Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Florida Atlantic
22-9-1
UCF
23-11
Baseball Takes Tuesday Road Win at UCF, 8-3
4/11/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Florida Atlantic University baseball team scored at least a run off of the first seven pitchers UCF threw against them and took an 8-3 victory over the Knights on Tuesday night.
The Turning Point
After UCF (23-11) made it a one-run game through five, FAU (22-9-1) responded with a four-spot in the top of the sixth. The inning started out innocently enough, with two quick outs, but Tyler Frank walked, stole second, and went to third on a wild pitch. A dropped third strike to Jared Shouppe allowed him to reach and scored Frank, and a walk to Esteban Puerta continued the frame. Three straight hits then scored three, on singles by David Miranda, Stephen Kerr and Austin Langham. That turned a 4-3 game into 8-3 in favor of the visitors.
The Finish
Drew Peden had a 1-2-3 sixth, and three more Owl relievers held UCF off the board for the remainder of the game: Weston Clemente, Mark Nowatnick and Kyle Marman. Marman's was a perfect ninth on just six pitches.
Notables
- Before the Knights got to him for three runs in the fifth, starting pitcher Sean Labsan was cruising, retiring nine batters in a row and 13 of the first 15 he faced
- Peden recorded the win to go to 3-0 on the year. He retired all four batters he faced at the plate and added a pickoff of a runner on second when he first entered the game, ending the fifth
- The Owls' 3-6 hitters all had multi-hit games, for all 10 of the team's hits: Puerta and Miranda with two hits each, while Kerr and Langham each procured three baseknocks
- Frank walked twice and scored two runs out of the leadoff slot
- Centerfielder Jordan Poore had six putouts, including a fantastic running and leaping catch to end the game
Quotable
"Very good team win tonight, a road trip after a road trip is never easy," said Head Coach John McCormack. "I am proud of the way the guys came out today. Sean Labsan set the tone on the mound and everyone chipped in offensively."
What's Next
The Owls resume conference play this weekend, starting Friday with game one of three against Marshall. First pitch that night is 6:30 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Peden, Drew (3-0)
L: THOMPSON, Trent (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Puerta, Esteban 1 ; Kerr, Stephen 1
RBI: Puerta, Esteban 1 ; Miranda, David 1 ; Kerr, Stephen 1 ; Langham, Austin 2 ; Pages, Pedro 1
SF: Langham, Austin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Frank, Tyler 2 ; Shouppe, Jared 1 ; Puerta, Esteban 2 ; Miranda, David 1 ; Kerr, Stephen 2
SB: Frank, Tyler 1 ; Rivera, Eric 1
HBP: Rivera, Eric 1
Batting:
2B: PUTNAM, Eli 1
RBI: HAMBLIN, Luke 1 ; MORGAN, Brooks 2
Base Running:
RUNS: PETERSON, Bryce 1 ; GEORGE, Anthony 1 ; MORGAN, Brooks 1
PO: MIKA, Matthew 1
