2023 North Florida Baseball Game Notes
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2023 SCHEDULE
Overall: 11-10 // H: 10-5 // A: 1-5 // N: 0-0 ASUN: 1-2 // H: 0-0 // A: 1-2 // N: 0-0 February (4-5) 17 Murray State 18 Murray State 19 Murray State 21 USC Upstate 22 USC Upstate 24 Villanova 25 Villanova 26 Villanova 28 FAMU
W, 3-2 (10) L, 3-11 W, 17-7 L, 7-15 L, 4-9 L, 1-2 W, 13-11 W, 9-7 (8) L, 6-12
March (7-5) 3 4 4 5 7 11 11 12 14 17 18 19 21 24 25 26 31
W, 13-7 W, 7-6 W, 6-5 (10) W, 8-4 L, 3-10 W, 6-4 W, 16-13 L, 13-17 L, 2-7 W, 7-1 L, 7-9 L, 2-4 6:05 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
April (0-0) 1 2 4 6 7 8 11 14 15 16 18 19 21 22 23 25 28 29 30 May (0-0) 2 5 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 19 20 23-27
Fordham Fordham Fordham Fordham UCF Fairfield Fairfield Fairfield No. 5/4 Florida Austin Peay* Austin Peay* Austin Peay* UCF Stetson* Stetson* Stetson* Eastern Kentucky* Eastern Kentucky* Eastern Kentucky* USF Jacksonville State* Jacksonville State* Jacksonville State* FAMU Central Arkansas* Central Arkansas* Central Arkansas* USF Florida State Liberty* Liberty* Liberty* Florida Queens* Queens* Queens* UCF North Alabama* North Alabama* North Alabama* South Carolina FGCU* FGCU* FGCU* Jacksonville* Jacksonville* Jacksonville* ASUN Championship
Home games in BOLD Italic indicates neutral site game *Indicate ASUN contest
BASEBALL
GAME 22 (Harmon Stadium | Jacksonville, Fla.) NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (11-10)
UCF KNIGHTS (15-5)
Head Coach: Tim Parenton Record at UNF: 119-131 2022 Record: 22-33, 11-18 ASUN
Head Coach: Greg Lovelady Record at UCF: 207-128 2022 Record: 35-25, 14-10 AAC
TEAM STATS (as of 3.19.23) B AVG. RUNS HOME RUNS SB ERA WHIP FIELDING %
UNF .297 153 34 37 6.73 1.66 .961
TEAM STATS (as of 3.19.23)
ASUN 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 11th 10th 8th
NCAA RANK 66th 58th 26th 27th 211th 177th 219th
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS B AVG.
RUNS
RBI
HOME RUNS
Brinling/Runnels (.400)
Jakob Runnels (21)
ERA
Alex Lodise (23)
Alex Lodise (7)
STRIKEOUTS
Stephen Halstead (0.66 ERA)
Peter Holden (32 strikeouts)
B AVG. RUNS HOME RUNS STOLEN BASES ERA WHIP FIELDING %
UCF .310 170 45 22 4.70 1.33 .963
AAC 1st 1st 1st 6th 3rd 3rd 7th
NCAA RANK 36th 31st 4th 132nd 76th 41st 197th
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS B AVG.
RUNS
RBI
HOME RUNS
Ben McCabe (.440)
Four Tied (20)
ERA Kyle Kramer (0.71 ERA)
Ben McCabe (28)
Ben McCabe (10)
STRIKEOUTS Ruddy Gomez (35 strikeouts)
TUESDAY STARTERS
UNF | RHP Will Ohme (0-1, 8.68 ERA, 9.1 IP, 6BB, 9K)
6:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m. UCF | Jacob Marlowe 6:00 p.m. (3-1, 4.82 ERA, 18.2 IP, 8K, 3 BB) 6:05 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. Last Five Meetings 4:05 p.m. Overall: UCF leads, 18-15 Date Result Location 6:05 p.m. Last Meeting: UCF W, 10-3 (3.7.23) 3.7.23 UCF W, 10-3 Orlando, Fla. 2:05 p.m. First Meeting: UCF W, 3-2 (2.26.88) 5.3.22 UCF W, 8-5 Harmon Stadium 1:05 p.m. At UNF: UCF leads, 9-6 3.13.22 UNF W, 4-2 Harmon Stadium 6:05 p.m. At UCF: Series tied, 9-9 3.11.22 UCF W, 4-0 (7) Orlando, Fla. 6:05 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Neutral Site: N/A 3.11.22 UNF W, 10-2 Orlando, Fla. 4:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 6:05 p.m. Last Time vs. UCF Four of UNF’s five stolen bases Sunday -Alex Lodise scored five runs in a win 2:05 p.m. ORLANDO - Both UNF and UCF homered came in the second inning. against Fairfield two weekends ago, the 1:05 p.m.
SERIES HISTORY: UNF VS. UCF
a trio of times in a game featuring two teams ranked in the top 15 in roundtrippers in the nation, but the Knights pulled ahead with a six-run fifth that included a grand slam as the Ospreys (8-6) had their four-game winning streak snapped following a 10-3 loss at UCF (9-3) Tuesday, March 7.
6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. Walk, Then Run 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. UNF averaged eight walks per game 1:00 p.m. during the weekend series against Austin Peay North Florida walked at least seven times per contest, including nine times Sunday.
The Ospreys took advantage of those opportunities on the bases by stealing 13 bags, including five apiece against Austin Peay March 17 and 19.
Hot Start for Halstead Righty reliever Stephen Halstead turned in 3.2-scoreless innings against Austin Peay last weekend, his longest outing since April 16 of last season The effort brought his ERA even lower, all the way down to 0.66 on the season He ranks fifth in DI with five saves Notables -UNF has three more non-conference home games remaining on the season UNF is only five home runs short of its mark from last year. The Ospreys are on pace for 105 home runs, which would be good for a program record. -North Florida ranks second in the league in hits, home runs, sac flies and slugging
most runs by a UNF freshman in a single game in at least the DI era.
-UNF won every non-conference regular season weekend series for the first time in the DI era. -Cade Reich is riding a team-best 20-game reached base streak.
Weekend Streak UNF has won four of five weekend series of the season, taking two of three from Murray State, Villanova and Fairfield, while sweeping a four-game set with Fordham.