THE BASICS
Records: Kennesaw State (10-17, 1-0), North Florida (16-11, 0-1)
Final Score: KSU 2, North Florida 1
Starting Pitching Matchup: RHP Bryan Baker vs. LHP Chris Erwin
Key Players: Corey Greeson (1-for-3, HR, RBI); Brennan Morgan (2-for-4, HR, RBI); Chris Erwin (8.1 IP, 4 hits, 1 run)
 
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THE STORYLINE: 
· For the seventh consecutive regular season game, North Florida and Kennesaw State played a grind-it-out, one-run contest as Brennan Morgan's walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth secured a 2-1 victory at Stillwell Stadium Friday night.
· The walk-off win backed a masterful pitching performance from Kennesaw State's Chris Erwin, who pitched a career-high 8.1 innings.
· With the win, the Owls improved to 10-17 and 1-0 in league play, while UNF fell to 16-11 overall and 0-1 in conference action.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: 
· For KSU, the lefty made his seventh start of the season and allowed just four hits and one run on the day.
· Erwin threw 64 percent (79/124) of his pitches for strikes, working four 1-2-3 frames throughout his outing which shut out the Ospreys –who entered the night with a league-high .313 batting average and 26 home runs— until the ninth inning.
· On the other side of the mound, UNF counters as Bryan Baker tossed 7.2 innings and allowed just one run on four hits.
· One of those hits was off the bat of junior Corey Greeson, who hit a solo home run in the bottom half of the four to give the Owls a 1-0 lead.
· However, UNF plated its only run with an RBI ground out in the top of the ninth to deadlock the game at 1-1, charging the run to Erwin after leaving the game with two men on.
· The staged was set in the bottom of the ninth, as Morgan lifted a high slider over the left field wall to secure the win with a walk-off home run.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 
·  Corey Greeson hit his third home run of the season and fourth of fifth of his career.
· Prior to the game, the last six A-SUN regular season meetings between KSU and UNF have been one-run games, as KSU held a 4-2 lead.
· Three of out the last four games between KSU and UNF have ended in walk-off wins for the Owls at Stillwell Stadium.
· In 2014, Max Pentecost won the game on a walk-off single, and Matt Bahnick hit a solo homer over the weekend series.
· The last KSU walk-off home run was Brennan Morgan's grand slam to beat ETSU in the first game of the 2014 A-Sun tournament.
 
QUOTABLE:
"What an exciting game. I thought it was well played on both sides and the game was well pitched. The two started threw well and fortunately we game up with the big hit at the end. Chris (Erwin) had some good movement tonight and the breaking ball looked great. He threw a lot of strikes and Chris just seemed like he had his good stuff tonight."
--Head Coach Mike Sansing 
 
QUOTABLE:
"They had the lefty up and then went to the righty in the ninth and I looked for a pitched I like. He left a slider up and in and I was able to get good bat on the ball and thankfully hit a home run."
--Brennan Morgan
 
UP NEXT
 The Owls continue A-Sun action in game two of their weekend series Saturday afternoon at Stillwell Stadium. Nathan McCreary will be on the call on KSUOwls.com, with first pitch set for 2 p.m.