Baseball Topped on Tuesday by App State

Tuesday, March 5

Boca Raton, Fla.

6:30 PM

Florida Atlantic

6-7

Appalachian State

4-6

Appalachian State

Florida Atlantic

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

3/5/2019 10:40:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Appalachian State scored the first six runs of the game, and held off Florida Atlantic University baseball on Tuesday night to win the first-ever matchup between the two schools, 6-3.

Quotable
Head Coach John McCormack:
"Credit to Appalachian State. They came in here and really played good baseball. We gave them a few extra opportunities, and they certainly capitalized on them. We had some opportunities and we weren't able to capitalize … We gave them way too many extra outs, way too many mental mistakes on our part. We've just got to keep working on it."

Full Opening Statement from Coach Mac

The Turning Point
The Mountaineers (4-6) scored one run each in the second and third, but really opened it up with a four-run fourth, including a three-run home run to chase starter Hunter Cooley. A two-run home run by Francisco Urbaez finally got the Owls (6-7) on the board, in the bottom half of the fourth.

The Finish
In the sixth, after a Joe Montes single, he moved up on a two-out single by Urbaez. Pinch-hitter Jared DeSantolo then lined another single, to right, to cut the deficit to 6-3. A strikeout ended any more of a threat, and App State relievers held the Owls off the board for the final three innings to close out the win.

The Arms

Cooley is now 1-3 this year
Dylan Carter and Vince Coletti combined for six great innings of relief
Carter went a season-high four frames, with just two hits coming against him, and one run scoring on a sac fly
Pitching the eighth and ninth, all six batters Coletti retired were on strikeouts, matching an FAU career high (again, in just two innings)
He allowed no hits, with runners reaching on just a walk, fielder's choice and an error against him

The Bats

Urbaez, Montes and Eric Rivera each had two hits; DeSantolo and Wilfredo Alvarez had the other two
For Urbaez, he hit his third home run of the year, all coming in the team's last five games

What's Next
The team next takes on Northeastern, for a weekend set, beginning Friday at 6:30 p.m. Buy tickets by calling 1-866-FAU-OWLS or visiting baseball's ticket website.