University of North Florida
7-5
North Carolina A&T
10-2
Baseball Drops Second Straight Midweek Game To North Carolina A&T
3/6/2024 11:00:00 PM | Baseball
Ospreys Fall To 1-4 In Midweek Games
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida baseball (7-5) fell in back-to-back midweek games this week, as they were defeated by North Carolina A&T (10-2), 10-5, on Wednesday evening at Harmon Stadium.
North Carolina A&T opened the scoring with a solo home run in the first. UNF responded with a run in the bottom of the inning to knot the score at one. Starter Brett Dennis pitched a solid second inning but ran into trouble in the third. The Aggies would score three runs to pull away from the Ospreys.
NC A&T pulled away in the fifth scoring four runs off of Avery Love. A controversial strike-three call extended the inning and allowed the Aggies to plate the runs. The big hit of the inning was Isaiah Monge's two-run triple off the center field wall. Jordan Wimpelberg would come on in relief and toss a scoreless sixth and seventh inning.
Shemar Dalton would continue NC A&T's impressive offensive night with an RBI triple down the right field line in the eighth. He would score later in the inning on a sacrifice fly. The Ospreys would get those two runs back in the bottom of the inning. Tripp McKinlay would double home a run and would score on an RBI single from Jakob Runnels.Â
Kaden Humphrey would put together a scoreless ninth inning to keep the score the same. The Ospreys would continue to battle in the ninth, scoring two on a Tripp McKinlay triple. The game would end on a Cade Bush strikeout with the bases loaded.Â
UNF 5, NC A&T 10
Pitchers of Record
Win: Brock Duff (1-0)Â
Loss: Brett Dennis (0-1)
Line Scores
UNF | 5 R, 7 H, 0 E, 9 LOB
NC A&T | 10 R, 14 H, 0 E, 6 LOB
Statistical Leaders
UNF
Tripp McKinlay | 2-4, 3B, 3 RBI, R
Jakob Runnels | 2-4, RBI, BB
Kaden Humphrey | 1.0 IP, 2 BB, 0 R
NC A&T
Tatsunori Negishi | 2-4, HR, RBI, 2 R, BB
Isaiah Monge | 3-4, 3B, 2 RBI, R
Brock Duff | 2.2 IP, W, BB, 3 K
NOTES
- Tripp McKinlay recorded the first Osprey triple of the '24 season.
- Finn Howell started his first game of the year.
- Drew Leinenbach has reached safely in 10 of 12 games.
- UNF lost its first game in program history to NC A&T.
- North Florida falls to 1-4 during midweek games this season.
UP NEXT
The Ospreys welcome Seton Hall for a three-game series starting Friday, Mar. 8, with first pitch is set for 6:05 p.m., at Harmon Stadium.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: DUFF, Brock (1-0)
L: Dennis, Brett (0-1)
Batting:
2B: NEGISHI, Tatsunori 1 ; ASH, TJ 1 ; WOOD, Enrique 1
3B: DALTON, Shemar 1 ; MONGE, Isaiah 1
HR: NEGISHI, Tatsunori 1
RBI: DALTON, Shemar 1 ; PRESLAR, Grayson 1 ; NEGISHI, Tatsunori 1 ; JACKSON, Camden 1 ; WOOD, Enrique 2 ; RODRIGUEZ, Devon 1 ; MONGE, Isaiah 2
SF: PRESLAR, Grayson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DALTON, Shemar 1 ; NEGISHI, Tatsunori 2 ; JACKSON, Camden 2 ; ASH, TJ 1 ; WOOD, Enrique 1 ; RODRIGUEZ, Devon 1 ; MONGE, Isaiah 2
CS: BROWN, Canyon 1
HBP: JACKSON, Camden 1 ; RODRIGUEZ, Devon 1
PO: ASH, TJ 1
Batting:
2B: McKinlay, Tripp 1 ; Leinenbach, Drew 1
3B: McKinlay, Tripp 1
RBI: McKinlay, Tripp 3 ; Runnels, Jakob 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Moore, Connor 2 ; McKinlay, Tripp 1 ; Nichols, Cherokee 1 ; Clements, Matthew 1
SB: Bush, Cade 1
CS: Howell, Finn 1
HBP: Nichols, Cherokee 1 ; Howell, Finn 1
