Late Run Fends Off Owls 4-3 at FIU

Saturday, April 23

Miami, Fla.

6:30 PM

Florida Atlantic

27-10, 11-6

FIU

19-21, 7-10

Florida Atlantic

FIU

4/23/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

April 23, 2016

Final Stats

MIAMI, Fla. â€" A two-out single in the bottom of the eighth led FIU to a 4-3 Conference USA win over the No. 17 Florida Atlantic University baseball team on Saturday night.

The Owls (27-10, 11-6 C-USA) hit three doubles and a home run, but left nine stranded on the night. Sean Labsan paced FAU with a double and a two-run homer while Billy Endris and Esteban Puerta each doubled and scored.

Brandon Rhodes dealt 6.1 innings, allowing two earned runs on seven hits with three strikeouts. Robbie Coursel took the loss, allowing a run on three hits over 1.1 innings.

For the fourth consecutive game, FAU scored in the first inning as Endris doubled and cross the plate on an error. Labsan led off the second with his double and moved to third, but was left stranded.

FIU got on the board in the bottom of the inning on a solo homer and tacked on two more runs in the third thanks to a pair of FAU errors to take a 3-1 lead.

A lead-of double by Puerta, followed by Labsan's fourth home run of the season, knotted the contest at 3-3.

Both teams put runners on third over the next three innings, but neither C-USA squad could capitalize.

Three straight two-out singles in the eighth allowed FIU to take the advantage before Nick Swan entered to close out the inning for FAU.

Brett Lashley reached on an error in the top of the ninth and moved to second on a two-out walk by Endris, but FIU escaped the threat to win the series.

The Owls and Panthers square off for game three on Sunday, April 24 at 1 p.m. Free audio is available on FAUSports.com.