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Baseball Drops Two Slugfests to North Florida, 9-8 in 11 innings and 13-11

BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell (10-41, 4-19 A-Sun) and North Florida (22-28 A-Sun, 11-12, A-Sun) combined for 62 hits on their doubleheader, as the Ospreys took two games from the Camels by counts of 9-8 (11 inn.) and 13-11 Friday evening at Taylor Field.

Several players had a monster evening led by North Florida's Mycal Jones' second game. Jones, a redshirt freshman, blasted two home runs and drove in seven in the second game alone to complement a 4-10, eight RBI evening. TJ Thompson was 6-9 and Jon Dandridge was 5-8 with three triples and three RBI for the Osprey.

Not to be outdone, the Camels had several of their own shine, as Carlton Floyd went 6-10 and Ryan Hamme went 6-9 on the evening, with Hamme earning four hits in game one. Daniel Smith had five hits of his own and Brandon Scott went 4-10 on the day with five RBI and a grand slam in game one.

The Osprey's completed their comeback in game one by plating the winning run in the 11th inning. Travis Martin doubled to lead off the inning, and after pinch runner TJ Gaudy moved to third on a bunt, Thompson singled him for the game-winner. It was Thompson's fifth game-winning RBI of the season.

Campbell used a two-out barrage to jump out to a five-run, fifth inning lead. With two outs, consecutive singles by Floyd, Smith and Hamme loaded the bases for Scott, who deposited an 0-1 delivery from UNF starter Brad Johnson over the left-center field fence to give the Camels the 6-1 advantage.

UNF wiped away Campbell's big fifth with seven runs of its own to take a two-run lead in the seventh. Dandridge led-off the frame with a triple and Jimmy Glanville brought him in with a double to make it 6-2. CU starter Blake Herring retired the next two Osprey batters, but North Florida rallied for six runs with two outs, as the next seven reached, including Dandridge plating his second extra-base of the inning, as UNF took an 8-6 lead.

Campbell got one back in each of the next two frames to tie the game at eight before bowing out in the 11th. Hamme and Scott led-off the CU seventh with singles, and after a Rob Lyerly sac bunt, Allen lofted a sac fly to center to make it a one-run game at 8-7. Campbell then plated another run in the eighth, as Zach Johnson scampered home on an error by first basemen Glanville on an attempted pick-off by UNF, to make it an 8-8 ballgame.

Brandon Scott (0-5) took the game one loss going four innings in relief and giving up the lone earned run in the eleventh while Antonio Franzese (2-4) picked up his second win of the season by going five innings in relief for the Ospreys, while also allowing a single earned run.

Game two provided more offensive fireworks, as North Florida carried its momentum from game one into the early stages of game two, jumping out to a 10-1 lead.

In the UNF first, an RBI single by Damon Olinto, an RBI triple by Dandridge and a sacrifice fly by Knight, put the Ospreys up 3-0. UNF struck for another three spot in the third off CU starter Trevor Smith. Jones blasted his first home run of the game, a two-run job, and Glanville plated Dandridge after his second triple of the day on an infield single to make it a 6-1 ballgame.

Jones then put his stamp on the second game in the fourth. After a walk and two singles loaded the bases, Jones hit his second dinger of the game, a grand slam that looked to clinch a win for the Osprey's as they went ahead 10-1.

Campbell came roaring back two innings later, as they put seven runs up on the board to cut its deficit to two. Six straight hits to begin the fifth inning and consecutive RBI singles by John Watlington, Daniel Smith, Floyd and Hamme pulled the Camels within 10-5. After the first out Allen plated two more runs with a double, making it a 10-7 ballgame. Allen then came around on an error and a Rob Lyerly groundout to round out the rally, by making it a 10-8 game.

North Florida answered with three runs of their own in the sixth. An Olinto single, a Dandridge walk and a Glanville double plated the first UNF run and chased Camel reliever Hunter Ford from the game. Chad Knight greeted Hamme to the mound with a two-RBI single to push the Osprey lead back up to five at 13-8.

The Camels negated the Osprey sixth with three runs of their own in the seventh. Three straight hits by Smith, Hamme and Scott started the inning as Hamme knocked in one with a double and scored on a play in which a failed pickoff attempt at second allowed the sophomore to score. Bryan Braswell drove in his third run of the year with a two-out single to bring it to 13-11 but that's as close as CU would get, falling by that same score.

Trevor Smith (2-3) was the losing pitcher in game two, allowing six earned runs in three innings of work. Jonathan Turner (4-1) pitched four and two-thirds innings of relief to record his fourth win of the year for the Ospreys.

The final game of the series between Campbell and North Florida is scheduled to take place tomorrow at Taylor Field. First pitch will be at 1:00.

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Players Mentioned

Blake Herring

#25 Blake Herring

C
6' 0"
Junior
Carlton Floyd

#24 Carlton Floyd

OF/LHP
5' 11"
Sophomore
Hunter Ford

#10 Hunter Ford

LHP
5' 10"
Freshman
Ryan Hamme

#14 Ryan Hamme

1B/RHP
6' 3"
Sophomore
Rob Lyerly

#5 Rob Lyerly

SS
6' 1"
Freshman
Trevor Smith

#30 Trevor Smith

RHP
6' 1"
Sophomore
John Watlington

#25 John Watlington

INF
5' 11"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Blake Herring

#25 Blake Herring

6' 0"
Junior
C
Carlton Floyd

#24 Carlton Floyd

5' 11"
Sophomore
OF/LHP
Hunter Ford

#10 Hunter Ford

5' 10"
Freshman
LHP
Ryan Hamme

#14 Ryan Hamme

6' 3"
Sophomore
1B/RHP
Rob Lyerly

#5 Rob Lyerly

6' 1"
Freshman
SS
Trevor Smith

#30 Trevor Smith

6' 1"
Sophomore
RHP
John Watlington

#25 John Watlington

5' 11"
Sophomore
INF