Baseball Begins Long Homestand Friday vs. Monmouth

Florida Atlantic Baseball vs. Monmouth
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – The first three of what will eventually be a 12-game homestand for the Florida Atlantic University baseball team kicks off this weekend as the Owls host Monmouth for a series at FAU Baseball Stadium.

Owls' Midweek in Review
A midweek set at North Florida saw two roller-coaster finishes for the Owls (3-6), and now for five straight games, the tying run at the plate in the team's final at-bat. Tuesday night, a ninth-inning grand slam by Pedro Pages brought the team within two, but a flyout with a runner on ended it. Wednesday, it was a one-run game when Francisco Urbaez homered, again in the ninth, but two straight outs wrapped the series for UNF.

Owls' Weekend in Preview
Monmouth (1-5) lost their first five, recovering Sunday with an 8-5 win over East Carolina, who had taken the first two in the series. The Hawks were swept by Penn State on opening weekend. As a team, they have been outscored 32-13 and are hitting just .153, with only Zach Schild hitting better than .217 (at .273). He also has three of team's nine RBI and only home run.

Weekend Probable Starting Pitchers

Friday: FAU – Blake Sanderson, R-Sr. RHP (1-0, 2.25) vs. Monmouth – Dan Klepchick, So. RHP (0-1, 1.54)
Saturday: FAU: Ryan Sandberg, R-So. RHP (0-1, 2.89) vs. Monmouth – Ryan Steckline, So. LHP (0-2, 12.15)
Sunday: FAU: Mike Ruff, Jr. RHP (0-0, 13.50) vs. Monmouth – Tyler Ksiazek, Sr. RHP (0-0, 6.23)

Opponent History
Surprisingly, these two teams have played 41 times in history, with a 36-5 Owl advantage. Since Coach McCormack took over in 2009, it's a 13-1 FAU edge, including sweeps in 2015 and 2017 (the latter by scores of 16-5, 6-1 and 12-10).

Owls' Baseball on Social Media
Follow along with the team on Twitter @FAU_Baseball, on Instagram, and "like" FAU Baseball on Facebook.

After This
In addition to Monmouth, the Owls will also host Appalachian State for a midweek (March 5), Northeastern for three (March 8-10), a two-week midweek against Quinnipiac (March 12-13) and the 2019 Conference USA home-opening series, against Rice (March 15-17). For tickets for to all of these, call 1-866-FAU-OWLS or by visit baseball's ticket website.

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