Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Florida Atlantic
32-18
Sam Houston State
27-19
Baseball Edged Out By SHSU, 12-11
5/7/2019 11:43:00 PM | Baseball
"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."
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.
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.
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
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
