UNF Pulls Off Road Comeback at Kennesaw State

North Florida baseball (20-23, 10-12 ASUN) came back down two runs in the seventh inning and escaped a bases-loaded ninth inning to complete the road comeback against Kennesaw State (24-20, 14-8 ASUN), 4-3, on Friday evening.

The Ospreys jumped out front first in the second inning after an RBI double from Cade Bush scored Cherokee Nichols for the one-run lead. After falling back down by two runs, Tyler Gerteisen responded in the seventh with a game-tying two-run RBI single, followed with Connor Moore's go-ahead RBI double the next pitch.

Peter Holden had an ace-like performance with six innings pitched and eight strikeouts, while only allowing two earned runs on 117 pitches. Jordan Wimpelberg kept the Owls at bay for just under three innings, as Zane Starling came in and rung up the last out looking with the bases loaded.

UNF 4, KSU 3

Pitchers of Record
Win: Peter Holden (4-3)
Loss: Blake Aita (5-2)
Save: Zane Starling (1)

Line Scores
UNF | 4 R, 5 H, 3 E, 4 LOB
KSU | 3 R, 6 H, 2 E, 15 LOB

Statistical Leaders
UNF
Tyler Gerteisen | 1-3, 2 RBI, R
Connor Moore | 1-4, RBI
Cade Bush | 1-3, RBI
Peter Holden | 6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4 BB, 8 K, 117 pitches

KSU
Shamaar McDuffie | 1-4, 2 RBI
Nick Hassan | 1-4, R, BB
Donovan Cash | 1-4, R, BB
Blake Aita | 7.0 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 8 K, 93 pitches

UP NEXT

The Ospreys will wrap up a quick weekend series against Kennesaw State with a doubleheader slated for Saturday afternoon with the first game starting at 1 p.m., followed by the second game occurring 45 minutes after the conclusion of game one.