| 2/16/2025 | Baseball | Box Score BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic baseball held Delaware without a hit for the final six innings on Sunday in route to a 7-0 series finale victory. The Owls completed the sweep and enter Tuesday’s first meeting of the season with Miami at 3-0. THE BEGINNING The Owls’ first hit of the day gave them the lead in the second inning. After a walk and a hit by pitch, John Martinez lined a double to the gap to score two runs.On the mound, freshman James Litman worked around a double in the second inning and two singles in the third. The West Boca HS grad struck out four before departing after three and two-thirds scoreless innings. THE TURNING POINT The Owls added to the lead in the bottom of the fourth. Carter Brady was hit by a pitch and Kyle Boylston doubled to set up an RBI groundout by Martinez. Two batters later, Jake Duer roped a double to the opposite field to bring in Boylston and Nick Romano found a hole on the left side of the infield to score one more. THE FINISH A fifth-inning RBI double by Jake Millan and a run-scoring single by Boylston capped off the scoring in the fifth. From there, it was all pitching. Five FAU relievers combined to hold Delaware without a hit and preserve the shutout. THE BATS The Owls finished with 10 hits, led by two each from Millan and Boylston. Millan finished the opening weekend 7-for-12 with a home run, four doubles, seven RBI, and seven runs scored. Boylston debuted on Saturday and is now 6-for-7 with three doubles and five RBI. THE ARMS Litman earned the win on a pitch count (68) in his collegiate debut. He was backed up by Braden Ostrander, who got the last out of the fourth and pitched a scoreless fifth. Carter Holjes and Joey Abbazia – each making their FAU debuts – handled the sixth and seventh innings without issue. Dawson Ball got the first two outs of the eighth before turning it over to Ryan Buckler for the final four outs. The pitching staff finished the three-game series with a team 1.67 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 27 innings. QUOTABLE Postgame with @FAUCoachMac #WIP pic.twitter.com/HWib87rz9t– Florida Atlantic Baseball (@FAUBaseball) February 16, 2025 WHAT’S NEXT The Owls will look to continue the unbeaten start when Miami visits on Tuesday night. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. |
