Baseball Welcomes in FGCU on Tuesday

Florida Atlantic Baseball vs. FGCU
Matchup Details	Boca Raton, Fla. \| FAU Baseball Stadium \| Tickets Tuesday, April 30 \| 6:30 p.m.
Game Coverage	Streaming: FAUSports.TV Stats: Live Stats Twitter: @FAU_Baseball
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BOCA RATON, Fla. – Coming off of Sunday's remarkable comeback victory, the Florida Atlantic University baseball team looks to take that momentum into a Tuesday night midweek home matchup, hosting Florida Gulf Coast at 6:30 p.m.

Note: Tuesday's contest is the second of three premium games on the FAU baseball home schedule (the third being May 14 vs. UCF). For information, visit baseball's ticket page.

Owls' Weekend in Review
The Owls (29-14, 15-6 C-USA) had fallen twice at home to Old Dominion, and were down 7-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth. But the squad pulled out the unbelievable comeback win, scoring seven runs on six hits, with the nearly half-hour-long inning capped on a walkoff two-run single by Pedro Pages with the bases loaded. That was his second ninth-inning game-winning hit to complete a comeback last week, doing the same in Gainesville Tuesday night to beat Florida, 13-11.

Owls' Midweek in Preview
FGCU (30-14, 12-3 Atlantic Sun) currently sits atop their conference standings, having won their last six, and 11 of 12, ASUN matchups. Five Eagle starters are at .300 or higher, led by Joe Kinker's .336 average. He has six home runs and 34 RBI, both second on the team to Jay Hayes (eight and 41).

Midweek Probable Starting Pitching Matchup
FAU – Hunter Cooley, Fr. LHP (3-3, 5.89) vs. FGCU – Brenden Heiss, Jr. RHP (1-1, 9.00)

Opponent History
This year's earlier scheduled matchup, March 19 in Fort Myers, was rained out, just as last year's attempt to play there was as well. The teams met once last year, and it too was affected by rain, necessitating a location change from West Palm Beach to FAU Baseball Stadium. FGCU took that game, 4-2, and has a 12-7 lead in the all-time series. Over the last 10 years, it's knotted up, 5-5.

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

After This
The Owls travel for nearly two weeks following this game, leaving Thursday for a weekend set at Southern Miss, and hitting up Sam Houston State (Huntsville, Texas) and Houston for two games, on the way to UTSA for three more, before returning home the following Sunday. The only home games remaining this regular season are May 14 (UCF) and May 16-18 (Middle Tennessee). Tickets can be had by calling 1-866-FAU-OWLS or visiting baseball's ticket website.

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