North Florida Claims Series Opener over Spartans

Friday, April 6

Jacksonville, Fla.

6 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

15-16-1, 1-3

North Florida

15-15, 2-2

USC Upstate

North Florida

4/6/2018 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Jacksonville, Fla. – The North Florida Ospreys scored one run in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings in a 3-0 win over USC Upstate on Friday evening at Harmon Stadium.

North Florida improves to 15-15 overall and 2-2 in the ASUN Conference while USC Upstate drops to 15-16-1 and 1-3.

Scoring Breakdown

Bottom 6^th – Jay Prather's single with two outs brought home Blake Voyles for the first run of the game.
Bottom 7^th – The Ospreys added a run on a groundout.
Bottom 8^th – Raff Libunao's sacrifice fly brought home the game's final run.

Notables

Charlie Carpenter, Jake Bourke, Russell Schwertfeger and Andres Kim each had a single.
Chris Berry and Tanner Murphy each had three hits to lead the Ospreys.
North Florida stranded 11 runners while USC Upstate left six runners on base.
Frank German (5-1) earned the win as he scattered four hits with one walk and seven strikeouts over 8.0 shutout innings.
Brad Deppermannn (2) recorded the save with a scoreless ninth.
Kevin Hickey (2-1) took the loss as he allowed two runs on 11 hits with two walks and one strikeout in 7.0 innings.

Up Next

USC Upstate and North Florida continue the series tomorrow at 1:05 p.m. Saturday's start time has been moved up one hour due to the threat of thunderstorms later in the afternoon.

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