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SERIES THREAD: FIU vs FAU - Mar 29th - 31st, 2019

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Baseball 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.
 
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Owls head to the bottom of the 2nd inning with no score at FAU Baseball stadium.  Let's GO! 👌
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HEARD THE CRY! RF Mitchell Hartigan swats his 3rd homer of the year to give the Owls a 1-0 lead after two complete!

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FIU ties it up at 1-1 in the top half of the 4th with a solo homer of their own. Owl SP Blake Sanderson continues to deal well though, allowing just 4 hits to go with 3K's thus far.
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End 5th FORGE AHEAD! The Owls notch the hit count at 4-4, but retake THE LEAD 2-1 over FIU thanks to a 2B RBI from Andru Summeral. He's now taken sole possession of 3rd most double-baggers in C-USA (10) on the season.
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End 6th FAU cashes in on FIU errors going SMALL with an RBI bunt from Jacob Josey before adding another via an SAC fly RBI from Eric Rivera to move ahead 4-1 over the Panthers! Their ace Logan Allen, who had league best 0.74 ERA, sits down with a 3.00 mark for the game. HOOT 👌
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End 7th The Owls plate THREE MORE off three hits and ANOTHER Panther error for a 7-1 lead! FAU goes to RHP Michael Schuler (1.46 ERA, 12.1IP, 10K) in relief of Sanderson for the 8th.
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Top 9th FAU 7 FIU 1. Schuler deals up a 1 hit frame in the 8th for Owls who are three outs from taking the first of three under the lights.  He'll stay on for the close.
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GREAT way to rebound! Owls take the opener vs FIU!



“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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Easy to win when you get a pitching performance like that. We scored four runs in six innings vs. Cusa number one pitcher. Great job tonight.
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