Spartans Travel to North Florida for Final A-Sun Road Series
5/12/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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Spartanburg, S.C. – The USC Upstate baseball team will play its final road A-Sun series of the season this weekend as the Spartans travel to Jacksonville, Fla. for a three-game series against the University of North Florida. The series begins Friday at 6 p.m. followed 1 p.m. matchups on Saturday and Sunday.
Upstate is 20-25 and 3-11 in league play following a series win over FGCU last weekend at Harley Park. The Spartans won Friday's game 7-3 followed by a 21-18 win on Saturday before seeing a ninth inning rally fall just short on Sunday as the Eagles won 15-13. Saturday's 21 runs scored were the most by Upstate since 2013. Jake Beaver went 10-for-14 with five RBI in the series, including a 5-for-5, four RBI performance on Saturday.
The Spartans lead the A-Sun with 20 triples. Cody Brittain is the league leader with five triples. Brittain is tied for first in the conference with a .384 batting average. Tyler Jackson is second in the league with 77 strikeouts.
North Florida is 31-17 after splitting a home and home midweek series against Georgia Southern. The Ospreys are 9-6 in the league after winning two of three games against Lipscomb last weekend. Senior catcher Keith Skinner leads the league in on-base percentage and is tied for second in batting average. North Florida leads the all-time series 38-7-1 after a sweep of the Spartans at Harley Park in 2015.
Fans can watch all three games of the weekend series on ASun.TV as well as follow the action with live stats via links on www.upstatespartans.com. Updates will also be posted to the Upstate baseball Twitter page (@UPSTBSB).
Upstate will play its final non-conference game of the season on Tuesday at Presbyterian. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.
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