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FAU Baseball Topped on Tuesday by App State
BOCA RATON, Fla. – (March 5, 2019) – Appalachian State scored the first six runs of the game, and held off Florida Atlantic University baseball on Tuesday night to win the first-ever matchup between the two schools, 6-3.
Quotable
Head Coach John McCormack:
“Credit to Appalachian State. They came in here and really played good baseball. We gave them a few extra opportunities, and they certainly capitalized on them. We had some opportunities and we weren’t able to capitalize … We gave them way too many extra outs, way too many mental mistakes on our part. We’ve just got to keep working on it.”
The Turning Point
The Mountaineers (4-6) scored one run each in the second and third, but really opened it up with a four-run fourth, including a three-run home run to chase starter Hunter Cooley. A two-run home run by Francisco Urbaez finally got the Owls (6-7) on the board, in the bottom half of the fourth.
The Finish
In the sixth, after a Joe Montes single, he moved up on a two-out single by Urbaez. Pinch-hitter Jared DeSantolo then lined another single, to right, to cut the deficit to 6-3. A strikeout ended any more of a threat, and App State relievers held the Owls off the board for the final three innings to close out the win.
The Arms
· Cooley is now 1-3 this year
· Dylan Carter and Vince Coletti combined for six great innings of relief
· Carter went a season-high four frames, with just two hits coming against him, and one run scoring on a sac fly
· Pitching the eighth and ninth, all six batters Coletti retired were on strikeouts, matching an FAU career high (again, in just two innings)
· He allowed no hits, with runners reaching on just a walk, fielder’s choice and an error against him
The Bats
· Urbaez, Montes and Eric Rivera each had two hits; DeSantolo and Wilfredo Alvarez had the other two
· For Urbaez, he hit his third home run of the year, all coming in the team’s last five games
What’s Next
The team next takes on Northeastern, for a weekend set, beginning Friday at 6:30 p.m. Buy tickets by calling 1-866-FAU-OWLS.
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