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UNF concludes season 28-27 overall.
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North Florida UNF 28-27
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Winner Jacksonville JU 33-22
North Florida UNF
28-27
2
Final
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Jacksonville JU
33-22
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
North Florida UNF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 1
Jacksonville JU 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 7 1

W: Scout Updike (4-2) L: Bolton, Lance (4-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Falls in Extra-Inning Nail-biter at JU, 3-2

Ospreys Wrap Up 2023 Season

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Down to the last out, North Florida baseball (28-27, 13-17 ASUN) rallied to score two in the ninth and tie things, 2-2, but Jacksonville (33-22, 17-13 ASUN) eventually won on a walk-off solo home run to left in the 11th inning of the regular season finale Saturday, May 20. 

The 3-2 loss was UNF's first defeat in five tries in extras this year as the Ospreys came up just short of ASUN postseason contention. North Florida would have needed a win and Austin Peay loss later today as the Ospreys got some help with Central Arkansas' win against EKU today.

JU 3, UNF 2 (11 innings)

Pitchers of Record
Win: Scout Updike (4-2)
Loss: Lance Bolton (4-2)

Line Scores
UNF | 2R, 5H, E, 12 LOB
JU | 3R, 7H, E, 8 LOB

Behind the Line Score
  • UNF had three potential hits including two liners caught by JU starter Blake Barquin in the first. The second saw Alex Lodise open the frame with a double into the left field corner, but JU got a flyout, groundout and punchout to get out of it.
  • JU broke the 0-0 stalemate in the fifth. Blake DeLamielleure doubled just past a diving Cade Reich in left center before coming around on a single through the left side off of Colin Wetterau's bat.
  • With two outs, Jakob Runnels walked and Lodise laced a single to left. Gabriel Esquivel gave one a ride to right, but it hung up.
  • DeLamielleure struck again with a triple on a liner to center that got past a diving Austin Brinling. A sac fly would bring him in to make it 2-0. 
  • Matthew Clements opened the 8th with a single up the middle before JU worked consecutive groundouts. Runnels walked but righty Heston Mosley got a key strikeout.
  • Righty Lance Bolton danced around a perilous bases loaded and nobody out situation to keep it 2-0 in the eighth. 
  • Down to their final three outs, UNF got two to keep the season alive. Esquivel was hit by a pitch, Cade Reich was walked and Drew Leinenbach put down a sac bunt. Pinch hitter Peyton Sybrandt rolled an RBI groundout and Reich scored the tying run after JU third baseman Kris Armstrong kicked a slow roller off Matthew Clements' bat.
  • Ian Brown coaxed a leadoff walk in the 10th as UNF eventually got runners to second and third with two outs. JU escaped with an inning-ending groundout.
  • DeLamielleure hit a walk-off homer to left in the 11th to win. 

Statistical Leaders
UNF
JU
  • Blake DeLamielleure | 4-for-5, cycle
  • Colin Wetterau | 1-for-4, RBI
  • Layton Perry | 3.2 IP, 2H, 0ER

Notes
  • JU used eight pitchers
  • UNF is 6-4 in one-run games
  • Roca and Bolton both went five frames
  • Austin Brinling extended his hitting streak to 16 games and his reached base streak to 27 games
  • 14 different Ospreys appeared in the game
  • The teams combined for 20 runners left on base
  • North Florida is 4-1 in extras this season
  • It was the 92nd meeting between the two teams
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