JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The first-ever meeting between North Florida (21-16) and Florida State (14-22) at Harmon Stadium did not disappoint and was nothing short of a roller coaster ride as the Ospreys walked off on the Seminoles in 10 innings, 15-14, Wednesday, April 19.
UNF stared down multiple deficits late in the game, with the last comeback finishing with a three-run bottom of the tenth as a wild pitch sent
Cherokee Nichols across home for the winning run.
North Florida rallied for seven runs in the eighth, but FSU scratched across four in the top of the ninth. After falling behind in the tenth, Nichols tied the game with a two run double, then came in to score the winning run on a wild pitch as FSU sent its school-record 10th pitcher to the mound.
UNF 15, FSU 14 (10 inn.)
Pitchers of Record
Win:
Ty Angevine (3-0)
Loss: Brett Barfield (0-1)
Line Scores
FSU | 14R, 17H, 3E, 6 LOB
UNF | 15R, 15H, 3E, 9 LOB
Behind the Line Score
- North Florida opened the scoring thanks to an RBI single from freshman Alex Lodise in the third.
- James Tibbs III responded by picking up an RBI single of his own to tie the game at one.
- Jaime Ferrer launched his 7th home run of the season in the fourth giving Florida State a 3-1 lead.
- Aidan Sweatt provided some two-out production in the fourth with an RBI single to trim the UNF deficit to one.
- Florida State added two in the sixth, but North Florida worked out of it thanks to a wild double play.
- North Florida battled back with three runs in the sixth. Matthew Clements delivered an opposite field RBI single and Sweatt came through again with a game-tying two-run home run.
- Florida State retook the lead on a two-run home run from Cam Smith in the top of the seventh.
- The Seminoles added a run in the eighth, capitalizing on an error.
- North Florida didn't relent and took a 12-8 lead in the eighth. Nichols used a hanging breaking ball to launch a home run and Peyton Sybrandt delivered timely hits to tie it. Jakob Runnels drove in the go-ahead run and Gabriel Esquivel provided insurance with a two-run home run.
- Florida State came to life in the ninth with four runs to even the game up at 12.
- Cam Smith launched his second home run of the night to give Florida State a 13-12, 10th inning lead. Connor Moore drove in a clutch insurance run on a sacrifice fly to extend the FSU lead to two.
- UNF's magic extended to extras. After Lodise began the inning with a double, Reich walked and Nichols blasted a two-run double to even the score at 14 in the 10th. A wild pitch on a Finn Howell walk brought home the winning run.
Statistical Leaders
FSU
- Cam Smith | 4-for-6, 5R, 2 HR, 3RBI, SB
- James Tibbs III | 4-for-6, 2R, 2B, 2RBI
- Jaime Ferrer | 2-for-6, 2R, HR, 3RBI
UNF
- Aidan Sweatt | 3-for-5, 2R, HR, 3RBI, HBP
- Dallen Leach | 2-for-3, 3R, 2B, 3BB
- Peyton Sybrandt | 1-for-1, R, 3B, RBI
- Cherokee Nichols | 2-for-5, 2R, 2B, HR, 3RBI, BB
Notes
- It was the first game between FSU and UNF since 2021
- UNF had five players with multi-hit nights
- North Florida has defeated an ACC team for the third-straight year
- FSU and UNF met for the first time at Harmon Stadium
- Sweatt recorded another three hit game, his sixth of the season
- Avery Love's six-inning outing set a season long for the right-hander
- It was UNF's sixth walk-off win of the season
- North Florida won its first game against FSU since February 20, 2021
- It was North Florida's tenth game this season scoring double-digit runs
- North Florida improves to 18-9 at home
- North Florida has won four-straight midweek games
Up Next
UNF plays on the road for the first time since April 6 when North Florida goes to Liberty for the first of three April 21.
