2/17/2025 | Baseball
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic baseball (3-0) will host Miami (3-0) for the first time this season on Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. inside the FAU Baseball Stadium. Both teams are fresh off opening weekend sweeps. The South Florida rivals will also meet on March 18 (in Boca Raton) and April 15 (in Coral Gables).
Prior to Tuesday’s game, former Owl and current St. Louis Cardinals catcher Pedro Pagés will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Pagés was a three-year starter for the Owls from 2017-19 before being selected by the Cardinals in the sixth round of the 2019 MLB Draft. He made his major league debut on April 7, 2024, and logged his first career hit – a bases-loaded 3-RBI double – on May 14. Pagés is currently in spring training with the Cardinals and is expected to play a prominent role in the 2025 season.
OWLS IN REVIEW
- The Owls swept Delaware over the weekend to open the season
- They outscored the Blue Hens 35-5 in the three games
- Senior Jake Millan was named AAC Player of the Week on Monday
- Millan was 7-for-12 against Delaware with a home run, four doubles, seven RBI, and seven runs scored
- Sophomore pitcher Trey Beard was named to the weekly Honorable Mention list
- Beard struck out 10 in four innings in Friday’s 9-4 win
- Freshman Kyle Boylston was 6-for-7 on Saturday and Sunday combined with three doubles, five RBI, and four runs scored
- The Owls set a single-game program record by striking out 20 Delaware hitters in Friday’s win
THE OPPONENT
- Miami swept Niagara over the weekend with all three wins finishing with double-digit margins of victory
- Former Owl and Penn State transfer Bobby Marsh leads the Hurricanes with six RBI
- Third baseman Daniel Cuvet is another one to watch – he hit 24 home runs and drove in 75 as a freshman last season
OPPONENT HISTORY
- The home team has won the last nine meetings between Florida Atlantic and Miami
- The sides have split the season series each of the last two years
WHAT’S NEXT
- The Owls will host UCONN for a three-game weekend series starting Friday night at 6:30 p.m.
THE TICKETS
- To purchase FAU tickets, call 1-866-FAU-OWLS or click HERE. Stay informed by reading FAUSports.com, or through the baseball’s Twitter and Instagram accounts @FAUBaseball.
