Tigers Break Out for 7-5 Win at North Florida

Sunday, March 18

Jacksonville, Fla.

12:05 p.m.

University of Memphis

7-13

North Florida

10-12

Memphis

North Florida

Mar 18, 2018 | Baseball

Box Score

Memphis scores seven runs on 12 hits

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Memphis broke out with a 12-hit performance on the way to a 7-5 win at North Florida Sunday at Harmon Stadium. The Tigers (7-13) got 3.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen to hold down the win.

The Tigers got all of their scoring done early, with two runs in the first and five runs in the third. Tyler Webb and Colton Neel both went 3-for-5 with two runs scored to set the table for the offense.

Alex Hicks started and pitched 5.2 innings with four strikeouts. He allowed five runs (only three earned) on nine hits. Joshua Scheer had a career day out of the bullpen, pitching 2.1 scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Takoda Metoxen finished the game out with a scoreless inning for his first career save.

Memphis got out to a good start, scoring two runs in the top of the first. Webb and Neel both started the game with singles before a dropped fly ball in right field allowed Webb to score. Cale Hennemann drove in Neel with an RBI groundout to go up 2-0.

North Florida took advantage of a Memphis error in the second inning to tie the game up. A two-out error was followed quickly by a two-run home run to make the score 2-2.

The Tigers blew the game open with a five-run third inning on six hits. The big inning was just the third frame this season that Memphis has scored four-plus runs.

It was the top of the order that got the inning started again, as Webb doubled and Neel singled to put two runners on. Kyle Ouellette singled to drive in the first run of the inning to retake the lead 3-2.

With one out, Hennemann singled to drive in another run and Jason Santana followed with a two-run double. After an Ospreys pitching change, Kyle O'Keefe drove in another run with an RBI single to go up 7-2.

The Ospreys cut into the lead with two runs in the fourth and added one more run in the sixth to trim the Tigers' lead to 7-5.

Scheer came out of the bullpen with two runners on and two outs in the sixth and got the Tigers out of the jam.

Memphis will return to FedExPark briefly, to host Mississippi Valley State Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The Tigers will hit the road again for a weekend series at Houston.