Baseball Doubled Up in Midweek Tilt at FAMU

Tuesday, February 28

Tallahassee, Fla.

4 p.m.

University of North Florida

4-5

FAMU

3-6

North Florida

Florida A&M

Sweatt came up a triple short of the cycle Tuesday.

Photo by: Amber Dubois

2/28/2023 8:39:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Ospreys Homer Three Times, But Strand Ten

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - North Florida baseball went for its third-straight multi-home run game, belting a trio of roundtrippers, but FAMU (3-6) bested the Ospreys in that department as UNF was out-slugged, 12-6, in an unseasonably hot afternoon on the final day of February.

UNF posted 12 hits but stranded 10 runners as the Ospreys (4-5) fell in their first road game of the season. Aidan Sweatt, Gabriel Esquivel and Jakob Runnels all homered, expanding UNF's team-home run total to 18 for the year.

FAMU 12, UNF 6

Pitchers of Record
Win: Amir Asghar (1-1)
Loss: Clayton Boroski (0-2)

Line Scores
UNF | 6R, 12H, 2E, 10 LOB
FAMU | 12R, 15H, E, 6 LOB

Behind the Line Score

Aidan Sweatt teed off on the payoff pitch for a leadoff home run to left field in the top of the first, his second home run of the season and fifth of his career
FAMU quickly got even in the second after a leadoff walk was followed by a Joe Pierini RBI double. The damage continued on a two-run home run to left center one batter later.
UNF tied it up, 3-3, in the third. Drew Leinenbach singled up the middle, Sweatt doubled down the line and Austin Brinling scored Leinenbach with a single. Cherokee NIchols sent one deep enough into right field for the sac fly.
FAMU jumped in front again after a single was followed by a one-out double in the third.
The Rattlers posted a four-run fourth with the help of back-to-back home runs, a double and a single
FAMU got the leadoff runner to second off an error in the sixth, but Ty Angevine retired the next three batters to strand an insurance run
Dallen Leach opened the seventh with a single, but FAMU would work out of it with a groundout and two punchouts
FAMU pushed an unearned run across in the seventh to expand its lead to 9-3
Esquivel launched a 3-2 delivery to left for a solo shot in the eighth, giving UNF some late life. Cade Reich worked a walk and Leach singled, but FAMU got out of the jam with a groundout
FAMU answered with its own solo home run in the bottom of the ninth, Ty Hanchey's second of the game. The Rattlers followed with a two-run home run two batters later, giving them a 12-4 lead
Sweatt got the third piece of the cycle with a single in the ninth, setting up Runnels' two-run bomb, cutting the deficit to 12-6. FAMU got two more fly outs to end it.

Statistical Leaders
UNF

Aidan Sweatt | 3-for-5, HR, 3R, RBI, 2B
Jakob Runnels | 2-for-5, 2RBI, HR
Gabriel Esquivel | 2-for-4, HR, BB
Dallen Leach | 2-for-4

FAMU

Ty Hanchey | 3-for-5, 2R, 3RBI, 2HR
Jared Weber | 3-for-5, 3R, HR
Will Brown | 3-for-3, 2B

Notes

This was UNF's first road game of the year
North Florida is at game nine of an 18-game stretch of games inside the state of Florida
UNF and FAMU met for the 32nd time
Clements made his UNF debut as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning
Trent Becker made his UNF debut in the bottom of the eighth inning
It was UNF's fifth multi-home run game this season and third straight
North Florida has hit at least three home runs four times this year
Six Ospreys have hit at least two home runs, as Runnels, Esquivel and Sweatt all hit their second home runs of the season
Reich had his eight-game hitting streak snapped
Boroski started last year's game at FAMU
Angevine earned a save in last year's win at FAMU. This season he spun two innings, not allowing an earned run
Sweatt had three home runs through his first 105 games as an Osprey. He has had two in the last three games
Leach went 2-for-4 in his return to his hometown. Last year he was 3-for-4
It was UNF's first loss against FAMU since 2018

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Amir Asghar (1-1)

L: Boroski, Clayton (0-2)

North Florida

Batting:

2B: Sweatt, Aidan 1

HR: Sweatt, Aidan 1 ; Runnels, Jakob 1 ; Esquivel, Gabriel 1

RBI: Sweatt, Aidan 1 ; Brinling, Austin 1 ; Runnels, Jakob 2 ; Nichols, Cherokee 1 ; Esquivel, Gabriel 1

SF: Nichols, Cherokee 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Sweatt, Aidan 3 ; Runnels, Jakob 1 ; Esquivel, Gabriel 1 ; Leinenbach, Drew 1

HBP: Nichols, Cherokee 1

Florida A&M

Batting:

2B: Janmikell Bastardo 2 ; Joseph Pierini 1 ; Will Brown 1

HR: Ty Hanchey 2 ; Jared Weber 1 ; Adam Haidermota 1 ; Ethan Jenkins 1

RBI: Ty Jackson 1 ; Ty Hanchey 3 ; Jared Weber 1 ; Adam Haidermota 2 ; Janmikell Bastardo 1 ; Joseph Pierini 1 ; Ethan Jenkins 2 ; Will Brown 1

SH: JD Tease 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Ty Jackson 1 ; Ty Hanchey 2 ; Jared Weber 3 ; Adam Haidermota 1 ; Janmikell Bastardo 1 ; Argene Lynn 1 ; Joseph Pierini 1 ; Ethan Jenkins 1 ; Will Brown 1