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Dominick Madonna throwing a pitch at EKU
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Madonna has gone at least seven innings in four-straight outings.
9
Winner North Florida UNF 24-23
3
North Alabama UNA 9-35
Winner
North Florida UNF
24-23
9
Final
3
North Alabama UNA
9-35
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
North Florida UNF 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 9 13 2
North Alabama UNA 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 1

W: Madonna, Dominick (7-2) L: Brycen Parish (0-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Madonna Deals, Six-Run Eighth Fuels Baseball to 9-3 Win at UNA

Ospreys Clinch Series, Runnels and Lodise Go Back-to-Back in the 8th

FLORENCE, Ala. - Dominick Madonna spun a masterful 8.0-inning effort on the hill and North Florida baseball (24-23, 10-13 ASUN) scored six two-out runs in the eighth as the Ospreys upended North Alabama, 9-3, Saturday, May 6.

UNF clinches its first road-series win of the season with the victory, moving to 3-1 all-time in games against North Alabama (9-34, 3-20 ASUN). North Florida did all its scoring over two innings, plating three in the fifth and five in the eighth.

With two outs, Jakob Runnels launched a grand slam to center, Alex Lodise followed with a homer to left and Cade Reich tripled in Cherokee Nichols to complete the explosive eighth. On the hill, Madonna won his seventh game, permitting just two earned runs over a stellar eight-inning performance. 

UNF 9, UNA 3

Pitchers of Record
Win: Dominick Madonna (7-2)
Loss: Brycen Parish (0-3)

Line Scores
UNF | 9R, 13H, 2E, 11 LOB
UNA | 3R, 7H, E, 8 LOB

Behind the Line Score
  • UNF got the first two on in the second, but UNA escaped the jam with a fly out, strikeout and groundout
  • The Lions pushed across one in the bottom half. A Gehrig Frei double was followed by a groundout that moved him up. An error allowed Frei to score with two outs.
  • UNA stretched two two-out singles into a run in the fourth. 
  • But, UNF's streaky hitting from Friday transitioned into the fifth as UNF put up three runs for a 3-2 lead. Matthew Clements singled, Aidan Sweatt hooked an RBI double down the left field line and Austin Brinling split the right center gap with his own. After an impressive 5-3 double play, Nichols came up clutch, lacing an RBI single through the left side.
  • UNA got one back to tie it in the fifth, but Dominick Madonna did a good job of limiting damage as the Lions got the first two on in the fifth. Two singles, a fly out and RBI groundout tied it up.
  • North Florida blew it open with six two-out runs in the 8th. Clements singled, Sweatt reached on his own infield hit and Brinling got hit by a pitch. Despite being down in the count, Runnels deposited a grand slam over the wall in center. Just seconds later, Lodise launched a high solo homer to left. 
  • After Nichols got on, Cade Reich tripled him home to complete the scoring.
  • Madonna got through another scoreless and Will Ohme retired the Lions in the ninth to secure the win.

Statistical Leaders
UNF
UNA
  • Jonathan Lane | 2-for-5
  • Gehrig Frei | 1-for-3, 2R
  • Jacob James | ND, 6.0 IP, 7H, 3ER, 4BB, 3K
 
Notes
  • The top four in UNF's lineup combined for eight hits, seven RBI and six runs
  • UNF is 3-1 all-time against UNA
  • It was UNF's first road-series win
  • Madonna has seven wins, the most for a UNF pitcher since righty Nick Marchese went 7-0 in 2019
  • Madonna has won five of his last seven decisions
  • Madonna has gone at least seven innings in his last four starts. He surpassed 100-career innings in the effort
  • All of UNF's runs came across two innings
 
 

 
Up Next
UNF goes for its first ASUN sweep of the year tomorrow beginning at 2 p.m.
 
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