| 2/21/2025 | Baseball | Box Score BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic baseball rallied from an early deficit to knock off UConn (0-4) by a 5-4 final on Friday night. The Owls improved to 5-0 to start the season. THE BEGINNING Trey Beard retired six of the first seven he faced before running into trouble in the third. After two singles, a three-run homer by UConn’s Tyler Minick opened the scoring. THE TURNING POINT Beard walked the bases loaded with one out in the fourth but buckled down and escaped the inning. He stabbed a line drive back to the mound for the second out and then struck out the Huskies’ leadoff hitter to get out of the frame. He then went back out for the fifth inning and struck out the side. The sophomore would depart after five with a lead thanks to an RBI single by Jake Duer and a three-run homer by Jake Millan in the bottom of the fifth. THE FINISH UConn tied the game with a solo homer in the eighth, but the FAU offense responded again. In the bottom of the inning, Marshall Lipsey drew a one-out walk and stole second. Patrick Ward then blooped a single into no-man’s land in centerfield, scoring Lipsey and restoring the lead. MJ Bollinger worked a perfect ninth inning to record his first save of the season. THE BATS Jake Duer finished 4-for-4 with four singles – his second four-hit game of the season already Ward and John Schroeder each went 2-for-4 with a single and a double Millan’s home run was his second of the season and brought his RBI total to 10 THE ARMS Beard struck out 10 for the second consecutive start Braden Ostrander and Max Martzolf combined for the three outs in the sixth Steven Andrews struck out two in two innings of work – despite conceding the tying run, he was credited with his first win of the season Bollinger recorded one strikeout and needed just 11 pitches in the ninth QUOTABLE Postgame with @FAUCoachMac pic.twitter.com/16SAW5Ggl4– Florida Atlantic Baseball (@FAUBaseball) February 22, 2025 WHAT’S NEXT The Owls will look to win the series on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. |
