Florida Atlantic University Athletics

Baseball Clinches Series Against Northeastern After Saturday Comeback
3/9/2019 9:01:00 PM | Baseball
"Really proud of the guys, that was a hard-fought win against a good opponent. Had some really good relief pitching, and we had four RBI with two outs … which is huge. I'm proud of the guys, they played great, the emotions stayed throughout the game, and it was a good night for us."
Full Opening Statement from Coach Mac
The Turning Point
Trailing for the second time on the day, after a solo home run in the top of the seventh, the Owls (8-7) had no one on and two outs in the bottom half. Andru Summerall then singled to right, and a walk to Francisco Urbaez put the go-ahead run on the basepaths. Jared DeSantolo singled to tie things, and on an 0-2 pitch, Joe Montes went up the middle for a two-run single to score two and push the FAU lead to 7-5.
The Finish
Northeastern (5-8) scored once in the eighth, but Vince Coletti struck out Jared Dupere, who had homered his previous at-bat, to leave the tying run on second. Two-out offensive magic was replicated in the home eighth, as Summerall lined a single through the right side off lefthanded reliever Andrew Misiaszek, scoring two more for insurance. Closer Zach Schneider then dealt a quick 10-pitch, 1-2-3 ninth to pick up the save.
The Arms/The Gloves
- Reliever Dylan Carter started a key double play against the first batter he faced in the third. Northeastern was leading at that point 3-1 and had two on with one out, when he deftly fielded a comebacker, beginning a 1-4-3 DP
- Coletti (1-2) picked up the win, and was also the beneficiary of a double play, in the seventh (a more customary 6-4-3)
- He threw two innings, giving up two hits and a run
- Schneider's second save of the season came, in order, strikeout, flyout, groundout
- Eric Rivera recorded his fourth straight multi-hit game (and seventh in the last nine), going 2-for-4. He had RBI singles in the third and fourth innings
- In the fourth, his run-scoring single followed back-to-back RBI basehits by true freshmen Mitchell Hartigan and Jacob Josey
- Josey had two hits, as did both Summerall and DeSantolo. For Hartigan, he posted his first collegiate RBI
- Summerall became the sixth Owl to move into double digits in RBI on the season (now at 11) with his two-run single in the eighth
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Coletti, Vince (1-2)
L: Murphy, Kyle (0-1)
S: Schneider, Zach (2)
Batting:
2B: Solomon, Ryan 1 ; Geaslen, Michael 1
HR: Fair, Ian 1 ; Dupere, Jared 1
RBI: Fair, Ian 1 ; Farrell, Jake 2 ; Solomon, Ryan 1 ; Dupere, Jared 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Fair, Ian 1 ; Holzwasser, Scott 1 ; Farrell, Jake 1 ; DiLoreto, Corey 1 ; Dupere, Jared 1 ; Costello, Jeff 1
CS: DiLoreto, Corey 1
HBP: Costello, Jeff 1

Batting:
RBI: Rivera, Eric 2 ; Summerall, Andru 2 ; DeSantolo, Jared 1 ; Montes, Joe 2 ; Hartigan, Mitchell 1 ; Josey, Jacob 1
SH: Lambert, Gunnar 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rivera, Eric 1 ; Summerall, Andru 1 ; Urbaez, Francisco 2 ; DeSantolo, Jared 1 ; Montes, Joe 1 ; Hartigan, Mitchell 1 ; Josey, Jacob 2
CS: Johnson, Diamond 1
HBP: Urbaez, Francisco 1