SERIES THREAD: FAU vs. Old Dominion - April 26th-28th, 2019
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What: Old Dominion (24-16, 7-11) @ Florida Atlantic (28-12, 14-4)
When: Friday, April 26th @ 6:30pm
Saturday, April 27th @ 4:00pm
Sunday, April 28th @ Noon
Where: FAU Baseball Stadium
Series History: The Owls hold a 13-4 all time advantage over the Monarchs.
Video: CUSA.tv
Live Stats: Here
Old Dominion Team Site: Here
Projected Starting Pitchers:
Friday
FAU - Blake Sanderson, R-Sr. RHP (7-1, 3.39)
ODU - Tommy Gertner, So. LHP (1-0, 2.73)
Saturday
FAU - Mike Ruff, Jr. RHP (4-2, 5.93)
ODU - TBA
Sunday
FAU - TBA
ODU - TBA
Owls at a glance
The Owls earned their #28 national ranking with an impressive comeback victory over Florida on Tuesday. Before that 13-11 victory in Gainesville, FAU squeezed out a conference series victory against Western Kentucky in Bowling Green.
The series win over the Hilltoppers was the Owls fifth C-USA series victory in six tries this season. That series win also allowed FAU to remain atop the C-USA standings, albeit tied with Southern Miss.
After a brief offensive slump in the series against Louisiana Tech, the Owls' bats have struck gold again. Senior 3B Joe Montes was named C-USA’s Hitter of the Week after batting .462 with 2 HR and 6 RBI. Montes is now second on the team in season BA with .340, behind Francisco Urbaez with the conference's fifth best BA at .359.
As a squad, the Owls are pace C-USA in hits (427), and second in both team BA (.299) and slugging percentage (.448).
Coming off a pair off appearances in the WKU series last weekend, Blake Sanderson will get the start in Friday's game. The Senior RHP saw no decision in both his 3.2 IP in Game One (which was later postponed mid-game due to rain) and 1.0 IP in Game Three.
This the Owls second to last home series this season. They will play FGCU at home on Tuesday before kicking off an eight game road-trip, starting with a crucial three game set against Southern Miss.
Monarchs at a Glance
Old Dominion has won 2 of their last 3 C-USA sets, with their most recent win being in their home series against FIU. This allowed ODU to jump the Panthers for ninth place in the C-USA standings.
Despite the series victory days before, ODU fell 10-7 against #12 East Carolina this past Wednesday.
The Monarchs are an impressive 8-7 away from Norfolk, including 4-5 on the road in conference play, considerably better than their 3-6 C-USA home record.
Individually, six Monarchs are hitting over .300, and are led by Jared Hancock's .357 BA. Leadoff hitter Bryce Windham (.340, 1 HR, 14 RBI) has reached base in all but one game this season.
After this series, Old Dominion will travel back home for a mid-week matchup against Virginia Tech before facing a Louisiana Tech ballclub who are amidst recovering from a destructive tornado which ripped through their Ruston campus early Thursday morning.
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HOME RUN #FAU!! Andru Summerall hits a two-run bomb in the bottom of the 1st inning! The score is 3-2 with #ODU in the lead— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 26, 2019
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The Monarchs hit a 3-run home run in the top of the 6th, and the Owls now trail Old Dominion 7-2 heading into the bottom of the inning.— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 27, 2019
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We have a pitching change for #FAU, Dylan O'Connell will replace Dylan Carter on the mound here in the top of the 7th. #ODU still leads 7-2— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 27, 2019
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#FAU is down by 5 heading into the bottom of the 9th with #ODU still leading 7-2. It's just not the Owls night, folks. A lot of defensive mistakes have been plaguing the team in this game, as the Owls have made 4 errors tonight.— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 27, 2019
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FAU baseball fell in the series opener Friday night to Old Dominion, 7-2.
“Extremely disappointing night, I take full responsibility, our guys weren’t ready to play", said Head Coach John McCormack.
"From the first pitch, we gave up a three-spot in the first, it could’ve been worse. Relief pitching wasn’t good, we had chances to drive in guys … we made defensive errors. It was kind of shocking, honestly.”
ODU (25-16, 8-11 Conference USA) scored three times in the first inning and wouldn’t relinquish the lead. Five singles, two scoring runs, along with a bases-loaded walk, brought all nine Monarchs to the plate. FAU’s (28-13, 14-5 C-USA) only scoring of the night came in the bottom half when Andru Summerall took a 2-2 offering over the fence in rightfield to cut it to one.
That’s all the Owls would get, as ODU pitching scattered five hits over the final eight home innings. The Monarchs added one in the fifth and three more in the sixth, on a Vinnie Pasquantino home run.
Game two on Saturday starts at 4:00 PM, with Mike Ruff taking the hill for FAU against Nick Pantos of the Monarchs.
- FAU Baseball SID Jonathan Fraysure
UPDATED SCHEDULE: 2019 FAU Baseball Schedule - FAU Owl's Nest
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The Owls are about 20 minutes from 1st pitch in game 2 against Old Dominion. #FAU's Mike Ruff will take the mound today against #ODU's RHP Nick Pantos. #GoOwls!— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 27, 2019
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#ODU adds two more to the board in the 2nd and top of the 3rd. #FAU now trails 3-0 as they were shut down on another double play.— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 27, 2019
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The Owls just had their first scoreless inning of the game thanks to Eric Keating! Keating replaced Ruff on the mound in the top of the 5th. However, #FAU was unable to put any on the board in the bottom of the 5th. #FAU trails 5-0 heading into the 6th— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) April 27, 2019
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