13 Strikeouts, Five-Run Eighth Leads Baseball to Friday Night Win Against Brown

Friday, February 21

Jacksonville, Fla.

6:30 p.m.

University of North Florida

3-2

Brown

0-1

Brown

North Florida

Kai Etwaru Pitching at Harmon Stadium

13 Strikeouts, Five-Run Eighth Leads Baseball to Friday Night Win Against Brown

2/21/2025 10:53:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Ospreys Record 12 Hits, Homer Twice in 9-3 Win.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Three pitchers combined to strikeout 13 Bears hitters as North Florida rolled past Brown 9-3 Friday night from Harmon Stadium.

Locked in a 3-3 tie, Nick Monile singled to lead off the inning for North Florida (3-2). Back-to-back groundouts moved Monile to third, and he scored on an RBI single from Jabin Bates which pushed UNF ahead of Brown (0-1) 4-3 in the fifth.

Leading by a run, Brady Browning was hit by a pitch to start the eighth for the Ospreys. Santiago Ordonez and Monile worked two straight walks to load the bases. Following a strikeout, Connor Moore walked and plated a run. With the bases still full, Bates smacked a sacrifice fly, making it a 6-3 game. With two runners on, Cade Bush (1) crushed a three-run home run which helped seal a 9-3 win for the 'Spreys.

UNF opened the scoring in the first. With one out, Carter White reached on an infield single. With a runner at first, Moore tripled home White. One batter later, Bates rolled a ground ball and scored Moore making it 2-0.

Brown responded in the third. Cam LaGrassa singled to start the inning. Two batters later, Gunner Boree walked. Both runners advanced a base on a wild pitch. With two runners in scoring position, Mika Peterson ripped an RBI single. DJ Dillehay drove in another on a sacrifice fly to tie the game at two.

With two outs in the home half of the fourth, Brady Browning (1) laced a solo home run to push UNF ahead 3-2.

The Bears wasted no time evening the score. Dillehay singled to start the fifth. He advanced all the way to third on a throwing error and scored on a sacrifice fly from Brandon Chang.

UNF put on a pitching clinic in the win. Ryan Furey struck out three and Kai Etwaru punched out four. Zane Starling added six more strikeouts over three perfect innings and recorded a save.

Pitchers of Record
Win: Kai Etwaru (1-1)
Loss: Santhosh Gottam (0-1)
Save: Zane Starling (1)

Line Scores
BB | 3 R, 6 H, 1 E, 10 LOB
UNF | 9 R, 12 H, 4 E, 10 LOB

Statistical Leaders
BROWN
Mika Peterson | 2-4, RBI
DJ Dillehay | 1-3, R, RBI

UNF
Connor Moore | 3-4, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 R, BB
Brady Browning | 1-2, HR, 2 R, RBI, BB
Jabin Bates | 2-3, 3 RBI, BB
Cade Bush | 1-5, HR, 3 RBI, R
Zane Starling | 3.0 IP, 6 K
Kai Etwaru | 3.0 IP, W, 4H, R, 2 BB, 4 K

UP NEXT
The series continues tomorrow with a doubleheader. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 1.pm. Game two is a 7-inning contest. North Florida will not broadcast the games but updates will be made through live stats, as well as on X/Twitter at @OspreyBSB and Instagram at @OspreysBSB.