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Will Ohme pitching against USC Upstate
Natavia Reddick
15
Winner USC Upstate UPST 4-0
7
North Florida UNF 2-2
Winner
USC Upstate UPST
4-0
15
Final
7
North Florida UNF
2-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
USC Upstate UPST 3 0 5 0 0 0 1 5 1 15 15 2
North Florida UNF 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 7 7 5

W: HOLGUIN, Al (1-0) L: Madonna, Dominick (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Ospreys Outslugged in Game One With USC Upstate

Lodise and Runnels Homer in Loss

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF baseball put up runs in each of the last three innings and got home runs from Jakob Runnels and Alex Lodise, but big innings from USC Upstate out-did UNF in a 15-7 loss to the Spartans Tuesday, Feb. 21.

Righty Will Ohme was a bright spot out of the bullpen, spinning a career-long 4.0 innings while fanning four and not surrendering a walk. Runnels paced UNF's offense with three RBI as well as his first-career home run at UNF.

Lodise becomes the first freshman in at least UNF's DI era to homer twice in the first two games of their career.

USC Upstate 15, UNF 7

Pitchers of Record
Win: Al Holguin (1-0)
Loss: Dominick Madonna (1-1)

Line Scores
UPST | 15R, 15H, 2E, 6 LOB
UNF | 7R, 7H, 5E, 9 LOB

Behind the Line Score
  • USC Upstate tucked a two-run home run inside the right field foul pole for a quick 2-0 lead. A two base fielding error on a grounder ended up leading to a 3-0 lead for the Spartans after the first half of the inning.
  • UNF nearly evened it up in the first, loading the bags as Blake Pound entered the box. Pound ripped one to center, but it was caught to end the inning.
  • Upstate kept finding holes in the third, tallying five runs on six hits
  • UNF suffered more hard luck in the fourth after an Austin Brinling scorcher was caught at first with two men on, ending the fourth.
  • After just barely getting under two fly outs, Jakob Runnels ripped a scorching line drive two-run home run over the left field wall, scoring Finn Howell in the fifth.
  • UNF recorded two outs on the bases, but USC Upstate still managed to get another run in the seventh on a triple and a single.
  • Despite not recording a hit in the seventh, UNF pushed across three runs. A walk and two hit batters was followed by a Gabriel Esquivel RBI groundout. USC Upstate coughed up a routine fly ball in right and made a throwing error on a force out attempt at second, giving UNF two more runs.
  • A pair of home runs, one of which was a three-run homer, expanded Upstate's lead to 14-5 in the eighth. 
  • Runnels came through with his third RBI of the night, lacing an RBI single to left to score Sweatt in the eighth.
  • Alex Lodise ranged out into the shallow infield to track down a looping line drive, but an Upstate runner was at third and able to score in the unusual sac fly situation.
  • Lodise turned around and belted a hanging curve ball to left center for a solo home run in the bottom of the ninth.

Statistical Leaders
UPST
  • Ty Hamilton | 4-for-6, 3R, 3RBI, HR
  • Noah Rabon | 2-for-6, 2R
  • Noah Sullivan | 3-for-5, 3RBI

UNF
Notes
  • Lodise has homered to left center and right center, giving him two home runs, the first freshman UNF's DI era to homer twice in the first four games of their career
  • Ohme's previous career-long outing was three innings back in 2020
  • UNF is 46-11 all-time against USC Upstate
  • The last time these two teams played was as ASUN foes back in 2018
  • The last time USC Upstate played at Harmon Stadium was in the 2018 ASUN Championship when North Florida served as the neutral site host
  • It was UNF's first midweek game of the year
  • Both of Madonna's outings this year have counted as a decision

Up Next
Game two gets going tomorrow at 3:05 p.m.
 
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