SERIES THREAD: FAU vs. Southern Mississippi May 3rd-5th, 2019
OWLS WIN!! #FAU 18 - #USM 9#FAU clinches the series in a major way with a HUGE win against #USM
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 5, 2019
The boys will be back tomorrow as they look to go for the sweep!
Summerall: 5H, 5R, 7RBI, 2HR
Pages: 1H, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR
Morgensen: 3H, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR
Ruff 5IP, 1R, 2H, 5BB, 1.80 ERA pic.twitter.com/QLPr1rmUze
UPDATED SCHEDULE: 2019 FAU Baseball Schedule - FAU Owl's Nest
Behind five hits and seven RBI from Andru Summerall, the Florida Atlantic University baseball team set season highs in hits and runs in doubling up No. 29 Southern Miss on Saturday night, 18-9. The Owls moved into a tie for first place in the Conference USA standings with the Golden Eagles and clinched the road series with the win.
“What a game. What an offensive night for our guys", said Head Coach John McCormack. "They started the pressure in the first and kept it on all night. Mike Ruff made it stand up for five innings, he had to come out probably because of the long top half when we scored eight runs."
FAU (32-14, 17-6 C-USA) scored first, in the first, on a two-out, two-run single by Mitchell Hartigan. Another run came in on a Joe Montes single in the third, and then the Owls exploded for eight in the fifth, on seven hits, while sending 11 batters to the plate.
USM (30-15, 17-6 C-USA) got four in the sixth, but the Owls got those back the next at-bat, three coming in on a home run to right by Summerall, the other on a Hartigan double. Summerall would add another three-run shot in the eighth for an 18-4 lead. The Golden Eagles scored five times in the bottom of the ninth, but Dylan O’Connell came on to get the last two outs and the Owls can potentially get a road sweep with a win on Sunday.
"Winning a series here is a really big deal" McCormack said. 'Proud of the way they played, especially offensively, really really good and really clutch at-bats.”
Mike Ruff (5-3) allowed only two hits and struck out six in five-plus innings of work. Jon Jon Kostantis threw scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth, and O’Connell got outs No. 26 and 27 on a flyball to center and popup to second base.
Summerall set career highs with his 5-for-6 night, five runs and seven RBI. The five runs scored matches a program record set six times prior, the last being in 2013 by Nathan Pittman. Hartigan went 4-for-4 (two doubles and two singles) with three RBI, and is 7-for-8 in the series thus far. Eric Rivera reached five times, with three hits and two walks, scored three runs and had two RBI.
Game three is slated for a 2:00 PM start.
- FAU Baseball SID Jonathan Fraysure
UPDATED SCHEDULE: 2019 FAU Baseball Schedule - FAU Owl's Nest
Break out your brooms! The Owls are just about 15 minutes away from first pitch in game 3 against Southern Miss. Let's get this sweep! pic.twitter.com/bsJtctbiAU— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 5, 2019
The game is scoreless going into the to top of the 2nd after a great inning from Jacob Josey giving up no runs and no hits. Let's go!— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 5, 2019
It's all tied up at 1-1 heading into the top of the 3rd! #FAU's Alvarez hit an RBI single in the top of the inning to kick things off, but then a costly error in the bottom of the inning allowed #USM to bring one in. But there's a whole lotta ball game left, let's get after it!— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 5, 2019
Southern Miss held a brief lead over the Owls up until the top of the 5th when #FAU added another run, tying up the game once again. The score is now 2-2 heading into the bottom of the inning.— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 5, 2019
And it looks like that's it for Jacob Josey. He will depart the game in the bottom of the 5th.
Josey's exit line: 4.2 IP, 4H, 1BB, 2K, 2R.
Let's take this thing back!— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 5, 2019
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