UNO Rallies, Out-Slugs Florida Atlantic 19-12

Friday, May 1

Boca Raton, Fla.

6:30 PM

Florida Atlantic

24-19, 0

New Orleans

18-27, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
New Orleans	0	0	0	9	0	0	8	0	2	19	20	4
Florida Atlantic	3	0	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	12	11	1

5/1/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

May 1, 2009

Final Stats

BOCA RATON, FL - The University of New Orleans overcame a seven-run deficit by scoring nine times in the fourth inning and then plated eight more in the seventh en route to beating Florida Atlantic University 19-12.

Nick DelGuidice had three extra-base hits for a Florida Atlantic (24-19; 7-14 Sun Belt) team that raced out to a 7-0 lead on its home field.

New Orleans (18-27; 9-13 Sun Belt) batted-around twice, scoring 17 of its season-high 19 runs in two big innings. The first of Nick Mitchell's two homers put UNO up in the fourth and Nick Schwaner's second two-run double came in the seventh, after FAU had tied it 9-9.

Mitchell finished the day 4-for-6, Schwaner was 3-for-4, and both had four RBI and scored four runs. UNO had 20 hits and FAU pitchers issued 10 walks. The top five batters in UNO's lineup combined to go 13-for-21.

UNO's nine-run fourth inning quickly changed the mood at FAU Stadium after three RBI's by Nick Criaris helped the Owls jump out in front Adam Morrison, who had cruised through the first three innings - facing just one over the minimum - began the fourth by walking two of the inning's first three batters.

Schwaner and Rodarrick Jones each hit a two-run doubles in the fourth. Schwaner's came off Morrison to make it 7-3 and Jones' double off Hugh Adams pulled UNO to within one, 7-6. The onslaught continued, culminated by Mitchell's two-run homer off Adams which made it 9-7.

In the sixth, DelGuidice drove a 2-2 pitch from UNO reliever Mats Mattson into the FAU bullpen beyond the fence in right field. The solo shot, DelGuidice's fourth, tied the game at nine apiece.

Eight singles in the UNO seventh, including a tie-braking pinch-hit knock by Tyrone Weathers, was part of an eight-run frame that turned the tie game into a 17-9 UNO lead heading into the late innings.

Mitchell added a solo shot in the UNO ninth. The game took 3 hours and 51 minutes to complete.

Game Two of the weekend series set for Saturday at 4 p.m. ET

GAME NOTES: 'Little League Night' helped the attendance reach 503, the third highest attended game at FAU Stadium this season... The weekend marks UNO's first trip to Boca Raton (FAU, in its third season as a Sun Belt Conference member had traveled to New Orleans in both 2007 and 2008)... UNO's nine-run fourth was its highest-scoring inning of the year and the most allowed in any inning this season by FAU... William Block made his fourth pitching appearance on the year, his first since April 5... UNO and Arkansas State (who beat FIU 13-1 Friday night) pick up a game in the standings over FAU in the race for the league's final berth into the SBC Tournament.