Baseball Drops Rubber Game With Jacksonville State

Saturday, April 8

Jacksonville, Fla.

11:05 a.m.

University of North Florida

17-15, 5-7

Jacksonville State

16-15, 9-3

Jacksonville State

North Florida

Runnels went 5-for-10 during the series.

Photo by: Todd Drexler

4/8/2023 2:58:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida baseball had a chance at winning its sixth-straight home weekend series of the year, but the Jacksonville State bats got in the way as UNF (17-15, 5-7 ASUN) dropped the rubber game with the Gamecocks (16-15, 9-3 ASUN) Saturday, April 8.

JSU 16, UNF 1 (7 inn.)

Pitchers of Record
Win: Eli Zielinski (6-0)
Loss: Clayton Boroski (1-6)

Line Scores
JSU | 16R, 16H, E, 8 LOB
UNF | R, 6H, E, 10 LOB

Behind the Line Score

JSU got a runner to third in the first, but Alex Lodise made a lunging snag on a liner to end the inning.
The Gamecocks plated one in the second after a single was followed by a double to right right center from Derrick Jackson.
Matthew Clements nearly evened it up in the bottom of the second, but Cherokee Nichols was thrown out at the plate trying to score from second.
The Gamecocks put up three runs in the third frame. After the leadoff runner reached via a throwing error, Javon Hernandez tripled to center and Mason Maners homered to center.
JSU hit two grand slams as part of a 10-run fifth.
Singles from Matthew Clements, Aidan Sweatt and Austin Brinling got UNF on the board in the fifth.
Hernandez added a two-run home run in the sixth to complete the scoring.
The game concluded after seven due to the ten-runs after seven run-rule in league play.

Statistical Leaders
JSU

Javon Hernandez | 3-for-4, 3R, 3RBI, HR, BB
Mason Maners | 2-for-3, 3R, 2RBI, 2BB, HR
TJ Reeves & Caleb Johnson | Grand slam

UNF

Jakob Runnels | 2-for-4
Matthew Clements | 2-for-3, R
Austin Brinling | 1-for-3, RBI

Notes

North Florida dropped its first home-weekend series of the year
Runnels hit .500 for the series, going 5-for-10. He posted his 12th multi-hit game of the year today
It was UNF's second morning game of the year and second in less than a week
North Florida and JSU are even in the head-to-head series, 4-4
It was the second run-rule game of the year
Sweatt, Lodise and Brinling all kept pace for the team lead in hits with one each today
Clements notched his fifth multi-hit game
Brandon Adams posted his second scoreless outing
It was the third game UNF has had without an extra-base hit. UNF is 2-1 in such games

Up Next
North Florida plays the first of three midweek games on its current nine-game home stand Tuesday against FAMU.

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Tuesday, March 31

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Sunday, March 29

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Saturday, March 28

Baseball Wins Game 1 Of River City Rumble Over Jacksonville, 4-2

Friday, March 27

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Eli Zielinski (6-0)

L: Boroski, Clayton (1-6)

Jacksonville State

Batting:

2B: Brennen Norton 1 ; Derrick Jackson 2

3B: Javon Hernandez 1

HR: Javon Hernandez 1 ; Mason Maners 1 ; T.J. Reeves 1 ; Caleb Johnson 1

RBI: Javon Hernandez 3 ; Mason Maners 2 ; T.J. Reeves 4 ; Brennen Norton 1 ; Derrick Jackson 2 ; Caleb Johnson 4

Base Running:

RUNS: Bear Madliak 2 ; Javon Hernandez 3 ; Mason Maners 3 ; T.J. Reeves 1 ; Brennen Norton 2 ; Carson Crowe 1 ; Derrick Jackson 1 ; Will Fincher 2 ; Caleb Johnson 1