| No. 15 FGCU (23-5) at Florida Atlantic (18-11) I FAU Baseball Stadium |
| Game Details | Boca Raton, Fla. | Tuesday, April 4, 2023 I 6:30 p.m. |
| Game Coverage | Live Stats HERE; Watch HERE |
| Probable Starters | FAU Danny Trehey (RHP) vs. FGCU TBA |
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic University baseball welcomes No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast to Boca Raton on Tuesday night for the first of a four-game season series. The teams will meet again in Fort Myers next week.
THEME
WHITE OUT ⚪ Fans are encouraged to wear white and be loud.
OWLS IN REVIEW
The Owls were shutout for the second time this season last Friday against Rice but rebounded to win the next two and take the series.
Multi-hit games by Mitchell Hartigan, Jackson Ross, and Jalen DeBose led the Owls to a 10-7 win on Saturday. Evan Waterbor and Nicholas Del Prado combined to pitch the last four innings, holding Rice scoreless.
FAU earned a walk-off win in eight innings on Sunday via the run-rule. Armando Albert had four hits and Nolan Schanuel delivered the final blow with a two-run HR in the eighth inning to end the game. Brandon Smith quieted the Rice bats with three scoreless innings in relief. The Owls are now 5-4 in Conference USA.
WHO’S HOT
- Schanuel has reached base in 24 consecutive games. He was 6-for-14 with five RBIs in the Rice series.
- Jackson Ross has the Owls’ longest active hitting streak at seven games. Ross has had five multi-hit games in the current stretch.
- Smith did not allow a run in four innings (two appearances) last week.
- C.J. Williams has not allowed a run in his last 10 innings pitched (four appearances). Williams has thrown multiple innings in each of those last four appearances.
THE OPPONENT
Florida Gulf Coast comes into Tuesday ranked No. 19 in Division I according to D1Baseball.com. The Eagles are 7-2 in the ASUN and coming off a series win over Jacksonville over the weekend.
FGCU has one of the country’s most powerful offenses. They’ve hit 64 home runs in 28 games. That ranks second in DI behind only South Carolina (72). Four Eagles have reached double digits in the long ball category led by Edrick Felix with 11. The sophomore’s 38 RBIs also lead the team.
OPPONENT HISTORY
The Owls and the Eagles played three times last season with FGCU winning twice, both in Fort Myers. FAU is 5-2 in the last seven at home against their neighbors from the west. The highlight of the season series was the second game in which Max Martzolf struck out 11 FGCU hitters in 4.2 relief innings without allowing a hit.
UPCOMING
The Owls will stay close to home for Easter weekend with three games against FIU on tap beginning Thursday.
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