Baseball defeats Troy, 8-3

Friday, April 13

Boca Raton, Fla.

7:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

Troy

4/13/2001 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

April 13, 2001

Box Score

BOCA RATON - Florida Atlantic University's baseball team improved to 27-15 and 7-6 in the Trans America Athletic Conference with an 8-3 victory over Troy State University.

FAU opened the scoring in the second. With runners on first and second, Mike Valdes hit a single to right scoring Bobby Spano. Shaen O'Connor followed with a run scoring ground out.

Troy State responded, but it was matched with two more FAU runs in the sixth when Rusty Brown, 1-for-3, hit a two-run single to left. Alex Fernandez was also 1-for-3 with a double.

Petersen Benjamin (4-3) started the game for FAU, pitched six complete and allowed six hits and two runs. Jim Cooney pitched an inning and two thirds and also allowed a run. Chris Pillsbury finished the game for FAU.

FAU will play host to Troy State in a scheduled doubleheader, 1 pm, Saturday.