Baseball Completes Sweep of FIU with 10-1 Sunday Win

Sunday, April 30

Boca Raton, Fla.

12:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

29-13-1, 0

FIU

26-20, 0

FIU

Florida Atlantic

4/30/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

April 30, 2017

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Jake Miednik pitched eight innings of one-run baseball, and Florida Atlantic University completed a three-game home sweep of FIU on Sunday with two key two-out hits and five runs late, 10-1 at FAU Baseball Stadium.

The Turning Point

For the third straight game, FIU (26-20, 10-11 Conference USA) scored first, and were threatening for more when Miednik struck out Adam Sevario with the bases loaded to limit the Panthers to just one run in the top of the fourth. The Owls (29-13-1, 15-6 C-USA) would get all the runs they needed in the home half of the same inning, when with two outs, Jared Shouppe rocketed a three-run home run just inside the pole in rightfield for a 3-1 lead.

The Finish

In a similar situation, the very next inning, Eric Rivera did his best to replicate Shouppe with two outs, as his two-run shot to extend the FAU lead to 5-1. Miednik would go on to face the minimum 12 batters over his last four innings of work, with just a hit in the fifth (erased on a double play) and a walk in the sixth (eventually caught stealing). The Owls' offense exploded for five runs in the eighth, sending 11 batters to the plate, for the final margin.

Notables

Miednik (5-4) allowed only four hits and the one run in eight innings, equaling his longest outing of the season. He struck out seven Panthers (his second-highest tally of the year) and walked just two in a crisp 100-pitch effort
Shouppe had a 2-for-3 day and went 6-for-11 in the series (.545), with five RBI
The eighth began with a solo home run by David Miranda, his team-high 10th of the season, and also included an RBI single by Austin Langham, a two-run single off the bat of Kevin Abraham and an RBI for Tyler Frank
In addition to Shouppe, Jordan Poore also had a multi-hit day, going 2-for-3
Shouppe, Miranda and Stephen Kerr all scored twice
Eric Keating pitched a scoreless ninth to wrap the game and the series for FAU

Quotable

"Jake was amazing and Shouppe gets a three-run home run to get us going," said Head Coach John McCormack. "(Miednik) threw his fastball for strikes and when he does that, he's tough to hit. He was up to 90 (MPH) and he's got a good breaking ball, but his problem is fastball command. He's walked a fair amount of guys this year, and it puts him in bad situations. He walked one or two guys today, but was able to reel himself in, especially that inning (when) they had a chance … he only gave up one. He (bore) down and got Sevario, got him to strike out, he pitched really well."

What's Next

The Owls won't have a midweek game, next heading to Hattiesburg to take on Southern Mississippi, who has been atop the C-USA standings for the last few weeks. First game is Friday night at 7 p.m. EST.