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Eric Fouraker getting a lead off of us first base
Natavia Reddick
Fouraker homered and singled in his UNF debut.
9
Winner USC Upstate UPST 5-0
4
North Florida UNF 2-3
Winner
USC Upstate UPST
5-0
9
Final
4
North Florida UNF
2-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
USC Upstate UPST 0 0 1 2 0 3 2 0 1 9 12 3
North Florida UNF 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 7 3

W: CURTIS, Mathieu (1-0) L: Boroski, Clayton (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Bested in Midweek Finale Against USC Upstate

Fouraker Homers in UNF Debut

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida baseball got a jolt of offense late in the game, including a home run in Eric Fouraker's UNF debut, but USC Upstate (5-0) sprinkled in scoring throughout the afternoon as the Ospreys (2-3) dropped the second of two games with the Spartans, 9-4, Wednesday, Feb. 22.

USC Upstate 9, UNF 4

Pitchers of Record
Win: Curtis Mathieu (1-0)
Loss: Clayton Boroski (0-1)

Line Scores
UPST | 9R, 12H, 3E, 10 LOB
UNF | 4R, 7H, 3E, 8 LOB

Behind the Line Score
  • UNF turned a pair of double plays to set down USC Upstate through two innings.
  • UNF got two on with two out, but a successful Upstate pickoff ended the inning
  • A walk, stolen base and two-out fielding error allowed USC Upstate take a 1-0 lead in the third 
  • The Ospreys got the leadoff runner to third base to start the third, but USC Upstate worked a fly out and two strikeouts to end the frame
  • The Spartans scored two more on back-to-back home runs in the fourth
  • Brody Maynard worked out of a bases-loaded jam to end the Spartans' fifth.
  • A nice piece of hitting provided Upstate with a leadoff double in the sixth. He eventually came around to score on a sac fly. A two-run home run to left center gave the Spartans a 6-0 lead after five and a half.
  • Fouraker gave UNF a spark in his first-career at-bat, lacing a leadoff single. A dropped foul ball extended the at-bat for Cherokee Nichols, who doubled down the left field line. 
  • Gabriel Esquivel plated Fouraker with an infield single and Peyton Sybrandt scored Nichols on a sac fly lineout to right.
  • A single, stolen bag and two-out base hit gave Upstate a 7-2 lead in the seventh. They added one more with a second two-out knock.
  • Fouraker became the second Osprey in five games to homer in their UNF debut after launching a towering two-run home run to left in the seventh, cutting the deficit to four.
  • Upstate's Noah Sullivan hit his second homer of the game, a solo shot to left to open the ninth and finish the day's scoring

Statistical Leaders
UPST
  • Noah Sullivan | 3-for-5, 2HR
  • Jace Rinehart | 1-for-5, 2RBI
  • Cole Caruso | 2-for-5, 2B, 2R

UNF
Notes
  • Eric Fouraker made his UNF debut as a substitution in the sixth
  • Ian Brown made his season debut at third base
  • UNF and USC Upstate played their 48th game against one another
  • North Florida has three games remaining on a season-opening eight-game home stand
  • Fouraker is the second freshman this season to homer in their UNF debut, joining Alex Lodise
  • Brinling batted in the two hole for the first time this season

Up Next
UNF opens a three-game series with Villanova Friday at 6:05 p.m.
 
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