RICHMOND, Ky. - UNF baseball stuffed the box score with record-setting numbers as the Ospreys (15-12, 4-4 ASUN) erased two five-run deficits in a 19-11 win Saturday, helping North Florida split the day's decisions after EKU (11-16, 2-6 ASUN) won the continuation of Friday's game thanks to a late comeback. 

North Florida erupted for consecutive seven-run innings, scoring all 19 runs via an RBI thanks to 17 hits. Five of those hits were home runs, with two being grand slams as the Ospreys have hit three grand slams in two games. Dating back to last Saturday, UNF has hit four grand slams in four games.

Alex Lodise caused fits for EKU pitching, going 5-for-6 in the second game, tying the North Florida DI-era single game hits record thanks to three doubles, a home run and a single. His home run gave him 10 on the year, setting the North Florida freshman single season roundtripper record. 

Five Ospreys had multi-hit games in the nightcap, with six posting multi-RBI contests, paced by Austin Brinling's five RBI day that included a grand slam. Jakob Runnels accounted for the other grand slam Saturday, belting one in the sixth just one inning after Brinling's in the fifth.

North Florida combined for 33 hits and eight home runs over the first two games of this series. The Ospreys can go for their sixth series victory of the year with a win tomorrow.

G1 | EKU 15, UNF 13

Pitchers of Record
Win: Joe Clancy (1-2)
Loss: Tony Roca (0-2)
Save: Brock Blanton (2)

Line Scores
UNF | 13R, 16H, 2E, 8 LOB
EKU | 15R, 11H, 0E, 9 LOB

Behind the Line Score

• UNF was out to the early lead, scoring twice in the first when Aidan Sweatt and Austin Brinling pulled off the double steal. Lodise doubled to left center, scoring Brinling. 
• A throwing error on a fielder's choice during an attempt to turn two allowed the Colonels Logan Thomason to score from first. 
• Sweatt picked up the second of his four hits with an RBI double in the second, but EKU's Will King quickly tied it back up with a two-run home run.
• In his first game since March 4, Nichols launched a home run to left, igniting an 8-0 stretch for UNF.
• North Florida's four-run fifth came together due to a Runnels sac fly, Lodise two-RBI single and Drew Leinenbach single back up the box. 
• Four more came across in the sixth, but this time thanks to one swing as Runnels' unbelievable stretch persisted with a grand slam.
• EKU showed life with its own four-run sixth
• UNF seemingly snatched away any EKU momentum when Leinenbach hit the first homer of his career with a shot to left in the seventh. 
• Rain arrived in the eighth as play was suspended and pushed to be continued at 5 p.m. Saturday. 
• When play was resumed, a three-run home run, two-run home run and go-ahead two-RBI single gave EKU the 15-13 advantage and win.

Statistical Leaders
UNF

• Aidan Sweatt | 4-for-6, 3R, RBI, 2B
• Austin Brinling | 3-for-5
• Jakob Runnels | 1-for-4, GS, 5RBI
• Alex Lodise | 2-for-5, 3RBI
• Cherokee Nichols | 2-for-4, HR, 2R
• Drew Leinenbach | 2-for-3, 2RBI

EKU

• Will King | 2-for-4, 4RBI, 2B, HR
• Charles Ludwick | 2-for-5, 3RBI, HR, 2B
• Logan Thomason | 2-for-3, 3R, RBI, 3BB

G2 | UNF 19, EKU 11

Pitchers of Record
Win: Will Ohme (1-1)
Loss: Chase Alderman (1-2)

Line Scores
UNF | 19R, 17H, 2E, 6 LOB
EKU | 11R, 11H, 3E, 14 LOB

Behind the Line Score

• EKU hit three home runs in the first inning, including a three-run shot, but North Florida was extremely resilient, responding with a critical three-run second inning
• Lodise hit the record-setting home run to right center to get UNF on the board
• North Florida put up traffic on the bases, with Sweatt bringing in Nichols on an RBI groundout and Brinling lacing an RBI single to left
• EKU punched back, creating its second five-run lead of the game with a Jalen Jones three-run homer in the fourth
• UNF put its foot down at that point, beginning with a two-RBI double from Alex Lodise to start a seven-run fifth
• Brinling highlighted that frame with a no-doubt grand slam to right
• One inning later, UNF scored seven more, with Nichols homering, Sweatt scoring another on a ground-rule double and Runnels launching his second grand slam of the series 
• Fletcher Cline completed the scoring with a two-run home run in the seventh, bringing North Florida to a season-high 19 runs
• EKU would score three-run more thanks to two more home runs.

Statistical Leaders
UNF

• Austin Brinling | 2-for-4, 2R, 5RBI, GS, 2BB
• Jakob Runnels | 2-for-5, 2R, 4RBI, GS, BB
• Alex Lodise | 5-for-6, 4R,  3 2B, 3RBI, HR
• Cherokee Nichols | 3-for-6, HR, 3R, 2RBI

EKU

• Will King | 2-for-2, 3R, 2RBI, 3BB, HR
• Roderick Criss | 1-for-4, HR, 3RBI
• Jalen Jones | 1-for-4, 3RBI, HR

Notes

• Alex Lodise set the UNF single season freshman home run record, reaching 10. He broke a three-way tie with Alex Bacon and Brian Fleetwood.
• Lodise is tied for 10th in UNF single season freshman history for doubles with nine
• North Florida is up to 48 home runs, nine more than it hit all of last season
• Nichols homered in his first game back since March 4
• UNF combined for 30 hits and eight home runs
• The Ospreys have homered five times in a game in three instances this season, tying the North Florida DI-era single game record on three instances
• UNF posted its most runs in a single game since May 20, 2016 at NJIT
• UNF set season hights for at-bats (45), runs (19), RBI (19), doubles (5) and hit by pitches (5)
• UNF posted three grand slams in 18 innings, two of which came from Runnels and the other from Brinling
• North Florida has notched 12 multi-home run games this season
• It was UNF's second-straight game scoring in double digits. North Florida has done that twice this season
• UNF has scored in double digits eight times

Up Next
UNF and EKU meet for the series tomorrow at 11 a.m.