SERIES THREAD: #16 Southern Miss vs FAU - March 23-25, 2018
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FAU baseball (17-6, 3-2) saw a potential game-tying three-run home run caught at the wall, ending hopes for a second straight come-from-behind victory as the Owls fell to No. 14 Southern Miss Saturday night by a final score of 5-2.
Southern Miss (16-5, 3-1) scored twice in each of the second and third innings, which would hold up until the end. The big blow was a two-run homer by Matt Wallner in the latter frame.
Owl starter Mark Nowatnick settled down after that hit, retiring 12 of the final 13 batters he faced. Meanwhile, the Owls chipped away with runs in the third (back-to-back two-out singles by Tyler Frank and Joe Montes) and fifth (an RBI single by David Miranda).
USM added another run on a solo shot by Hunter Slater leading off the eighth for a three-run advantage. In each of their last two innings, the Owls put multiple runners on, but were kept off the board. With runners on the corners and two outs in the eighth, USM closer Wallner got a strikeout to end the first threat.
Then in the ninth, Diamond Johnson and Montes singled, again putting men on first and third, this time with just one out. After another strikeout by Wallner, Pages lifted a deep flyball to left, with Mason Irby catching it on the track to end the game.
“I thought our guys kept fighting, we had a shot there,” said Head Coach John McCormack. “The wind was not in our direction, I didn’t think that the way it was blowing when (Pedro Pages) hit it, especially with their leftfielder kept going to his left. If he had pulled it, no doubt, but I thought it was a good game. We just have to be a little bit better, especially early. We gotta be ready to go at noon (Sunday), we gotta get a zero and then be able to put up a run in the bottom of the first and make them chase us.”
The rubber matchup pits Vince Coletti against Walker Powell, with first pitch scheduled for noon Sunday.
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After two scoreless frames, Owl starter Vince Coletti is roughed up for five runs.
A grandslam is the big hit, while a pair of doubles also enjoyed by the visitors.
Bot 3rd
USM 5 FAU 0
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Blake Sanderson secures the last out of the frame.
Bot 4th
USM 6 FAU 0
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Final line on Coletti: 3.2IP, 7H, 6R, 6ER, 3BB, 2K.
Top 5th
USM 6 FAU 1
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Unfortunately, USM scores three more runs and there is just one out.
Now a 9-1 game.
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Owls have a huge hole to dig out of.
Bot 5th
USM 9 FAU 1
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Top 6th
USM 9 FAU 1
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