Florida Atlantic University Athletics

Baseball Edged Out By SHSU, 12-11
5/7/2019 11:43:00 PM | Baseball
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"The guys kept grinding, but that is a disappointing loss. We have got to pitch better. We gave (Sam Houston State) too many opportunities, and congrats to them, they turned our mistakes into runs."
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The Turning Point
The Owls (32-18) held an 8-0 lead after the top of the third, but SHSU (27-19) battled back to tie it in the fifth and move ahead, 11-8, in the sixth. In the eighth, Joe Montes crushed a three-run home run to tie it, and Dylan Carter worked around a leadoff walk to keep it knotted up heading into the ninth.
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The Finish
Mitchell Hartigan led off the ninth with a walk and moved to second on a groundout, but two straight strikeouts stranded him there, as the potential go-ahead run. In the bottom, there was a leadoff walk as well, but Pedro Pages picked off the pinch-runner at first. Unfortunately, another walk set up Jordan Cannon, who doubled to left-center to give the Bearkats the walkoff win.
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The Arms
- Hunter Cooley started and threw two hitless innings to begin the night, but ran into trouble in the fourth to give way to the bullpen
- Carter was the most effective reliever of the night, throwing 2 1/3 scoreless frames, with just two hits and a walk against him
- The loss went to Zach Schneider (3-3)
- The bookends of the order each reached four times. Eric Rivera was 2-for-3 with a walk and was also hit by a pitch; Wilfredo Alvarez went 3-for-4 with a walk as well
- Both scored two runs, as did Andru Summerall. Summerall also added a two-run single
- Montes rapped his sixth home run of the season, and earlier in the game, Mitchell Hartigan had a two-run shot, his sixth as well
- Francisco Urbaez posted a 2-for-4 night, including a two-run triple that kicked off the FAU scoring, all the way back in the first
- Nicholas Toney recorded his first collegiate extra base hit, a double, a scored a run
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Demco, Brad (2-1)
L: Schneider, Zach (3-3)

Batting:
2B: Rivera, Eric 1 ; Toney, Nicholas 1
3B: Urbaez, Francisco 1
HR: Montes, Joe 1 ; Hartigan, Mitchell 1
RBI: Rivera, Eric 1 ; Summerall, Andru 2 ; Montes, Joe 3 ; Urbaez, Francisco 2 ; Hartigan, Mitchell 2 ; Alvarez, Wilfredo 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rivera, Eric 2 ; Summerall, Andru 2 ; Montes, Joe 1 ; Urbaez, Francisco 1 ; Hartigan, Mitchell 1 ; Nizza, Richie 1 ; Toney, Nicholas 1 ; Alvarez, Wilfredo 2
HBP: Rivera, Eric 1 ; Summerall, Andru 1 ; Urbaez, Francisco 1

Batting:
2B: Cannon, Jordan 1 ; Davila, Diego 1 ; Rogers, Jack 1
3B: Cannon, Jordan 1 ; Cowser, Colton 1
RBI: Cannon, Jordan 3 ; Cowser, Colton 2 ; Davila, Diego 1 ; Hearn, Hunter 1 ; Harp, Clayton 1 ; Johnson, Gavin 1 ; Rogers, Jack 1 ; Loftin, Jackson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cannon, Jordan 2 ; Cowser, Colton 2 ; Davila, Diego 1 ; Harp, Clayton 2 ; Johnson, Gavin 1 ; Rogers, Jack 1 ; Loftin, Jackson 1 ; McKnight, Riley 2
SB: Cannon, Jordan 2 ; Harp, Clayton 1
CS: Davila, Diego 1
PO: Odom, Mac 1

















