2023 North Florida Baseball Game Notes
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2023 SCHEDULE
GAME 45 (John Euliano Park | Orlando, Fla.)
Overall: 22-22 // H: 18-12 // A: 4-10 // N: 0-0 NORTH FLORIDA OSPREYS (22-22) ASUN: 8-13 // H: 5-7 // A: 3-6 // 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
April (8-10) 1 2 4 6 7 8 11 14 15 15 18 19 21 22 23 25 28 28 29 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* No. 4/4 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
UCF KNIGHTS (24-19)
Head Coach: Tim Parenton Record at UNF: 130-143 2022 Record: 22-33, 11-18 ASUN
Head Coach: Greg Lovelady Record at UCF: 216-142 2022 Record: 35-25, 14-10 AAC
TEAM STATS (as of 5.1.23) B AVG. RUNS HOME RUNS SB ERA WHIP FIELDING %
UNF .290 317 63 62 6.71 1.62 .962
TEAM STATS (as of 5.1.23) ASUN 5th 3rd 3rd 4th 10th 7th 9th
NCAA RANK 84th 81st 55th 73rd 214th 159th 230th
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS B AVG.
RUNS
RBI
HOME RUNS
Austin Brinling (.381)
Alex Lodise (53)
ERA
Austin Brinling (47)
Alex Lodise (53)
STRIKEOUTS
Stephen Halstead (2.50 ERA)
Peter Holden (64 strikeouts)
B AVG. RUNS HOME RUNS SB ERA WHIP FIELDING %
UCF .287 305 75 39 5.47 1.48 .965
AAC 4th 4th 1st 7th 4th 4th 7th
NCAA RANK 101st 102nd 24th 188th 108th 76th 195th
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS B AVG.
RUNS
RBI
HOME RUNS
Ben McCabe (.376)
Ben McCabe (47)
Andrew Sundean (39)
ERA Najer Victor (2.38 ERA)
Ben McCabe (14)
STRIKEOUTS Ruddy Gomez (68 strikeouts)
TUESDAY STARTERS
UNF | RHP Avery Love 0-2, 9.09 ERA, 33.2 IP, 25K, 199BB
W, 19-11 L, 5-6 UCF | RHP Ben Vespi W, 5-4 (10 inn.) 1-2, 11.20 ERA, 13.2 IP, 20K, 4BB L,6-8 W, 5-3 L, 1-16 (7) Last Five Meetings Postponed Overall: UCF leads, 18-16 Date Result Location L, 0-5 Last Meeting: UNF W, 4-2 (March 21, 2023) 3.21.23 UNF W, 4-2 Harmon Stadium W, 9-5 First Meeting: UCF W, 3-2 (Feb. 26, 1988) 3.7.23 UCF W, 10-3 Orlando, Fla. W, 5-0 At UNF: UCF leads, 9-7 5.3.22 UCF W, 8-5 Harmon Stadium W, 10-0 (7) At UCF: Series tied, 9-9 3.13.22 UNF W, 4-2 Harmon Stadium W, 15-14 (10) L, 8-12 Neutral Site: N/A 3.11.22 UCF W, 4-0 (7) Orlando, Fla. W, 8-3 L, 3-9 L, 2-6 L, 9-11 Last Time Out board in the bottom of the ninth to nation in RBI among freshman L, 2-8 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UNF baseball down the Knights, 4-2. L, 6-7
SERIES HISTORY: UNF VS. UCF
got a stellar quality start from Dominick Madonna, Alex Lodise launched a three-run home run and Cade Reich came up just short of a cycle, but Queens (11-31, 6-15 ASUN) scratched across two runs in both the eighth and ninth inning as the Ospreys were clipped in a heartbreaker, 7-6, Saturday, April 29 in the series finale.
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. 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Last Time vs. UCF
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - After navigating around 16 stranded UCF runners, fanning 17 as a pitching staff and enduring three innings of consistent mist down the stretch, Jakob Runnels followed up his two-homer game at UCF March 7 with a walk-off three-run home run off the score-
Marking Off More Milestones Aidan Sweatt surpassed 100-career runs this past weekend, reaching that total in just 143 games ... The infielder is up to 175 hits and is hitting over .300 for the second-straight season ... In 143 games played, Sweatt has made 142 starts. Lodise Knocks off Another Record Alex Lodise moved past UNF Hall of Famer Donnie Dewees for the program single season freshman record in RBI this past weekend ... The freshman shortstop has 53 RBI on the year after going for eight last weekend ... Lodise ranks tied for fifth in the nation among freshmen in home runs ... He's also fourth in the
Awesome in the ASUN UNF has four players hitting above .300 during league play, paced by Cade Reich and Austin Brinling ... Reich leads North Florida in hitting during conference play, hitting .394 with 11 runs, 28 hits, five runs, two doubles, two home runs, 11 RBI and seven steals ... Brinling isn't far behind in the batting average column, hitting .385, although his table-setting numbers are through the roof. The outfielder has scored 24 runs, laced five doubles, driven in 14, walked 16 times and stolen seven bags.