ORLANDO, Fla. (April 10)-Central Florida scored eight runs in the bottom of the seventh inning as they defeated the Florida A&M Baseball team, 16-4, Tuesday afternoon at Jay Bergman Field.

UCF finished the contest with a game high 20 hits with six of the them being for doubles as James Vasquez tallied three hits in four at-bats to lead the Knights from the plate.

The Rattlers finished with five hits as John Scott collected two hits in two at-bats to lead the Rattlers.

Ben Lively (5-0) got the win for UCF as he pitched three scoreless innings in relief, while Christopher Priestly (0-4) received the loss for FAMU as he gave up five hits, two earned runs and striking out one in four innings on the mound.

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Wildcats Use Smart Play to Capitalize in 4-2 North Florida Win

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Wildcats showed that they came to play in the multi-date series finale at North Florida on Tuesday night, and were able to take advantage of Osprey pitching miscues for the early lead, en route to a 4-2 victory. B-CU put up runs when needed and held their own on the mound to claim the series at 2-1.

Both starting pitchers settled in after the opening frame and the Wildcats  maintained a 3-0 lead into the fourth, when UNF right fielder Tyler Marincov broke up the shutout with a two-run homer to left field, narrowing the B-CU advantage to just a single run.

The Wildcats put up another timely run to extend the lead in the seventh as B-CU capitalized on Jairo Acevedo reaching as a hit batter, with Josh Johnson's RBI single to right expanding the lead to 4-2.

With five straight innings of solid defense and pitching, the Wildcats blanked UNF through the final frame, allowing just three hits in the final five innings.

Starter Montana Durapau (2-4) made his second start against North Florida at Harmon Field, throwing 7.1 quality innings for the win, allowing two runs on four hits with five strikeouts.

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