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2/27/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Feb. 27, 2010
The Florida Atlantic University baseball team scored seven runs in the second inning and five more runs in the fifth inning to record an impressive 13-2 victory over Boston College on Saturday afternoon in the Auburn Classic at Plainsman Park in Auburn, Ala.
The victory improved the Owls to 3-2 on the season. The team will close out play in the Auburn Classic against the host Tigers on Sunday at 4 p.m. Boston College drops to 2-3 on the spring season. FAU and Boston College will meet again next weekend in Boca Raton.
"I thought we played very well today and (pitcher) Mike Gipson gave us a good chance to win the game," said Head Coach John McCormack. "We got timely hitting and picked up a good victory over a good Boston College club."
Junior pitcher Mike Gipson tossed seven strong innings to move his record to 2-0 on the season. The right hander allowed two earned runs and six hits while striking out four batters.
Trailing 1-0 after the opening frame the Owls took the lead on a one-out double by junior Raymond Church to left field that scored junior Dan Scheffler and junior Nick DelGuidice. Church would later score on a base hit by freshman Chase Vergason. Junior Andy Mee broke the game open with a bases clearing double to right center field to give Florida Atlantic a 6-1 advantage.
The Owls added five more runs in the fifth inning. FAU received another hit that cleared the bases this time from senior Anthony Mesa.
Later, sophomore Joey Burkhalter laced a double down the right field line in the eighth inning that scored freshman Corey Keller from second base to cap the Owls scoring.
Scheffler paced the offensive attack going 1-for-2 at the plate with two runs scored and a run batted in. Church connected on two doubles and scored a pair of runs on the afternoon. Burkhalter added two hits to round out the multi-hit performances.
Seniors Ryan Bernal and Kenny Gray tossed a scoreless two innings of relief to seal the victory.
Pitching:
W: Gipson, Mike (2-0)
L: Dennhardt, M (1-1)

Batting:
2B: Mee, Andy 1 ; Scheffler, Dan 1 ; DelGuidice, Nick 1 ; Church, Raymond 2 ; Burkhalter, Joey 1
3B: Mesa, Anthony 1
RBI: Mee, Andy 3 ; Scheffler, Dan 1 ; Church, Raymond 2 ; Vergason, Chase 2 ; Burkhalter, Joey 1 ; Mesa, Anthony 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Albaladejo, Mike 1 ; Mee, Andy 1 ; Scheffler, Dan 2 ; DelGuidice, Nick 1 ; Nelson, Mark 1 ; Keller, Corey 1 ; Church, Raymond 2 ; Vergason, Chase 2 ; Mesa, Anthony 2
HBP: Bukovich, Sean 1

Batting:
2B: Anston, R 1
RBI: Wiswall, M 1 ; Melchionda,A 1
SH: Hamlet, M 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Anston, R 2
SB: Wiswall, M 1
HBP: Italiano, A 1