University of North Florida
3-4
Villanova
1-4
Ospreys Tie DI-Era Home Run Record in Slugfest Win Against Villanova
2/25/2023 7:44:00 PM | Baseball
North Florida Has Five Players Tally at Least One Home Run
Gabriel Esquivel, Alex Lodise, Cade Reich, Aidan Sweatt and Austin Brinling all homered in a game that saw six multi-run half innings. That five-homer mark was the most in a single game for UNF since the Ospreys hit five March 27, 2015 against FGCU. It's the sixth time UNF has done so in the program's Division I era, and just one shy of the UNF all-time record.Â
Seven Ospreys tallied multi-hit games and three posted multi-RBI performances as the Osprey evened up the series.Â
UNF 13, Villanova 11
Pitchers of Record
Win: Brody Maynard (1-0)
Loss: Cade Udell (0-1)
Save: Stephen Halstead (1)
Line Scores
VILLANOVA | 11R, 13H, 0E, 7 LOB
UNF | 13H, 16H, 4E, 8 LOB
Behind the Line Score
- A relay on a gapper in the top of the first quieted a potential scoring threat for Nova, with Reich getting the ball to Lodise before a strike was fired to Finn Howell at third.
- Sweatt put down a beautiful bunt single to open the first, but Nova got three-straight outs.
- Nova put up a two-run home run to right center to take a 2-0 lead in the second.
- Esquivel replied with his own solo shot to right center in the second, the first of his UNF career.
- A pair of two-out singles along with a wild pitch allowed Cade Reich to even things up at 2-2 in the second.
- The right center gap was busy again as Nova hit a solo home run to regain the lead.
- Brinling helped UNF tie it at 3-3 just minutes later, tripling to right center before being plated by an RBI sac fly lineout from Jakob Runnels.
- UNF completed a five-run third thanks to a two-out two-RBI double off the wall from Alex Lodise. Cade Reich belted a two-run home run to left center to give UNF a 7-3 lead.
- Nova replied with a three-run inning in the top of the fourth, a wild frame that saw two hits, a hit batter, an error and obstruction play.
- Aidan Sweatt's leadoff double was squandered in the bottom of the fourth.
- The home runs continued to fly in the bottom of the fifth when Lodise met a 94 mile per hour fastball for a solo home run to left center.
- A hit by pitch started a four-run sixth for Nova as the Wildcats took the lead again, 10-8. A three-run double punctuated the inning as a fielder's choice and infield base hit set things up.
- The second five-run inning of UNF's day came in the seventh, all of which came with two outs. Reich roped a two-out RBI double, Finn Howell grounded an RBI single up the middle and Sweatt gave UNF the lead with a two-run home run to left center.
- Brinling made it back-to-back jacks with a long home run into the trees one batter later, giving UNF a 13-10 lead.Â
- Nova cut into the lead once again, homering inside the right field foul pole
- UNF had another chance for more insurance runs in the eighth, but a 4-6-3 inning-ending double play got Villanova out of it.
Statistical Leaders
VILLANOVA
- Craig Larsen | 3-for-5, 2R, 4RBI, HR
- Steve Groeber | 3-for-5, R, RBI
- Collin Quintano | 2-for-5, HR
UNF
- Aidan Sweatt | 3-for-5, HR, 2 RBI
- Austin Brinling | 2-for-5, HR
- Gabriel Esquivel | 2-for-4, HR
- Alex Lodise | 2-for-5, HR, 2R, 2B, 3 RBI
- Cade Reich | 3-for-4, 3R, 3RBI, HR
Notes
- UNF and Villanova are 1-1 against each other all-time
- North Florida has earned wins against Big East teams in consecutive years
- Maynard earned his first-career win at UNF
- Reich finished a triple shy of the cycle, finishing one hit short of the mark for the second time this season
- Halstead is up to seven-career saves, his first since April 9, 2022
- All nine starters reached base for the second-straight game
- Sweatt reached 125 hits Saturday
- Esquivel and Brinling tallied their first-career home runs
- It was Sweatt's first home run at Harmon Stadium since his walk-off jack against USF March 2 of last year. It's his second-career home run at home
- Roca surpassed 150 innings pitched at UNF
.@Gabriel_E24 flexes with the big fly to right center — his first as an Osprey! #SWOOP pic.twitter.com/fhlXRpmKfp
— UNF Baseball (@OspreyBSB) February 25, 2023
.@Caderade11 goes big fly to left center - Ospreys put up a five spot in the third! #SWOOP pic.twitter.com/Elar5vjuuo
— UNF Baseball (@OspreyBSB) February 25, 2023
.@Alexlodise meets a 94 MPH heater — that's HR No. 3 for the freshman ?#SWOOP pic.twitter.com/PJZqaV0IyL
— UNF Baseball (@OspreyBSB) February 25, 2023
And we take the lead - @aidansweatt launches a two-run home run to left center ?? pic.twitter.com/LbauHAJdJh
— UNF Baseball (@OspreyBSB) February 25, 2023
Brinling goes back-to-back jacks with @aidansweatt, sending this one to the trees in right ?? pic.twitter.com/0XlofuHEGd
— UNF Baseball (@OspreyBSB) February 25, 2023
Up Next
UNF and Villanova go for the rubber match at 12:05 p.m. tomorrow.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Maynard, Brody (1-0)
L: UDELL, Cade (0-1)
S: Halstead, Stephen (1)
Batting:
2B: LARSEN, Craig 2 ; QUINTANO, Collin 1
HR: LARSEN, Craig 1 ; O'REILLY, Jack 1 ; QUINTANO, Collin 1
RBI: LARSEN, Craig 4 ; O'REILLY, Jack 1 ; GROBER, Steve 1 ; QUINTANO, Collin 2 ; HANSEN, AJ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: HASSERT, Cameron 1 ; LARSEN, Craig 2 ; O'REILLY, Jack 1 ; GROBER, Steve 1 ; QUINTANO, Collin 2 ; BIGGIO, August 1 ; VALDEZ, Jose 2 ; HANSEN, AJ 1
HBP: BIGGIO, August 3
Batting:
2B: Sweatt, Aidan 1 ; Sybrandt, Peyton 1 ; Lodise, Alex 1 ; Reich, Cade 1
3B: Brinling, Austin 1
HR: Sweatt, Aidan 1 ; Brinling, Austin 1 ; Esquivel, Gabriel 1 ; Lodise, Alex 1 ; Reich, Cade 1
RBI: Sweatt, Aidan 2 ; Brinling, Austin 1 ; Runnels, Jakob 1 ; Esquivel, Gabriel 1 ; Lodise, Alex 3 ; Reich, Cade 3 ; Howell, Finn 1
SF: Runnels, Jakob 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sweatt, Aidan 1 ; Brinling, Austin 2 ; Nichols, Cherokee 1 ; Esquivel, Gabriel 2 ; Sybrandt, Peyton 1 ; Lodise, Alex 2 ; Reich, Cade 3 ; Howell, Finn 1
SB: Sybrandt, Peyton 1
CS: Lodise, Alex 1
