2023 North Florida Baseball Game Notes
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2023 SCHEDULE
GAME 49 (Founders Park | Columbia, S.C.)
Overall: 25-23 // H: 18-12 // A: 7-11 // N: 0-0 NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (25-23) ASUN: 11-13 // H: 5-7 // A: 6-6 // 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 (10-7) 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 W, 4-2 L, 5-7 W, 16-6 (7) W, 8-7 L, 13-15
Fordham Fordham Fordham Fordham UCF Fairfield Fairfield Fairfield No. 5/4 Florida Austin Peay* Austin Peay* Austin Peay* UCF Stetson* Stetson* Stetson* Eastern Kentucky*
April (8-10) 1 2 4 6 7 8 11 14 15 15 18 19 21 22 23 25 28 28 29
Eastern Kentucky* Eastern Kentucky* USF Jacksonville State* Jacksonville State* Jacksonville State* FAMU Central Arkansas* Central Arkansas* Central Arkansas* USF Florida State Liberty* Liberty* Liberty* No. 4/4 Florida Queens* Queens* Queens*
May (3-1) 2 5 6 7 9 12 13 14 18 19 20 23-27
UCF North Alabama* North Alabama* North Alabama* #6/7 South Carolina FGCU* FGCU* FGCU* Jacksonville* Jacksonville* Jacksonville* ASUN Championship
Home games in BOLD Italic indicates neutral site game *Indicate ASUN contest
BASEBALL
#6/7 SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS (36-11)
Head Coach: Tim Parenton Record at UNF: 133-144 2022 Record: 22-33, 11-18 ASUN
Head Coach: Mark Kingston Record at SC: 100-78-1 2022 Record: 27-28, 13-17 SEC
TEAM STATS (as of 5.7.23) B AVG. RUNS HOME RUNS SB ERA WHIP FIELDING %
UNF .292 348 68 66 6.66 1.61 .962
TEAM STATS (as of 5.7.23) ASUN 4th 3rd 4th 4th 11th 6th 9th
NCAA RANK 81st 73th 59th 73rd 211th 153rd 232nd
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS B AVG.
RUNS
RBI
HOME RUNS
Austin Brinling (.376)
Alex Lodise (59)
ERA
Austin Brinling (51)
Alex Lodise (16)
STRIKEOUTS
Stephen Halstead (2.50 ERA)
Peter Holden (70 strikeouts)
B AVG. RUNS HOME RUNS SB ERA WHIP FIELDING %
SC .284 408 102 43 3.88 1.26 .971
SEC 9th 3rd 1st 8th 2nd 3rd 12th
NCAA RANK 126th 14th 3rd 186th 8th 5th 118th
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS B AVG.
RUNS
RBI
HOME RUNS
Ethan Petry (.395)
Messina/Wimmer (52)
Ethan Petry (68)
Ethan Petry (21)
ERA
STRIKEOUTS
Austin Williamson (1.29 ERA)
Will Sanders (66 strikeouts)
TUESDAY STARTERS
UNF | RHP Avery Love (0-2, 9.61 ERA, 34.2 IP, 26K, 20BB)
W, 19-11 L, 5-6 SC | RHP James Hicks W, 5-4 (10 inn.) (6-1, 3.97 ERA, 45.1 IP, 36K, 11BB) L,6-8 W, 5-3 L, 1-16 (7) Last Five Meetings Postponed Overall: South Carolina leads, 4-0 Date Result Location L, 0-5 Last Meeting: SC won, 4-2 (4.12.22) 4.12.22 L, 2-4 Columbia, S.C. W, 9-5 First Meeting: SC won, 5-2 (2.20.18) 5.5.21 L, 6-7 Columbia, S.C. W, 5-0 At UNF: N/A 2.25.20 L, 5-6 Columbia, S.C. W, 10-0 (7) At SC: SC leads, 4-0 2.20.18 L, 2-5 Columbia, S.C. W, 15-14 (10) L, 8-12 Neutral Site: N/A W, 8-3 L, 3-9 L, 2-6 L, 9-11 Last Time Out Weekend Winning Clements' three-run home run SunL, 2-8 FLORENCE, Ala. - North Florida North Florida is coming off a weekday was the first of his career L, 6-7
SERIES HISTORY: UNF VS. SC
L, 10-16 W, 7-6 W, 9-3 W, 5-2 4:00 p.m. 6:05 p.m. 2:05 p.m. 1:05 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m.
baseball (25-23, 11-13 ASUN) completed the road sweep of North Alabama (9-36, 3-21 ASUN), getting a season-best 5.2-scoreless frames from Lance Bolton and a three-run home run from Matthew Clements in the 5-2 win Sunday, May 7. Last Time vs. UCF COLUMBIA, S.C. - Abraham Sequera doubled in two runs with two outs in the sixth to tie things up, 2-2, but South Carolina (16-16) hit a solo home run in each of its next two innings on offense as North Florida baseball was edged by the Gamecocks, 4-2, Tuesday, April 12.
end sweep of North Alabama It's UNF's first road-weekend sweep of an ASUN team since 2021, while also the first weekend sweep of any ASUN foe since that same season ... The Ospreys swept JU twice that season, the same year JU appeared in the Columbia Regional ... Two-out hitting was the key as North Florida hit .357 with two outs and tallied 11 two-out RBI
Big Week for the Hometown Guy Jacksonville Beach, Fla., native Matthew Clements had a big week The third baseman hit .444 with five runs, two doubles, four RBI, .722 slugging, one stolen base, 10 assists, five putouts and two game-winning hits
Outside the State UNF is 6-6 in games outside the state of Florida ... Tuesday is UNF's final game outside of state lines ... this is UNF's only non-conference game outside the Sunshine State ... UNF is hitting .292 as a team in games outside Florida ... Austin Brinling is hitting .410 and Cade Reich is clubbing at a .364 clip in such contests ... Cherokee Nichols has found his power at the plate in these games, hitting four homers in just nine contests played ... Jakob Runnels leads the way with 17 RBI in these games.