Bats and Bullpen Key Two-Win Day at FAMU

Tuesday, March 15

Tallahassee, Fla.

3 p.m.

University of North Florida

8-13

FAMU

6-15

FAMU

North Florida

Angevine earned his first-career save with 2.0 scoreless in relief in game two.

Photo by: Jeremiah Wilson

3/22/2022 7:45:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

Ospreys Win Continued Game, 8-7, Notch 14 Hits in Game Two Victory

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - UNF got a shutdown effort from the bullpen in game one and the bats unloaded for 14 hits in game two as North Florida baseball (9-13) won a pair of contests at Florida A&M (6-16) Tuesday, March 22.

Jason Gonzalez spun three scoreless and Stephen Halstead earned his third save of the year as North Florida won game one, 8-7. The two teams began play in the top of the sixth inning with the score tied, 7-7, continuing what was left of the March 15 game that was suspended due to rain at Harmon Stadium.

Brock Edge went 4-for-4 with two doubles and two runs, Dallen Leach put up three hits and Isaiah Byars added a 2-for-4 day as the Ospreys ran past FAMU in game two, 10-3. The second game was a seven-inning meeting, with Matthew Tadlock earning the win in relief and Ty Angevine the save.

Game 1: UNF 8, FAMU 7
Pitchers of Record

Win: Jason Gonzalez (2-1)
Loss: Zach Morea (1-1)
Save: Stephen Halstead (3)

Line Scores
FAMU | 7R, 11H, 3E, 6 LOB
UNF | 8R, 14H, 0E, 6 LOB

Behind the Line Score
From March 15

FAMU scored five in the first on three hits and a walk, as well as a three-run home run to left by Griffin Long.
UNF got one back in the second. Cade Westbrook roped a hanging 3-2 curveball back up the box, scoring Aidan Sweatt.
FAMU strung together three two-out hits to go up 7-1 in the second.
North Florida replied with four runs in the second. Trey Spratling-Williams and Grant Grodi notched consecutive singles and Isaiah Byars hooked a double down the left field line, scoring Spratling-Williams. Abraham Sequera followed by clubbing a two-RBI ground rule double to dead center. Aidan Sweatt took a high delivery into left for an RBI single.
UNF loaded the bases in the third, but FAMU escaped as Sequera was just under a fly out to right.
The Ospreys evened it at 7-7 in the fourth. After Cade Westbrook doubled and moved to third on a wild pitch, FAMU's catcher dropped a foul ball on Dallen Leach's pop up to extend the at-bat. Leach would fly to shallow left, but it was dropped, allowing Westbrook to score. Another wild pitch setup a game-tying double down the right field line off Brock Edge's bat.
The two teams battled rain for a few innings, but the showers picked up in the top of the sixth.

From March 22 (Continued Game)

UNF kept nearly the same lineup from the first portion of the game March 15. Travis Stapleton was the only substitution as he came in for Dallen Leach and immediately made an impact, giving UNF an 8-7 lead in the sixth with an RBI double to left field. He scored Aidan Sweatt who had reached on a single to right.
Jason Gonzalez spun three scoreless to earn the win while Stephen Halstead put up a scoreless ninth to earn his third save.

Statistical Leaders
FAMU

Joe Pierini | 2-for-4, R
Ty Hanchey | 2-for-4, 3RBI, R
Griffin Long | 2-for-4, HR, 3RBI

UNF

Isaiah Byars | 2-for-4, R, RBI, 2B, BB, SB
Abraham Sequera | 2-for-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Aidan Sweatt | 2-for-5, R, 2R, RBI
Cade Westbrook | 2-for-5, R, RBI, 2B
Brock Edge | 2-for-4, 2B
Trey Spratling-Williams | 2-for-4, R
Jason Gonzalez | 6.0 IP, 4H, 0ER, 0BB, 8K

Game 2: UNF 10, FAMU 3
Pitchers of Record

Win: Matthew Tadlock (1-1)
Loss: Shawn Host (1-4)
Save: Ty Angevine (1)

Line Scores
FAMU | 3R, 7H, E, 5 LOB
UNF | 10R, 14H, 0E, 6 LOB

Behind the Line Score

Brock Edge doubled to left, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Abraham Sequera's sac fly in the first.
UNF went up 4-0 in the second thanks to five singles coming from Trey Spratling-Williams, Dallen Leach, Tyler Gerteisen, Grant Grodi and Brock Edge. Gerteisen and Edge drove in one each, while Isaiah Byars legged out a ground ball to stay away from a double play, allowing another to score.
A single, triple and two-run home run gave FAMU three runs in the fourth.
Matthew Tadlock inherited two runners with one out in the fourth before working a pair of groundouts.
Byars hit a leadoff double just off the FAMU left fielder's glove in the fifth and Edge reached on an infield single, setting UNF up. A wild pitch got to the backstop, but it caromed right to FAMU's catcher as Byars broke for home. Byars and Edge eluded the rundown, bringing Byars home.
FAMU got one on in the fifth. The Rattlers' Ty Hanchey drove one deep to center, but Gerteisen tracked it down.
UNF busted things open for five runs in the seventh. The top of the order did damage once again as Byars singled sharply through the left side and Edge doubled to the wall in left. Sequera plated Byars with an RBI groundout and Cade Westbrook scored Edge on a single to left center. Sweatt scored another thanks to a single through the left side. Leach capped off the day with a two-RBI single up the middle.

Statistical Leaders
FAMU

Ty Hanchey | 2-for-3, R, RBI
Grant Rowell | 1-for-3, HR, 2RBI, R

UNF

Isaiah Byars | 2-for-4, 2R, RBI
Brock Edge | 4-for-4, 2 2B, 2R, RBI
Dallen Leach | 3-for-4, R, 2 RBI
Ty Angevine | 2.0 IP, H, BB, 3K

Notes

Game one began at North Florida March 15 before being suspended in the top of the sixth inning.
Game one technically goes down as a home game for North Florida.
In game one, UNF's one through four in the order went 8-for-19 with five RBI, three doubles and five runs scored.
Gonzalez went three innings in both halves of the divided game one, combining to fan eight while only allowing four hits in six scoreless frames.
Gonzalez's six innings marks a career long.
Edge is on a six-game winning streak and set a season-best with four hits.
UNF is 29-2 all-time against FAMU.
UNF has had five-straight double-digit hitting performances.
Matthew Tadlock earned his first-career win.
Ty Angevine earned his first-career save.