
Baseball Ends With Series Finale Tie Against North Alabama
5/12/2024 8:00:00 PM | Baseball
Travel Curfew Exceeded in 13th Inning
FLORENCE, Ala. - North Florida baseball (21-26-1, 11-14-1 ASUN) played through 13 innings on the road with North Alabama (17-32-1, 9-17-1 ASUN), but ended the extra-inning thriller in a 4-4 tie due to travel curfew on Sunday afternoon.
The Ospreys jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning after a two-run homer from Cherokee Nichols, his sixth of the season. Shortly after, Cade Bush added another run with an RBI single to send Jakob Runnels home for a three-run lead.
UNF added in the fourth inning as well with another RBI single from Tyler Gerteisen to extend the lead to 4-0. The following frame, Runnels recorded his 100th career hit with a leadoff single through the left side.
Bryce Fisher had an excellent start with six shutout innings and eight strikeouts before allowing a run in the seventh. Brett Dennis entered in relief during to limit the damage to just two runs to make it a 4-2 ballgame.
Entering the ninth inning up by two runs, UNA answered with multiple RBI hits to tie the game at four a piece, but Zane Starling came in to send it the extras. Lance Bolton held the Lions to scoreless through the last three innings of the game, but it finished out as a tied result due to the travel curfew at the end of the 13th inning.
Line Scores
UNF | 4 R, 12 H, 1 E, 11 LOB
UNA | 4 R, 9 H, 1 E, 11 LOB
Statistical Leaders
UNF
Cherokee Nichols | 2-5, 2 RBI, R, BB, two-run HR
Jakob Runnels | 2-6, R, 100th career hit
Connor Moore | 2-6, R
Finn Howell | 2-5, R
Bryce Fisher | 6.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
UNA
Bryant Love | 3-5, R
Dominick McIntyre | 2-6, 2 R
Andin Johnson | 1-6, RBI, R
Brycen Parrish | 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
The Ospreys head to its last midweek matchup of the season on the road against USF on Tuesday, May 14, at 6 p.m., in Tampa, Fla.
The Ospreys jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning after a two-run homer from Cherokee Nichols, his sixth of the season. Shortly after, Cade Bush added another run with an RBI single to send Jakob Runnels home for a three-run lead.
UNF added in the fourth inning as well with another RBI single from Tyler Gerteisen to extend the lead to 4-0. The following frame, Runnels recorded his 100th career hit with a leadoff single through the left side.
Bryce Fisher had an excellent start with six shutout innings and eight strikeouts before allowing a run in the seventh. Brett Dennis entered in relief during to limit the damage to just two runs to make it a 4-2 ballgame.
Entering the ninth inning up by two runs, UNA answered with multiple RBI hits to tie the game at four a piece, but Zane Starling came in to send it the extras. Lance Bolton held the Lions to scoreless through the last three innings of the game, but it finished out as a tied result due to the travel curfew at the end of the 13th inning.
UNF 4, UNA 4 (13 Inn.)
Line Scores
UNF | 4 R, 12 H, 1 E, 11 LOB
UNA | 4 R, 9 H, 1 E, 11 LOB
Statistical Leaders
UNF
Cherokee Nichols | 2-5, 2 RBI, R, BB, two-run HR
Jakob Runnels | 2-6, R, 100th career hit
Connor Moore | 2-6, R
Finn Howell | 2-5, R
Bryce Fisher | 6.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
UNA
Bryant Love | 3-5, R
Dominick McIntyre | 2-6, 2 R
Andin Johnson | 1-6, RBI, R
Brycen Parrish | 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
UP NEXT
The Ospreys head to its last midweek matchup of the season on the road against USF on Tuesday, May 14, at 6 p.m., in Tampa, Fla.Team Stats

Batting:
2B: Runnels, Jakob 1 ; Howell, Finn 1
HR: Nichols, Cherokee 1
RBI: Nichols, Cherokee 2 ; Bush, Cade 1 ; Gerteisen, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Moore, Connor 1 ; Runnels, Jakob 1 ; Nichols, Cherokee 1 ; Howell, Finn 1
SB: Howell, Finn 1
HBP: Bush, Cade 1 ; Cline, Fletcher 1

Batting:
2B: Kyle Machado 1 ; Dominick McIntyre 1
HR: Andin Johnson 1
RBI: Jonathan Lane 1 ; Gehrig Frei 1 ; Andin Johnson 1 ; Leighton Jenkins 1
SH: Leighton Jenkins 1
SF: Jonathan Lane 1 ; Gehrig Frei 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Andin Johnson 1 ; Dominick McIntyre 2 ; Bryant Loving 1
SB: Bryant Loving 1
HBP: Kyle Machado 1 ; Bryant Loving 1
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