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Abraham Sequera looking on at the plate
Jeremiah Wilson
Sequera drove in four between the two wins, while belting a two-run home run.
12
Winner UNF UNF 14-22, 5-9 ASUN
6
FGCU FGCU 22-13, 8-6 ASUN
Winner
UNF UNF
14-22, 5-9 ASUN
12
Final
6
FGCU FGCU
22-13, 8-6 ASUN
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UNF UNF 2 2 0 3 0 3 1 1 0 12 14 0
FGCU FGCU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 10 4

W: Holden, Peter (2-1) L: SHUCK, T (4-3)

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Winner UNF UNF 15-22, 6-9 ASUN
4
FGCU FGCU 23-14, 8-7 ASUN
Winner
UNF UNF
15-22, 6-9 ASUN
6
Final
4
FGCU FGCU
23-14, 8-7 ASUN
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UNF UNF 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 6 8 1
FGCU FGCU 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 6 3

W: Halstead, Stephen (2-2) L: MUGAVERO (2-1) S: McKinley, Max (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Parenton Eclipses 100-Win Mark at UNF, Baseball Downs FGCU Twice

Ospreys Win Continued Game and Take Seven-Inning Second Game, 6-4

FORT MYERS, Fla. - North Florida baseball put together a massive two-win day down in Fort Myers, quieting an explosive Florida Gulf Coast (22-14, 8-7 ASUN) team en route to 12-6 and 6-4 victories at FGCU Saturday, April 16. UNF finishes the weekend taking two of three from the Eagles, bringing head coach Tim Parenton past the 100-win milestone as North Florida's head coach.

UNF (15-22, 6-9 ASUN) won the resumed game to start the day, using its big lead to neutralize a few late scores from FGCU.

Timely two-out hitting combined with electric stuff from Stephen Halstead in relief added up to give UNF the 6-4 win in the decisive game.

Halstead fanned seven in four scoreless, setting a career-best mark for strikeouts. Abraham Sequera belted a two-run home run, his fourth of the year, as the Ospreys won their second-straight weekend series.

UNF contained an FGCU team that came into the weekend with 47 home runs, good for the most in the league and 34th in the nation.

Game 1 (Continuation from Friday): UNF 12, FGCU 6

Pitchers of Record
Win: Peter Holden (2-1)
Loss: Tyler Shuck (4-3)

Line Scores
UNF | 12R, 14H, 0E, 8 LOB
FGCU | 6R, 10H, 4E, 5 LOB

Behind the Line Score
  • UNF took a 2-0 lead in the first. Isaiah Byars doubled, took third on a wild pitch and scored on Abraham Sequera's single. 
  • Sequera stole second and scored on an Aidan Sweatt single on a nice piece of hitting.
  • FGCU evened it in the first, scoring two on four hits, two of which came with two outs.
  • The Ospreys didn't waste time getting back in the lead thanks to a two-RBI double from Isaiah Byars in the second.
  • Blake Pound took a high and inside fastball and launched a solo home run to left, giving UNF a 5-2 lead with his first-career home run.
  • North Florida tacked on two more in the same inning. After an error, Byars laced a single and Brock Edge drove in Justin Holmes with a single to right. An RBI groundout from Sequera scored UNF's seventh.
  • The game entered a lightning delay in the top of the sixth.
  • After an hour delay, UNF loaded the bags and scored three more in the sixth, extending the lead to 10-2. A throwing error on a sharply hit ball to shortstop scored one and Sweatt laced a two-RBI single up the middle.
  • Pound walked and Justin Holmes tripled, scoring Pound for an 11-2 lead.
  • Another lightning delay came at 4:11 p.m. in the top of the 7th.
  • Play was suspended at that point with UNF leading, 11-2.
  • After play was resumed Saturday at noon, UNF added its 12th run thanks to a Dallen Leach RBI single through the left side, scoring Westbrook.
  • FGCU scrapped across four runs, but it was too little too late as Zach Chappell recorded the game's final outs.

Statistical Leaders
UNF
FGCU
  • Brian Ellis | 2-for-5, 2R, RBI
  • Ian Farrow | 2-for-5, 2R, RBI
  • Bobby Head | 2-for-4, R

Game 2: UNF 6, FGCU 4 (7 inn.)

Pitchers of Record
Win: Stephen Halstead (2-2)
Loss: Joey Mugavero (2-1)
Save: Max McKinley (1)

Line Scores
UNF | 6R, 8H, E, 6 LOB
FGCU | 4R, 6H, 3E, 9 LOB

Behind the Line Score
  • Edge tripled in the first, but was cut down at home trying to complete the inside the park home run.
  • Pound continued his run production, plating the hot-hitting Sweatt with a sac fly in the second inning.
  • Alejandro Rodriguez hit a solo home run to even things in the second.
  • Sequera belted his fourth home run of the year in the top of the third, scoring Byars in the process for a 3-1 UNF lead.
  • FGCU scrapped across three runs for a 4-3 lead in the third thanks to two hits, an error, two walks and a hit batter. 
  • Byars made FGCU pay for an error with a two-RBI double with two outs in the fourth. The double proved to be the game winner.
  • UNF picked up an insurance run in the seventh. Edge doubled and eventually came around when Sweatt hit one sharply through the infield, scoring Edge with two outs for a 6-4 lead.
  • UNF shut the door on FGCU thanks to the efforts of Halstead and Max McKinley in relief.

Statistical Leaders
UNF
FGCU
  • Brian Ellis | 2-for-4, 2B
  • Alejandro Rodriguez | 1-for-3, HR, 2RBI

Notes
  • Pound hit his first-career home run.
  • Game one was UNF's 16th double-digit hit game of the season.
  • McKinley earned his first-career save.
  • Cade Westbrook's reached-base streak is now at 24 games.
  • UNF won its first series against FGCU since 2019.
  • Halstead's seven strikeouts is good for a career best. Halstead's previous highwater mark was five.
  • North Florida has won two-straight series.
  • Head coach Tim Parenton earned win number 100 and 101 Saturday.
  • FGCU was only held to one extra-base hit in game two, a double from Brian Ellis.

Up Next
UNF completes its season home-and-home with The Citadel Tuesday, April 19 at 6:05 p.m. from Harmon Stadium.
 
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