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John Crouch
2
UNCW UNCW 9-3
3
Winner North Florida UNF 7-8
UNCW UNCW
9-3
2
Final
3
North Florida UNF
7-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
UNCW UNCW 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 7 1
North Florida UNF 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12 1

W: MORITZ, Daniel (1-0) L: Gesell, Jared (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Tom Riordan

North Florida Edges UNCW, 3-2, On 11th Inning Homer


JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Chris Thibideau connected on a two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the 11th to lift North Florida to a 3-2 win over visiting UNCW at Harmon Stadium on Friday.

The Ospreys halted a three-game losing skid with the win and improved to 7-8. UNCW, meanwhile, dropped to 9-3 overall and 0-2 on the road.

The homer to left center was Thibideau's fourth hiT on the night and gave UNF its first one-run win of the season after suffering seven one-run sets backs already. Nick Karmeris and Patrick Ervin added two hits apiece.

The Seahawks entered the game second nationally in runs per game but were held to a season-low tying two runs and seven hits.

Reliever Jared Gesell (0-1) took the loss despite a strong outing. He struck out four and allowed two runs on four hits and a walk in three innings of work.

UNF reliever Daniel Moritz (1-0) picked up the win, retiring both batters he faced.

Both starters pitched into the eighth inning with Ryan Foster allowing an unearned run on eight hits over 7.1 innings. For the Ospreys, Bryan Baker went a career-long 7.2 innings and allowed an unearned run on six hits.

Up next: The series continues on Saturday with a 1 p.m. start. The game will be streamed at ASun.tv.

Home Runs: UNF Thibideau (off Gesell in the 11th, one on and one out)

How It Happened: UNF opened the 11th with a single and followed it with a pop out to shortstop. Thibideau took a ball and then belted his first career homer to end the game.

Inside The Box Score: Both teams combined to go 1-for-18 with runners in scoring position with UNCW going 1-for-8 … Both teams had three two-out hits on the night … Pitching staffs each had 15 ground ball outs.

Notes: UNCW tied the game with an unearned run in the eighth and took the lead in the 11th on a sac fly by pinch hitter Daniel Stack … In his last two starts, Foster has allowed just nine hits and a pair of unearned runs in 15 innings of work … Gavin Stupienski saw his career-long hitting streak come to an end with an 0-for-4 outing … Steven Linkous pushed his on-base streak to 14 games, dating back to last season.
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