-time series is 16-14 in favor of UCF.
Five different UNF players had multi-hit games in game one.
UNF's one through three in the batting order went 7-for-15 in game one.
Sweatt extended his hitting streak to eight games.
Byars had his reached-base streak snapped at nine games.
Game two didn't see an extra-base hit.
Trey Spratling-Williams made his first start of the season.
McKinley's win was the first win for a UNF starter this season.