SERIES THREAD: FIU vs FAU - Mar 29th - 31st, 2019
What: FIU (11-14, 2-4 C-USA) at FAU (16-7, 5-1 C-USA)
When: Fri, Mar 29th at 6:30 PM
Sat, Mar 30th at 4:00 PM
Sun, Mar 31st at 12:00 PM
Where: FAU Baseball Stadium
Stream: CUSA.tv *FEE
Stats: Here
Series:
The Owls own a 64-49 advantage against the Panthers.
Projected Starting Pitchers
Fri: FIU - LHP Logan Allen (3-1, 0.74)
FAU - RHP Blake Sanderson (5-0, 3.29)
Sat: FIU - RHP Nick MacDonald (0-2, 4.18)
FAU - RHP Mike Ruff (3-0, 6.03)
Sun: FIU - RHP Franco Aleman (0-2, 4.42)
FAU - LHP Nick Swan (1-1, 7.50)
Game Notes
Owls
After taking 2-1 against UAB last weekend, FAU will put their a 5-1 in-conference record on the line this weekend at home, hosting FIU for three at FAU Baseball Stadium.
The Owls nearly caught up from a seven-run deficit to Miami on Wednesday, making it a 7-6 affair in the sixth while having the tying run 90 feet away. But they couldn't cash in on a bases-loaded situation, and late Hurricane runs lengthened the spread towards an eventual 16-6 loss.
Despite the setback, and dropping the last two, Florida Atlantic has won 13 of their last 16 games and remains the league's top hitting squad with a .304 team average.
They also claim the most runs (175), total bases (419), hits (265), RBI (167), doubles (57), and home runs (29) in all of C-USA.
Panthers
FIU has dropped four in a row, two midweek versus Florida Gulf Coast after two the weekend prior hosting WKU. Overall, the Panthers have lost seven of eight after a 10-7 start.
Lorenzo Hampton, Jr. paces the hitters with a .329 average, while Austin Shenton leads the power numbers, five home runs and 22 RBI.
The team's Friday night ace is Logan Allen, 3-1 so far this season with a 0.74 ERA (three earned runs in 36 2/3 innings) and 61 strikeouts to lead all C-USA pitchers.
The Panther's .230 collective mark at the plate places then last in C-USA hitting. However, their collective staff's mark of 4.09 edges out the Owls' 4.52, and they enjoy a conference best 255 K's on the season.
OWLS WIN! G1 FINAL #FAU 7 #FIU 1
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) March 30, 2019
FAU (17-9, 6-1) serves #CUSA's "best pitcher" an L, while Owl SP Blake Sanderson is SOLID 7IP, 4H, 1R, 1BB, 4K's. RP Schuler 2IP, 1H. Hartigan RBI HR, Morgensen (2-4) RBI, Josey RBI, Montes (2-4) RBI, Summerall RBI. G2 Sat at 4:30 PM #GoOwls! 👌 pic.twitter.com/UeF5CefQVO
“That’s a really good way to start a weekend off. I thought that Blake (Sanderson) did an excellent job keeping us in the game early and we were able to put some balls in play hard, capitalize on a few of their mistakes", said Head Coach John McCormack.
"I thought the guys were ready to play. On top of that, we turned (three) double plays, got us out of a couple of innings. Really good job, really proud of the guys.”
UPDATED SCHEDULE: 2019 FAU Baseball Schedule - FAU Owl's Nest
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Owls get on the board!
The lineup to begin the series against the Green Wave!
Can't recall exactly, but close…
did we have these many commits at this time last year?
We have others who are silent on offense, two at least.