Baseball Toppled in Ninth Inning Friday by ODU - Florida Atlantic University Athletics

Friday, May 19

Boca Raton, Fla.

6:30 PM

Florida Atlantic

32-19-1, 0

No. 25 Old Dominion

36-18, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Old Dominion	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	9	13	0
Florida Atlantic	0	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	8	14	1

5/19/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

May 19, 2017

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. - A four-run ninth inning gave Old Dominion a Friday night comeback victory over the Florida Atlantic University baseball team, 9-8 at FAU Baseball Stadium.

The Turning Point / The Finish

The Owls (32-19-1, 17-12 Conference USA) held an 8-5 lead after three in the fourth and an Austin Langham seventh-inning homer. But ODU (36-18. 19-10 C-USA) tied it up and then took the lead in their last at-bat. Back-to-back one-out singles preceded a game-tying three-run shot by Turner Bishop, and three batters later, Jared Young pushed the Monarchs ahead with an RBI single. Corey Klak retired the Owls in order in the ninth to record the save.

Notables

Twice the Owls used big innings to overcome deficits early. Down 1-0, a four-run second made for a three-run edge, made up of an RBI double by Jordan Poore and run-scoring singles by Eric Rivera, Stephen Kerr and Tyler Frank
Then after consecutive two-run frames for ODU in the third and fourth to go down 5-4, FAU pushed back ahead 7-5 after the fourth. Two of the runs came on another hit by Rivera, a double to right-center
Poore and Rivera combined to go 4-for-8 Friday, both scoring twice, and Rivera tied his career best with three RBI
Langham's home run in the seventh was his third hit of the game, and all nine Owls had at least one hit
Marc Stewart had been in line for the win before the ninth, pitching 1 1/3 scoreless innings
That was followed up by Weston Clemente with a season-high of 48 pitches across 2 1/3 innings of no-run baseball
ODU clinches the No. 2 seed in next week's Conference USA Tournament with the win; FAU will be either No. 3, No. 4 or No. 5 depending on Saturday's results as the Owls are now tied with both Charlotte and Louisiana Tech

Quotable

"It was not a good ending," said Head Coach John McCormack. "I'm proud of the guys, I thought we played really well. I thought was a really, really good college baseball game. We made some huge pitches, we got some huge hits, we just can't close the door."

What's Next

The regular season finale, at FAU Baseball Stadium, is scheduled for a 1 p.m. Saturday start. Senior Day festivities will start at 12:35 p.m.