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
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
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.
Up Next
UNF hosts UCF Sunday at 2:05 p.m.
