JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville University baseball fell 13-8 to North Florida in game two of the River City Rumble on Saturday night at John Sessions Stadium.
The Dolphins (5-14, 0-2) led going into the sixth inning, in a game that featured six lead changes before an eight-run Osprey outburst shifted the momentum of the game for good.
Jacksonville struck first, plating a run in the second.
Duncan Hunter led off the inning with a single and scored on
Christian Coipel's double down the line in right.
North Florida tied it at one in the third, when the leadoff runner reached on an error, advanced to third on a double and scored on a groundout to first. JU answered immediately to go back on top in the bottom half.
Ruben Someillan singled to spark a two-out rally, followed by a
Dakota Julylia single and RBI base hits for Hunter and Coipel to make it 3-1.
The back-and-forth nature continued in the fifth. UNF led off the frame with a one-out single, double and walk to load the bases, before a single to center scored two to tie it. After a walk loaded the bases again, an infield fly to shallow right field fell between Hunter and
Jesus Pacheco, and another run came in to score to push North Florida in front again, 4-3.
JU roared back in the bottom half, with Julylia leading off the inning by legging out his team-best fourth double of the year.
Stephen Moffatt drew a two-out walk to spur a pitching change and
Cory Heffron greeted the new UNF arm with a moon-shot to left field that hit the top of the wall and resulted in a bases clearing double to put the Dolphins back up 6-4.
UNF took advantage of four walks and collected six hits, including a grand slam, as 12 men came to the plate in the game-changing sixth inning. They added one more in the eighth on an RBI double.
ON DECK
Jacksonville has one more chance to get one in the River City Rumble tomorrow afternoon. First pitch vs. North Florida at John Sessions Stadium is scheduled for 1 p.m.
THREE STRIKES
- Starter Mason Adams set a new career-high in strikeouts, with nine through five innings of work tonight
- Freshman LHP Caleb Leggett made his Dolphin debut, throwing 0.2 inning of scoreless relief in the ninth
- Ruben Someillan extended his on-base streak to 19 and Dakota Julylia extended his hit streak to nine
