{"id":201776,"date":"2026-03-22T22:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201776\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T22:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T22:48:10","slug":"ju-drops-series-finale-to-queens-4-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/201776\/","title":{"rendered":"JU Drops Series Finale to Queens, 4-3"},"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\/11\/1763521629_602_BC_SecondaryColor_2015.png\" alt=\"Bethune-Cookman University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Bethune-Cookman University<\/p>\n<p>3\/24\/2026 | 7:00 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 24 (Tue) \/ 7:00 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\/11\/1763521629_602_BC_SecondaryColor_2015.png\" alt=\"Bethune-Cookman University\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Bethune-Cookman University&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    CHARLOTTE, N.C. &#8211; Jacksonville Baseball fell 4-3 in the series finale versus Queens, after a three-run walk-off HR from the Royals&#8217; Bradley Brown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With the loss, the Dolphins drop their second ASUN series of the season, bringing their conference record to 2-4\u00a0and their overall ledger to 11-13.<\/p>\n<p>Ninth Inning<\/p>\n<p>A 1-1 ballgame heading into the ninth, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/archer-ogbourne\/8599\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8599\" target=\"_blank\">Archer Ogbourne<\/a> led the Dolphins off with an infield single, followed by a <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/roger-vergara\/8591\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8591\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Vergara<\/a> double down the left field line.<\/p>\n<p>With runners on the corners, redshirt freshman <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cade-walter\/7051\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7051\" target=\"_blank\">Cade Walter<\/a> broke through when he barreled a double into the right field gap, plating two and giving Jacksonville a 3-1 advantage headed into the bottom of the ninth.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After two Royals reached on a HBP and walk, Queens&#8217; Bradley Brown hit a three-run walk-off home run to win the game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite the loss, lefty <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/brendan-holland\/8600\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8600\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Holland<\/a> had a stellar day on the mound. The senior pitched six complete innings and struck out eight, including the side in the fourth. His eight punch-outs are a season high and three shy of a career record.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How It Happened\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>JU threatened in the second and third innings but ultimately left two runners stranded in both frames.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cade-walter\/7051\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7051\" target=\"_blank\">Cade Walter<\/a> broke the scoreless tie in the top of the fifth after he singled in Vergara from second base, giving JU a 1-0 lead. The Royals answered in the bottom of the sixth, leading off with a double and eventually scoring on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins had nine hits on the day, but could not find ways to bring them in. The squad left ten runners on base throughout the contest. <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sammy-mummau\/7048\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7048\" target=\"_blank\">Sammy Mummau<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/roger-vergara\/8591\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8591\" target=\"_blank\">Roger Vergara<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/cade-walter\/7051\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"7051\" target=\"_blank\">Cade Walter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/sam-grunberg\/8593\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8593\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Grunberg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/archer-ogbourne\/8599\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8599\" target=\"_blank\">Archer Ogbourne<\/a> were among the five Dolphins who recorded a hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/judolphins.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/nick-delisi\/6825\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6825\" target=\"_blank\">Nick DeLisi<\/a> caught a runner attempting to steal second.<br \/>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Notables<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: Bethune-Cookman University 3\/24\/2026 | 7:00 PM &#13; Mar. 24 (Tue) \/ 7:00 PM&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-201776","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\/201776","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=201776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}