Spartans Drop Series Opener to North Florida

Friday, May 13

Jacksonville, Fla. (ASUN.TV)

7:30 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

20-26, 3-12

North Florida

32-17, 10-6

S.C. Upstate

North Florida

5/13/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

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Jacksonville, Fla. – The North Florida Ospreys scored six runs on three home runs to defeat USC Upstate 15-4 in the opening game of a three-game Atlantic Sun Conference series on Friday night at Harmon Stadium.

North Florida improves to 32-17 overall and 10-6 in the A-Sun while Upstate drops to 20-26 and 3-12.

After the Spartans stranded a pair of baserunners in the first, the Ospreys took advantage of a leadoff walk as Corbin Olmstead drove in Kyle Brooks on an infield single. North Florida added a run in the second inning thanks to a wild pitch.

The Ospreys scored four runs in the third inning, three of them crossing the plate on an Alex Merritt three-run home run. Olmstead hit his 11^th home run of the season to open the fifth before Merritt hit his second home run of the game, a two-run shot, for a 9-0 North Florida league after five innings.

After North Florida scored two runs on a pair of Upstate errors in the sixth inning, the Spartans got on the board on a Daniel Fickas sacrifice fly. James Fowlkes drove in two runs with a double and advanced to third on an Osprey error. A second North Florida error allowed Fowlkes to score to make the score 11-4. North Florida got a run back in the home half of the frame.

North Florida scored three runs in their half of the eighth.

Fowlkes went 2-for-4 with a single, double and two RBI. Fickas went 2-for-3 with two singles and an RBI.

Merritt went 4-for-4 with four singles, a double, four runs scored and five RBI. Olmstead finished 5-for-6 with five singles, two runs scored and three RBI.

Bryan Baker (4-4) claimed the win, striking out eight batters while allowing four hits in 5.2 scoreless innings. Tyler Jackson (4-3) took the loss, allowing nine runs on 12 hits in five innings.

The series continues tomorrow at 1 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: BAKER, Bryan (4-4)

L: Jackson, Tyler (4-3)

S.C. Upstate

Batting:

2B: Fowlkes, James 1 ; Gilbert, Hunter 1

RBI: Fickas, Daniel 1 ; Fowlkes, James 2

SF: Fickas, Daniel 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Shimko, J.J. 1 ; Fowlkes, James 1 ; Krider, Zach 1 ; Gilbert, Hunter 1

SB: Gaudard, Pat 1

HBP: Gaudard, Pat 1 ; Miller, Jordan 1

North Florida

Batting:

2B: MERRITT, Alex 1

HR: OLMSTEAD, Corbin 1 ; MERRITT, Alex 2

RBI: OLMSTEAD, Corbin 3 ; KARMERIS, Nick 1 ; MERRITT, Alex 5 ; OLIVERA, Bubba 1

SH: SKINNER, Keith 1

Base Running:

RUNS: BROOKS, Kyle 2 ; SKINNER, Keith 1 ; OLMSTEAD, Corbin 2 ; KARMERIS, Nick 2 ; THIBIDEAU, Chris 2 ; MERRITT, Alex 4 ; BERRY, Chris 1 ; OLIVERA, Bubba 1