| 3/1/2025 | Baseball | Box Score BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic baseball improved to 9-1 after an 11-1 victory over Fordham on Saturday at the FAU Baseball Stadium. The Owls will look to sweep the Rams in the finale on Sunday on noon. THE BEGINNING Fordham scored in the first inning for the second straight day, but the Owls immediately responded in the bottom of the opening inning. After a balk and a wild pitch with the bases loaded led to two runs, John Martinez lined a double to the left field gap to make it 3-1 FAU. Fordham made three errors in the second inning, and the Owls cashed in for two more runs. THE TURNING POINT The Rams had chances in the fourth and fifth innings to cut into the deficit but failed to convert. Tyler Murphy pitched around two one-out singles in the fourth. Max Martzolf entered in the fifth with a runner on second and needed just four pitches to record all three outs. THE FINISH The Owls scored two runs in the sixth on a pair of sacrifice flies by John Schroeder and Nick Romano. In the seventh, Brando Leroux connected for his first home run of the season, launching a 3-2 offering to left. Another error – the fifth of the game by Fordham – led to two more runs and the 11-1 final. THE BATS Jake Duer had his fourth four-hit game of the season – he doubled, singled three times, and scored four runs Martinez (2-for-4) and Jake Millan (2-for-3) also finished with multi-hit games THE ARMS Murphy pitched into the fifth inning before giving way to Martzolf, who earned his fourth win of the season (4-0) Reilly Witmer, Ryan Buckler, and Carter Holjes covered the final four frames and held the Rams scoreless QUOTABLE Postgame with @FAUCoachMac #WIP pic.twitter.com/xGcH0q4VAP– Florida Atlantic Baseball (@FAUBaseball) March 2, 2025 WHAT’S NEXT The Owls and Rams will meet for the series finale on Sunday at noon. To purchase FAU tickets, call 1-866-FAU-OWLS or click HERE. Stay informed by reading FAUSports.com, or through the baseball’s X and Instagram accounts @FAUBaseball. |
