TALLAHASSEE, FL --Senior Ty Hanchey put together an outstanding showing at the plate Tuesday, hitting two home runs to help propel the Florida A&M Rattlers over the North Florida Ospreys 12-6.

Senior Amir Asghar (1-1) got the win for Florida A&M (3-6). The right-hander went five innings, giving up three runs, all of them earned, on six hits, allowing one walk and striking out two. Sophomore Caleb Granger also pitched well, going two shutout innings while allowing one hit, walking one and striking out three.

Hanchey went 3-for-5 at the plate, supplementing his two home runs with three RBIs. Senior Jared Weber added to Hanchey's awesome power-hitting performance by going 3-for-5 with a home run and an RBI. Junior Ethan Jenkins also helped out for the Rattlers, going 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Trailing 1-0, the Rattlers first put runs on the board in the second inning. Florida A&M scored three runs in the frame, highlighted by a two-run homer from Jenkins.

After the Ospreys rallied to tie the ballgame at three, the Rattlers came back to retake the lead in the third inning. Florida A&M pushed across a run on senior Janmikell Bastardo's one-out RBI double, which brought the Rattlers lead to 4-3.

Florida A&M held North Florida scoreless before expanding their lead to 8-3 the following inning. The Rattlers hit two home runs in the inning on the way to scoring four runs.

Florida A&M kept the Ospreys scoreless before building on their lead in the seventh inning. The Rattlers scored once on an RBI single off the bat of sophomore Will Brown, bringing the score to 9-3 in favor of Florida A&M.

North Florida got within 9-4 until the Rattlers scored again in the eighth inning to stretch its lead to 12-4. Florida A&M scored three times, with an output that included home runs from both Hanchey and junior Adam Haidermota. North Florida put two runs on the scoreboard before the game was over, but the Rattlers still coasted to the 12-6 win.

GAME NOTES
» The Rattlers got two home runs off the bat of Hanchey.
» Florida A&M got three-hit games from three different hitters.
» The Rattlers had both Bastardo and Hanchey crush multiple extra-base hits in the ballgame.
» Florida A&M's highest scoring inning was the fourth, when it pushed four runs across.
» The Rattlers had control of the rest of the game after jumping ahead of the Ospreys 3-1 in the bottom of the second.
» Four Rattlers had multiple hits in the ballgame.
» Florida A&M hitters hit five dingers in the ballgame.
» The Rattlers had a total of 15 hits.
» The Rattlers out-hit the Ospreys at a 15-12 clip.
» Florida A&M went 5-for-15 (.333) with runners in scoring position.
» Florida A&M pitchers limited North Florida to just 1-for-10 (.100) with runners in scoring position.
» Florida A&M pitchers faced 43 North Florida hitters in the game, allowing four ground balls and 16 fly balls while striking out seven.
» Hanchey led the Rattlers at the plate, going 3-for-5 with two home runs and three RBI.
» North Florida was led offensively by junior A. Sweatt, who went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and an RBI.
» Junior T. Angevine led the Ospreys pitching staff, throwing two innings of one-run ball.

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