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Nicholas Dombkowski pitched a gem to hold off the Ospreys for a 6-2 Hartford win. 

Brandon Reitz ran into some early trouble for the Ospreys, allowing a run in each of the first two innings. 

Drew DeMartino sent a ball over the wall in right-center for a solo homer in the fourth for a 3-0 Hawks lead. 

Reitz was replaced in the fifth inning after allowing five earned runs in four innings on 11 hits and two strikeouts. 

Dominic Madonna came in relief and had a quality outing, going 2.2 innings of one-run ball with four strikeouts on three hits.

After Madonna allowed an RBI double from Tyler Coppo to extend the lead to 6-0 in the seventh, the freshman was replaced by Rafael Santos. 

For the Hawks, Dombkowski was electric on the mound with seven innings of one-run ball, allowing two hits with six strikeouts. 

The Ospreys wouldn’t go down without a fight as Trey Spratling-Williams sent a moonshot over the right field wall and into the bushes in the seventh to put the score at 6-1, Hawks. 

Grant Grodi also sent a ball over the right field wall on a solo homer in the eighth to cut the deficit to 6-2. 

Grodi recorded two of UNF’s four total hits and reached base three times. 

That was all the Ospreys could muster in the 6-2 loss. 

Santos was impressive in relief with 2.1 shutout innings, allowing one hit and struck out one. 

Reitz was hooked with the loss, dropping his record to 1-2 as Dombkowski improved his record to 2-0. 

The Ospreys drop their record to 2-6 as the Hawks improve to 2-2. 

UNF looks to right the ship on Saturday for game two of the series at 2:05 p.m. Logan Clayton will start for the Ospreys. 

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