Baseball Comes Up Short in Rubber Game at Liberty

Sunday, April 23

Lynchburg, Va.

1 p.m.

University of North Florida

22-18, 8-10

Liberty

19-20, 10-8

North Florida

LIBERTY

Photo by: Liberty Athletics

4/23/2023 4:49:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

LYNCHBURG, Va. - Liberty (19-20, 10-8 ASUN) scored early on and stayed ahead as North Florida (22-18, 8-10 ASUN) baseball dropped the rubber game in Virginia, 9-3, Sunday, April 23.

Liberty 9, UNF 3

Pitchers of Record
Win: Mikey Tepper (3-3)
Loss: Clayton Boroski (2-7)

Line Scores
UNF | 3R, 9H, E, 3 LOB
LIB | 9R, 9H, 0E, 9 LOB

Behind the Line Score

Liberty was the first to take the lead for the first time in the series, pushing across three runs in the first inning on two walks, a single up the middle, error and sac fly.
Cam Foster homered to left and Brayden Horton laced an RBI single to extend Liberty's lead.
The Flames put up two more on a hot grounder up the middle with the bags loaded.
UNF got on the board in the fifth. Peyton Sybrandt and Matthew Clements started the session with singles and Austin Brinling hooked an 0-2 curveball into the right field corner.
Liberty got that one back in the fifth after a pair of stolen bags and sac fly plated Jaylen Guy.
Cade Reich doubled and moved to third on a balk before scoring on a double play.
Foster hit his second homer of the game, a solo shot to left center in the 6th.
Reich made it halfway to the cycle with his own solo homer in the 8th.
UNF loaded the bags in the ninth, Liberty closed it out with a strikeout.

Statistical Leaders

UNF

Austin Brinling | 2-for-3, RBI, 2BB
Cade Reich | 2-for-4, 2R, RBI, HR
Matthew Clements | 2-for-4, 2B

LIB

Brayden Horton | 2-for-3, R, 3RBI
Cam Foster | 3-for-4, 3R, 2RBI
Jaylen Guy | 2-for-4, R, RBI

Notes

UNF has won six of 10 weekend series this season
This is the last game UNF and Liberty will play against one another as league foes
Brandon Adams made his second appearance in league play

Up Next
North Florida ventures back into non-conference play Tuesday at Florida.