After being quieted in the first six innings, the bats came roaring for the Ospreys in the seventh with a four-run-inning in the 4-2 win over Missouri.

The Tigers got on the board early with an RBI single to center by Senior Tony Ortiz in the top of the first  to score one as the Tigers got a 1-0 lead.

Ortiz drove in another run as he grounded out to first to score Sophomore Alex Peterson for a 2-0 Tigers lead in the top of the third.

Junior Jacob Cantleberry was dealing for the Tigers, hurling six shutout innings of work, allowing three hits and punching out ten.  

In the bottom of the seventh, the bases were loaded with no men out for the Ospreys. Junior Tanner May connected on a bloop single to drive in a run, putting the deficit to 2-1 Tigers. Redshirt-Senior Wes Weeks followed with a single to left to plate a runner to tie the game at two. Senior Chris Berry sliced a single to right to score two as the Ospreys gained a 4-2 lead.

The Tigers threatened with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth with two outs as Junior Kameron Misner stepped up to the plate, Misner hit two home runs in the second game of this series. UNF Manager Tim Parenton called for the lefty, Redshirt-Junior Eddie Miller, to pitch to Misner and got him out on a deep flyout to center for a 4-2 Ospreys win.

Parenton talked to Spinnaker about the decision to put Miller in to face Misner.

“Left on left situation, Eddie came in yesterday and got the guy (Misner) out on one pitch. He was their guy and we weren’t going to let him go right on lefty,” Parenton said.

The Ospreys (1-1) head to Gainesville to take on the Florida Gators on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 6 p.m.

Worth Noting

Senior Alex Reynolds led the team with three hits in the win.

Junior Max McKinley earned his first win of the season for the Ospreys after seven innings of work, allowing one earned run and punching out eight.

Miller earned the save after escaping the bases loaded jam.

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