UNF Baseball Bested in Tight Affair to UCF

 North Florida baseball (19-23) kept it a tight battle with UCF (27-15) going into the seventh inning with a tied 2-2 ballgame, but couldn't keep its footing over the final stretch in the 6-2 defeat on Tuesday evening at Harmon Stadium.

The Ospreys started off its rematch against the Knights with a score in the third inning from a ball in play by Jabin Bates to tie the game at one run a piece. UCF had another run score in the fifth inning on a wild pitch, but Cherokee Nichols brought home another run to tie the game once again at 2-2.

Zane Starling had a good showing through the middle innings of the matchup with a team-high three strikeouts in nine batters faced. In the seventh, UCF jumped in front again with a two-run homer and cushioned its lead in the ninth to hand UNF a 6-2 loss in its second of three games in the season series.

UCF 6, UNF 2

Pitchers of Record
Win: Tyler Kozera (1-0)
Loss: Clayton Boroski (1-3)
Save: Kris Sosnowski (1)

Line Scores
UCF | 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 9 LOB
UNF | 2 R, 6 H, 5 E, 9 LOB

Statistical Leaders
UNF
Cherokee Nichols | 2-4
Connor Moore | 1-5, R
Tripp McKinlay | 1-4, BB
Jakob Runnels | 1-1, R, 3 BB
Zane Starling | 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 42 pitches

UCF
Jack Zyska | 1-2, 2 RBI, R, 2 BB
Lex Boedicker | 1-4, RBI, BB
Andrew Brait | 1-4, 3 R, BB
Matt Prevesk | 2-5
Tyler Kozera | 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 38 pitches

UP NEXT

The Ospreys jump back on the road in the thick of conference play with Kennesaw State on deck from May 3-5 in Kennesaw, Ga.