SERIES THREAD: FIU vs FAU - Mar 29th - 31st, 2019
#FAU's Joe Montes just hit a HUGE RBI double in the bottom of the 8th, tying the game up once again at 3-3!— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) March 31, 2019
Top of the 9th and #FAU brings in closer Zach Schneider in a tie-game situation. Let's finish this one out!— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) March 31, 2019
Bottom of the 9th, Urbaez makes a great play at second to shut down the inning. #FAU will start at the top of their lineup with Eric Rivera up at the plate— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) March 31, 2019
A fly out to CF from Summerall officially brings #FAU into extra innings! It's a 3-3 game as we head into the top of the 10th— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) March 31, 2019
A strikeout from Schneider shuts down the Panthers in the top of the 10th. #FAU's Pedro Pages leads off in the bottom of the 10th— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) March 31, 2019
Schneider threw an insane 6.0 IP, while giving up 5 H, 1 BB, 0 R and earning 6 K.
OWLS WIN! Joe Montes hits a walk-off double after almost 5 hours of play time in the bottom of the 15th to end the game and secure the sweep!!
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) March 31, 2019
Schneider- 6IP, 5H, 1BB, 6K
Montes- 3H, 2RBI pic.twitter.com/d7E99c50Ao
FAU baseball moved to the top of the Conference USA standings Sunday afternoon when Joe Montes doubled in Diamond Johnson for a walkoff win in the bottom of the 15th inning, defeating FIU 4-3 and sweeping the weekend series.
Sunday’s game is the second longest since the Owls have been in C-USA, with a complete 15-inning game three years ago at home versus Charlotte (April 10, 2016, a 7-6 loss). Speaking of Charlotte, the 49ers played to a curfew tie Sunday at WKU, 13-13, meaning the Hilltoppers are now 7-1-1 in league play, a half-game behind FAU.
FIU (11-17, 2-7 C-USA), after leading 2-0 early but giving it up in the fifth, moved back ahead on a Jose Garcia home run in the sixth. FAU (19-9, 8-1 C-USA) knotted it back up in the eighth on a Montes RBI double with two outs, scoring Johnson, who had pinch-ran and stole second before the hit.
The game was literally all zeroes after that until the winning hit. On the FAU side of things, Zach Schneider came on in the ninth and pitched all the way to the 14th, setting career highs of six innings, 109 pitches and six strikeouts.
Michael Schuler relieved him in the 15th, and a double play (Jacob Josey to Francisco Urbaez to Gunnar Lambert) kept things tied, setting up the bottom half. Johnson singled through the left side with one out, and on the very first pitch he saw, Montes short-hopped the fence in leftfield to easily score the game-winning run.
Montes had three doubles in all, among the Owls’ nine hits.
"That was a really, really good baseball game and I’m proud of both teams", said Coach John McCormack. "Happy we won, but I’m proud of both teams.”
Over the series, Owls’ pitching gave up just four runs in 33 innings, a 1.09 ERA, and limited FIU hitting to a .207 average. Included was 16 1/3 straight scoreless frames (from Friday's fourth inning until Sunday's second), and additionally, the final nine innings Sunday.
Next week is four road games for the Owls: Away at Miami on Wednesday, and a trip to Charlotte over the weekend.
- FAU Baseball SID Jonathan Fraysure
UPDATED SCHEDULE: 2019 FAU Baseball Schedule - FAU Owl's Nest
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