| 5/10/2024 | Baseball | Box Score HOUSTON, Texas – Florida Atlantic baseball dropped the series opener 5-4 to Rice on Friday night in Houston. Game two is set for 3 p.m. on Saturday. THE BEGINNING Florida Atlantic jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first. An infield single, a hit by pitch, and a base hit up the middle loaded the bases for Christian Adams who drew a walk. A wild pitch brought in another run. Rice took a 3-2 lead on two home runs in the second and tacked on another to make it 4-2 in the third. THE TURNING POINT/THE FINISH An RBI double by John Schroeder in the fifth brought FAU back within a run. It would stay 4-3 until the top of the ninth when Jake Millan led off with a game-tying solo home run. Rice loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth with a single, a double, and an intentional walk. With one out, a line drive to short was not fielded cleanly by Brando Leroux. The FAU shortstop flipped it to second but the Owls could not turn the double play as the winning run crossed home plate. QUOTABLE Head coach John McCormack “Everybody will look at the ninth inning, but we missed opportunities to score a few more in the first inning. We had another chance later in the game and offensively we just weren’t good. We didn’t get it done.” THE BATS Schroeder doubled and singled and finished 2-for-4.Millan entered as a replacement for an injured Spencer Rich and scored the Owls’ third run in addition to his home run. THE ARMS C.J. William settled in after a rocky third inning and completed six full with four strikeouts and two walks. Sam Drumheller held Rice scoreless in the seventh and eighth. Steven Andrews pitched the ninth inning and absorbed the loss. 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. |
