SERIES THREAD: FAU vs. UTSA May 10th-12th, 2019
OWLS WIN! #FAU outlasts #UTSA 8-5 in 12 innings! Pages 3RBI GW HR. Summerall 3RBI. Montes RBI. SP Sanderson 6IP, 7H, 1R, 2BB, 4K. WP Schneider 4IP, 6H, 2R, 1ER, 3BB, 3K. G2 for the Series Sat @ 5PM #GoOwls! 👌 pic.twitter.com/mGAp1VEDGo
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 11, 2019
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FAU baseball and UTSA traded leads in the eighth and ninth, but key pitching and defense led to a Pedro Pages three-run home run in the 12th for an 8-5 Owl win in the opener of the three game C-USA set at Roadrunner Field.
“Wow, what a game. Couldn’t ask for more drama than tonight", said Head Coach John McCormack. "It just shows you what a great game baseball is, where Zach (Schneider) wasn’t great to start, then he was amazing to close the game out. And Pedro didn’t have a great night, then he hits the three-run homer."
Trailing 2-1, UTSA (23-26, 10-14 C-USA) scored three times with two outs in the eighth for a 4-2 advantage. FAU battled back to load the bases with no one out in the ninth. A fielder’s choice, with an error on top of it, scored two to tie it, and a sacrifice fly by Joe Montes made it 5-4 Owls.
In the bottom half, an RBI single tied it, and the Roadrunners had the bases loaded and one out. But Zach Schneider got a strikeout and induced a groundout to third to send it to extras.
Both teams were held off the scoreboard in the 10th and 11th, with the Owls aided by an inning-ending double play with runners on the corners in the former.
Andru Summerall led the FAU 12th off with a walk, and one out later, Mitchell Hartigan singled through the right side. On a 2-2 pitch, Pages launched a no-doubt shot halfway up the netting beyond the leftfield fence for the lead.
"I always say this game is going to give you an opportunity, again", McCormack said. "Whether it be the next day or later in the game, and the guys capitalized on it."
Though UTSA put two on with one out in the bottom half, two straight flyouts to Eric Rivera in centerfield stranded the 16th and 17th Roadrunners on the night.
"I thought we played tough and gritty in tough conditions", said McCormack. "I’m proud of the guys, we hung in there and we really needed tonight’s win to keep pace.”
Starter Blake Sanderson pitched six innings of seven-hit, one-run ball with four strikeouts for FAU.
The Owls (33-16, 18-7 C-USA) will take the field for game two Satuday at 5:00 PM EST, while hoping to lock up the series.
- FAU Baseball SID Jonathan Fraysure
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#FAU is about 15 minutes away from first pitch in game 2 against #UTSA! The Owls pulled out a great win after going 12 innings against the Roadrunners last night, and will look to clinch the series today! #GoOwls! 👌— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 11, 2019
End of 1st | The Owls went down in order in the top of the inning, but Ruff held the Roadrunners in the bottom allowing just 1 hit and striking out a batter.#FAU 0 #UTSA 0— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 11, 2019
End of 3rd | The game is still scoreless at the end of the inning. Alvarez reached on a throwing error and Rivera was walked but the #Owls were unable to take advantage of the situation before being shut down on a fly ball to center.— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 11, 2019
HOME RUN OWLS!!
Francisco Urbaez hits a solo shot to left field to put the Owls on the board!! #FAU leads 1-0 in the top of the 5th— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 11, 2019
End of 5th | The game is all tied up at 1-1! An Owls home run from Urbaez puts #FAU on the board, and a #UTSA RBI in the bottom of the inning brings the Roadrunners their first run of the game.— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 11, 2019
End of 6th | A rough inning for the #FAU bullpen with 2 pitching changes in the 6th. After Jon Jon Kostantis allowed a 2 run double, Dylan O'Connell came in to shut down the Roadrunners. #FAU 1 - #UTSA 3— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 11, 2019
End of 7th | O'Connell gave up an RBI single before being replaced by Dylan Carter, who retired the Roadrunners despite allowing a walk to load the bases. #UTSA leads 4-1— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 11, 2019
#FAU 1 - #UTSA 4 | FINAL
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 11, 2019
The Roadrunners have split the series after a rough day for the FAU bullpen. The Owls will be back tomorrow at 12:30 EST to reclaim the series in game 3.
Ruff: 5IP, 3R, 4H, 2BB, 2K
Urbaez: 1R, 1H, 1HR
O'Connel: 1.2IP, 1R, 2H, 1BB, 1K
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