{"id":200009,"date":"2026-03-21T03:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200009\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T03:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:41:25","slug":"jacksonville-erupts-late-in-17-5-series-opening-win-at-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/200009\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville Erupts Late in 17-5 Series-Opening Win at Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/QueensUpdated2023.png\" alt=\"Queens University of Charlotte\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Queens University of Charlotte<\/p>\n<p>3\/21\/2026 | 6:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 21 (Sat) \/ 6:00 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/QueensUpdated2023.png\" alt=\"Queens University of Charlotte\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Queens University of Charlotte&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    CHARLOTTE, N.C.\u2013\u00a0\u00a0Jacksonville baseball opened its\u00a0ASUN series play at Queens with a statement, erupting\u00a0late in a 17-5 win over the Royals on Friday night at Richard &#8220;Stick&#8221; Williams Dream Field.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville (11-11, 2-2 ASUN) broke open a tight game with 15 runs over the final four innings, turning a one-run deficit into a runaway win over Queens (4-17, 0-4 ASUN).<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins struck first in the second inning, manufacturing two runs on a pair of sacrifice flies. After <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/conner-spelman\/6810\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6810\" target=\"_blank\">Conner Spelman<\/a> doubled and <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sam-grunberg\/8593\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8593\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Grunberg<\/a> singled to put runners on the corners, Abdiel Delgado lifted a fly ball to center to bring in the game&#8217;s first run. Later in the inning, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cade-walter\/7051\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7051\" target=\"_blank\">Cade Walter<\/a> added another sacrifice fly to score Grunberg and make it 2-0.<\/p>\n<p>Queens answered in the bottom half of the inning with a sacrifice fly of its own to cut the deficit in half, then evened the game in the third after capitalizing on a Jacksonville error.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals took their first lead of the night in the fifth inning on a solo home run, going in front 3-2.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville responded immediately in the sixth and never looked back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/derek-bermudez\/8601\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8601\" target=\"_blank\">Derek Bermudez<\/a> led off the inning with a solo home run to center to tie the game.<br \/>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>After back-to-back singles from Spelman and Grunberg, Delgado delivered the go-ahead blow with a two-run double to left center.<br \/>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Later in the frame, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/archer-ogbourne\/8599\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8599\" target=\"_blank\">Archer Ogbourne<\/a> extended the lead with a two-RBI triple to right center, giving the Dolphins a 7-3 advantage.<br \/>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Queens trimmed the lead to 7-4 in the bottom of the sixth and got within two runs in the seventh on a solo home run, but Jacksonville continued to answer.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins added a run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly from Bermudez before <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/logan-baratta\/8589\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8589\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Baratta<\/a> followed with an RBI double to push the lead to 9-5.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville then broke the game open with a six-run eighth inning. Delgado added two more RBIs with a single, while <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sammy-mummau\/7048\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7048\" target=\"_blank\">Sammy Mummau<\/a> and Walter each drove in runs to extend the lead to 13-5.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins capped the scoring with four runs in the ninth, highlighted by an RBI single from Grunberg and three bases-loaded walks from Walter, Ogbourne, and <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/roger-vergara\/8591\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8591\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Vergara<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>NOTABLES<\/p>\n<p>\tJacksonville scored 15 runs over the final four innings after trailing 3-2 in the fifth.\u00a0<br \/>\n\tThe Dolphins finished with 16 hits and 12 walks<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/abdriel-delgado\/6824\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6824\" target=\"_blank\">Abdriel Delgado<\/a> led the offense with five RBIs, his season high.<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sam-grunberg\/8593\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8593\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Grunberg<\/a> went 3-for-4 with four runs scored, setting a new career high in runs and matching his hit total from the March 7th game vs UNCW.<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sammy-mummau\/7048\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7048\" target=\"_blank\">Sammy Mummau<\/a> recorded three hits, tying his career-high<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/logan-baratta\/8589\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8589\" target=\"_blank\">Logan Baratta<\/a> posted a multi-hit game with two doubles<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/archer-ogbourne\/8599\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8599\" target=\"_blank\">Archer Ogbourne<\/a> delivered a key two-RBI triple in the sixth<\/p>\n<p>ON THE MOUND<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/alex-walsh\/7053\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7053\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Walsh<\/a> struck out 10 batters in his start, setting the tone early. He earned the win in the effort, improving his record to 4-2.<br \/>\n\tWalsh kept Jacksonville within striking distance before the offensive surge<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/dominic-pieto\/8605\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8605\" target=\"_blank\">Dominic Pieto<\/a> was strong in relief, shutting things down late to secure the win. He earned a saved, his first of the year.<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville continues the series against Queens on Saturday at 6:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>[Watch Live \u2013 https:\/\/queensathletics.com\/showcase\/embed.aspx?Live=200]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Queens University of Charlotte 3\/21\/2026 | 6:00 PM &#13; Mar. 21 (Sat)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-200009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}