Saturday, March 19
Jacksonville, Fla.
1:05 p.m.
University of North Florida
7-11, 1-0
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Byars had a career-best four hits in game one.
Baseball Begins ASUN Play With Win Against No. 14 Liberty, Splits Twin Bill
3/19/2022 10:07:00 PM | Baseball
McKinley Deals While Spratling-Williams and Byars Go Deep in Game One Win
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Max McKinley dealt, Trey Spratling-Williams and Isaiah Byars went deep and North Florida bounced No. 14 Liberty (13-4, 1-1 ASUN), 5-2, in the ASUN opener Saturday, March 19 as UNFÂ baseball (7-12, 1-1 ASUN) split the conference-opening twin bill with the Flames.
The Flames rebounded to take the second game, 11-5, setting up a rubber match Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
McKinley was surgical in 7.1 innings of work and two long balls in the sixth lifted UNF past Liberty in the opener. Stephen Halstead nailed down the save, spinning a scoreless ninth for his second save of the year. The win marked UNF's first victory against Liberty as ASUN foes, snapping a losing skid against the Flames that had dated back to 2014.
Game 1: UNF 5, #14 Liberty 2
Pitchers of Record
Win: Max McKinley (2-1)
Loss: David Erickson (1-1)
Save: Stephen Halstead (2)
Line Scores
LIB | 2R, 7H, 0E, 4 LOBÂ
UNF | 5R, 12H, E, 9 LOB
Behind the Line Score
Statistical Leaders
Liberty
UNF
Game 2: #14 Liberty, 11, UNF 5
Pitchers of Record
Win: Trey Gibson (3-0)
Loss: Zach Chappell (0-3)
Line Scores
LIB | 11R, 12H, E, 12 LOB
UNF | 5R, 11H, E, 12 LOB
Behind the Line Score
Statistical Leaders
Liberty
UNF
Notes
Up Next
The series finale is set for tomorrow at 1:05 p.m.
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The Flames rebounded to take the second game, 11-5, setting up a rubber match Sunday at 1:05 p.m.
McKinley was surgical in 7.1 innings of work and two long balls in the sixth lifted UNF past Liberty in the opener. Stephen Halstead nailed down the save, spinning a scoreless ninth for his second save of the year. The win marked UNF's first victory against Liberty as ASUN foes, snapping a losing skid against the Flames that had dated back to 2014.
Game 1: UNF 5, #14 Liberty 2
Pitchers of Record
Win: Max McKinley (2-1)
Loss: David Erickson (1-1)
Save: Stephen Halstead (2)
Line Scores
LIB | 2R, 7H, 0E, 4 LOBÂ
UNF | 5R, 12H, E, 9 LOB
Behind the Line Score
- Liberty jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first on a two-run home run from Stephen Hill.
- UNF replied by scoring one in the first. Abraham Sequera walked, moved to second on a groundout and scored on Cade Westbrook's single.
- The Ospreys evened it 2-2 in the third after inning-opening doubles from Isaiah Byars and Sequera.
- The long balls came in a flurry in the sixth, vaulting UNF to a 5-2 lead. Trey Spratling-Williams hit a two-run home run to dead center and Byars followed with a line drive home run off the scoreboard in left.
- The UNF bullpen combined to spin 1.2 scoreless behind McKinley as UNF closed things out on Liberty.
Statistical Leaders
Liberty
- Stephen Hill | 3-for-4, HR, 2 RBI
- Joe Adametz | ND, 5.0 IP, 7H, 2ER, 2BB, 3K
UNF
- Trey Spratling-Williams | 3-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2B
- Isaiah Byars | 4-for-5, 2R, RBI
- Abraham Sequera | 2-for-4, R, 2B, RBI
- Max McKinley | W, 7.1 IP, 5H, 2ER, 0BB, 7K
Game 2: #14 Liberty, 11, UNF 5
Pitchers of Record
Win: Trey Gibson (3-0)
Loss: Zach Chappell (0-3)
Line Scores
LIB | 11R, 12H, E, 12 LOB
UNF | 5R, 11H, E, 12 LOB
Behind the Line Score
- Just as game one went, Hill launched a two-run home run to left center for a 2-0 Liberty lead in the first.
- The Flames added one more thanks to a walk, stolen bag, wild pitch and a single in the second.
- UNF got two on with nobody out, but Liberty's Trey Gibson dialed things in to strand two Ospreys in the second.
- Liberty worked two-out baserunners again and eventually benefited from a two-out fielding error to put up two more in the third.Â
- LU made it 7-0 in the fourth thanks to two singles and a double.
- Hill kept his blazing hot day going with a two-run home run in the fifth.
- UNF broke up the shutout in the fifth thanks to Tyler Gerteisen's pinch hit bases-loaded walk.
- Brady Gulakowski hit a towering two-run home run to right center, giving Liberty an 11-1 lead in the sixth.
- Brock Edge launched a no-doubt grand slam to right field in the seventh, cutting the deficit to 11-5.
Statistical Leaders
Liberty
- Stephen Hill | 3-for-4, 2 HR, 4RBI, 2BB
- Brady Gulakowski | 2-for-6, HR, 2R, 3RBI
- Aaron Anderson | 2-for-6, R
- Trey Gibson | W, 5.0IP, 5H, ER, 3BB, 8K
UNF
- Abraham Sequera | 2-for-3
- Justin Holmes | 2-for-4, R
- Brock Edge | 2-for-4, GS, 4RBI
Notes
- This was UNF's second doubleheader in as many weeks.
- This marked the first regular season ASUN games between these two teams at Harmon Stadium.
- This was UNF's highest-ranked win since defeating No. 21 Georgia March 5 of last year.
- UNF snapped a six-game losing streak to Liberty.Â
- UNF's last win against Liberty was Feb. 14, 2014.
- This was UNF's first win against Liberty as ASUN foes.
- Edge's grand slam was UNF's first grand slam since Byars launched one against Jacksonville April 25 of last year.
- Game one marked Byars' first four-hit game as an Osprey.
- Aidan Sweatt had his hitting streak snapped at 10 games.
Up Next
The series finale is set for tomorrow at 1:05 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: McKinley, Max (2-1)
L: ERICKSON, David (1-1)
S: Halstead, Stephen (2)
Batting:
HR: HILL, Stephen 1
RBI: HILL, Stephen 2
Base Running:
RUNS: ANDERSON, Aaron 1 ; HILL, Stephen 1
PO: FOSTER, Cameron 1
Batting:
2B: Byars, Isaiah 1 ; Sequera, Abraham 1 ; Spratling-Williams, Trey 1
HR: Byars, Isaiah 1 ; Spratling-Williams, Trey 1
RBI: Byars, Isaiah 1 ; Sequera, Abraham 1 ; Westbrook, Cade 1 ; Spratling-Williams, Trey 2
SH: Sweatt, Aidan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Byars, Isaiah 2 ; Sequera, Abraham 1 ; Edge, Brock 1 ; Spratling-Williams, Trey 1
SB: Westbrook, Cade 1
PO: Byars, Isaiah 1
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