TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - North Florida baseball (18-19) had a one-run lead early on after a solo home run from Cherokee Nichols, which was one of two Osprey homers on the night, but ultimately lost at No. 10 Florida State (32-8), 10-2, on Tuesday evening.

UNF went into the bottom of the third with the slight edge on the road against the Seminoles, but a five-run including from FSU gave them the lead. Three more runs scored by the Noles in the following inning put the game out of reach in the Ospreys' final road game of a five-game stretch.

Tripp McKinlay joined Nichols with a solo shot in the eighth inning for his fourth of the season, while Nichols earned his fifth in the midweek matchup. Cade Bush and Connor Moore also started in the game against their former team.

FSU 10, UNF 2

Pitchers of Record
Win: John Abraham (2-1)
Loss: Brett Dennis (0-2)

Line Scores
UNF | 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 5 LOB
FSU | 10 R, 10 H, 0 E, 4 LOB

Statistical Leaders
UNF
Tripp McKinlay | 2-4, RBI, R, solo HR
Cherokee Nichols | 1-4, RBI, R solo HR
Drew Leinenbach | 1-2
Clayton Boroski.| 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 41 pitches

FSU
Marco Dinges | 2-4, 5 RBI, R, grand slam HR
James Tibbs III | 2-3, 3 RBI, 3 R, BB, solo HR
Max Williams | 2-2, R, 2 BB
John Abraham | 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 35 pitches

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The Ospreys return home for a in-state weekend series against top-ranked Stetson from Apr. 26-28 at Harmon Stadium.