Here we go game 2!

The Owls are 10 minutes out from the first pitch of game two in Charlotte! #FAU looks to clinch the series in today's game against the 49ers after last night's 8-4 win! #GoOwls!

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 6, 2019

 

The 49ers have the lead for the first time this weekend after a big 2-run homer in the 1st, but the Owls are unable to add any runs to the board this inning. Hopefully it's just a tough start and they can pick it back up heading into the 2nd.

A 2-run home run in the bottom of the 1st puts the 49ers on the board, #FAU trails 2-0 as they head into the top of the 2nd

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 6, 2019

 

Pedro Pages breaks the dry spell with an RBI single and gets one on the board for the Owls!

#FAU puts one on the board with an RBI single from Pages in the top of the 3rd, and holds #Charlotte to 2 runs in the bottom of the 3rd. The 49ers still lead 2-1

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 6, 2019

 

The bats are BACK! FAU has a 4-run inning in the top of the 5th to give the Owls the lead, let's go!!

We have a pitching change for #Charlotte! After giving up 3 runs in the 5th, the 49ers remove their SP. #FAU now leads 5-2

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 6, 2019

 

A tough inning for the Owls. Giving up 4 runs with a 5-2 lead is something that just can't happen, but hopefully they'll be able to make up some runs here in the 7th.

#FAU takes out Mike Ruff and replaces him with Dylan Carter in the bottom of the 6th after giving up 3 runs. #Charlotte then scored another run on a wild pitch from Carter. The 49ers now lead 6-5 going into the 7th.

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 6, 2019

 

Pages with another clutch RBI! He brings the Owls back to tie the game up in the 8th. FAU will head into the 9th looking to secure the lead

#FAU adds one more to the board in the 8th with another RBI from Pages and ties up the game at 6-6 heading into the 9th

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 6, 2019

 

Y'all…Zach Schneider is really, really good. He was able to hold the 49ers to 6 in the bottom of the 9th and send them into extra innings, giving the Owls another shot at winning this game.

The Owls are headed into extra innings! Zach Schneider worked his way out of a walk-off situation for #Charlotte in the bottom of the 9th. #FAU's Mitchell Hartigan will lead off for the Owls in the top of the 10th

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 6, 2019

 

FAU's "walking highlight reel" Frankie Urbaez is back at it!! A huge solo shot in the top of the 13th will give the Owls the lead. We're back in it folks! Let's win this!

A HUGE HOME RUN BY FRANCISCO URBAEZ!! Urbaez hits a monster shot to left field in the top of the 13th to give the Owls the lead! #FAU is now up 7-6

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 6, 2019

 

The Owls take the series! What a great game, the guys really fought so hard to bring it back and pulled out an amazing win. The boys will be back for the sweep tomorrow!

OWLS WIN!! | FINAL 10-6

What a game! After 13 innings #FAU pulls out the win to clinch the series in Charlotte! The Owls will be back tomorrow at 12 to go for the sweep

Ruff-5.2IP, 6R, 7H, 7K
Pages-2R, 4H, 4RBI
Urbaez-2R, 3H, 1HR
Nizza-2H, 2RBI pic.twitter.com/Q1HcF7XX7k

— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 6, 2019

 

For the fourth straight weekend, the Florida Atlantic University baseball team has posted conference wins on both Friday and Saturday, beating Charlotte in 13 innings in a come-from-behind 10-6 win on Saturday night to clinch another league series.

After FAU (22-9, 10-1 C-USA) scored four in the fifth for a 5-2 lead, Charlotte (12-17-1, 3-7-1 C-USA) scored four of their own in the sixth to regain the advantage.

The Owls then tied it with two outs in the eighth when Pedro Pages rapped his fourth hit of the game into leftfield to score Mitchell Hartigan. The 49ers put the first runner on in the bottom of the ninth, and advanced him to third with just one out, but Zach Schneider wriggled out of the jam to send it to extras.

It was dueling zeroes in the 10th, 11th and 12th, before the Owls broke through in the 13th. With one out, Francisco Urbaez roped a no-doubt home run to left, and both Pages and Summerall were hit by a pitch.

Charlotte turned to the bullpen and got a second out, but a fielding error loaded the bases and extended the inning, allowing Richie Nizza to single in two for some cushion.

Another run scored on another error, and Schneider worked around a one-out single and error in the bottom half to close out five innings of shutout ball.

Schneider allowed just three hits and didn’t walk a batter in five. He struck out four and threw 80 percent of his 65 pitches for strikes.

“A fantastic win, the guys played well, very proud of them", said Head Coach John McCormack. "Schneider was stellar in five innings of relief. The offense broke out in the top of the 13th with a home run and a big two-out single. It was a total team effort today, a good day for us.”

Starter Mike Ruff struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings in a no-decision and three relievers combined for 7 1/3 scoreless frames. Dylan Carter was first, then Jon Jon Kostantis got the last out of the seventh and worked into the ninth.
 
Pages was 4-for-6, matching his career best in hits and falling just one short with four RBI while scoring twice.

- FAU Baseball SID Jonathan Fraysure

UPDATED SCHEDULE: 2019 FAU Baseball Schedule - FAU Owl's Nest