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Coral Gables, FLA. – (Feb. 20, 2019) – The Florida Atlantic University baseball team fell on the road on Wednesday night, 11-4 to Miami.
Quotable
“We have got to play better, we had a number of opportunities to get out of innings and we weren’t able to,” said Head Coach John McCormack.
“Offensively it was the same story, plenty of opportunities and weren’t able to cash in. Credit to Miami, we gave them an opening and they took it. We will be back at work tomorrow to get ready for the weekend.”
The Turning Point
A two-out error in the third eventually led to four unearned Miami (4-0) runs. Though the Owls (3-1) cut the deficit in half their next at-bat, the Hurricanes scored six of the game’s next seven runs to extinguish a possible FAU comeback.
The Finish
Miami relief pitching combined to allow just one run over the final four innings. UM added two solo shots over that time to help cement the win.
The Arms
Hunter Cooley (1-1) took the loss, but posted a career-best four strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings of work.
Vladmir Zavala, Jon Jon Kostantis and Mitchell Hartigan each made their FAU debuts on the hill.
Dylan O’Connell pitched a scoreless seventh.
The Bats
Diamond Johnson and Joe Montes each had two hits
In the run-scoring fourth, Montes had a ground-rule double RBI (plating Andru Summerall, who had singled), with the other run scoring on a Jared DeSantolo groundout.
Johnson scored in the fifth on a Gunnar Lambert sac fly, and again in the seventh when Wilfredo Alvarez doubled to right-center.
What’s Next
The Owls host Illinois at FAU Baseball Stadium this weekend. First pitch for the first game, Friday night, will come at 6:30 p.m. Saturday is 4 p.m.m and Sunday starts at noon. To purchase tickets, call 1-866-FAU-OWLS or by visit baseball’s ticket website
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Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 3-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 50-3 victory over Akron in the 2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
