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Blake Pound running to first base
Todd Drexler
Pound homered for the second-straight day Sunday.
17
Winner Fairfield FFD 6-6
13
North Florida UNF 10-7
Winner
Fairfield FFD
6-6
17
Final
13
North Florida UNF
10-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Fairfield FFD 3 0 6 4 1 0 3 0 0 17 17 1
North Florida UNF 0 1 0 2 0 3 4 3 0 13 12 1

W: Erbeck, Jack (2-0) L: Love, Avery (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Late Surge Not Enough in Sunday Slugfest With Fairfield

Ospreys Scored 10 Runs Between Sixth and Eighth, But Fall, 17-13

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF baseball put up crooked numbers in frames six through eight, but Fairfield's early lead was too much to overcome as the Ospreys' (10-7) comeback attempt came up short in a Sunday slugfest with Fairfield, 17-13, March 12.

Blake Pound and Jakob Runnels both had multi-RBI home runs in the loss, bringing North Florida to six-straight games with at least one home run. The late long balls nearly lifted UNF to an unprecedented comeback as the Ospreys once trailed by as much as 13-1.

The Stags (6-6) took a 3-0 lead in the first inning and never relinquished the lead despite North Florida still emerging with the series win.

Fairfield 17, UNF 13

Pitchers of Record
Win: Jack Erbeck (2-0)
Loss: Avery Love (0-1)

Line Scores
FFD | 17R, 17H, E, 10 LOB
UNF | 13R, 12H, E, 7 LOB

Behind the Line Score
  • Fairfield's Griffin Watson hit a leadoff home run on the second pitch of the game and Charlie Pagliarini hit a wind-aided two-run home run to give the Stags a 3-0 first inning lead.
  • Alex Lodise laced a single to left, stole second, took third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch in the second.
  • Fairfield hit two home runs in the third, one of which was a three-run home run as the Stags posted a six-run inning in the third. 
  • A two-run home run, solo home run and RBI triple gave Fairfield a 13-1 lead after three and a half innings.
  • Blake Pound turned on an inside fastball for his second two-run home run in as many days, scoring Drew Leinenbach in the fourth.
  • A miscue on a relay throw back into the infield on a fly out allowed Fairfield to score another in the fifth.
  • UNF inched closer in the sixth, getting three runs, two of which came on a first-pitch two-RBI double down the right field line off Fletcher Cline's bat. He came around to score after a pair of wild pitches.
  • The Stags hooked a two-run line drive homer inside the right field pole and rolled an RBI single through the left side, making it 17-6 Stags in the seventh.
  • A Leinenbach RBI double and Cade Reich infield-RBI single highlighted UNF's four-run seventh. Three walks, a passed ball, two wild pitches and a fielding error also contributed to the production.
  • Jakob Runnels launched a pinch-hit three-run home run to left in the eighth, bringing the Ospreys within four. 
  • Reich put down a leadoff bunt single to open the ninth, but Fairfield buckled down to get the next three batters.

Statistical Leaders
FFD
  • Mike Becchetti | 4-for-6, 4R, 2HR, 2RBI
  • Matt Venuto | 2-for-5, 3R, 4RBI, 2HR
  • Jack Erbeck | W, 5.0 IP, 4H, 3ER, BB, 8K

UNF
Notes
  • Both teams used six pitchers for the second-straight game
  • UNF had double-digit hits for the second time on the series
  • UNF has won all four weekend series this year
  • UNF is now 10-5 at home on the year
  • North Florida is 9-2 all-time against the Stags
  • Cline earned his first-career RBI at UNF
  • Runnels has homered four times of the last four games
  • Pound homered in consecutive days. He joins his father, Joe, as the only father-son duo in UNF history to have both homered in a UNF uniform
  • This was UNF's first loss on a Sunday this year. The Ospreys are 3-1 on Sundays this season and are averaging just under 12 runs per game on Sundays this year
  • UNF has posted double-digit hits seven times this year
  • North Florida is now just five home runs short of its team total from all of last year
  • UNF has posted double-digit runs five times
  • Runnels is on a team-best seven-game hitting streak
  • Reich has reached base in 16-straight games, while Lodise has done so in 12-straight contests
  • Trent Becker pinch ran, making his UNF debut on the bases. He also scored.

Up Next
UNF faces its first Power Five foe at Florida Tuesday, March 14 at 6 p.m.
 
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