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
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.