Baseball Outduels Northeastern, 4-2

Friday, March 6

Boca Raton, Fla.

6:30 PM

Florida Atlantic

9-4

Northeastern

7-5

Northeastern

Florida Atlantic

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

3/6/2020 9:24:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Jacob Josey and Mitchell Hartigan combined to scatter eight Northeastern hits, as the Florida Atlantic University baseball team defeated the Huskies in the Friday night series opener between the two teams, 4-2 at FAU Baseball Stadium.

Quotable

Head Coach John McCormack:
"Jacob (Josey) got in trouble there in the third, and was able to minimize the damage to two runs, which was fantastic. And then we answered right back with the three-spot. Charlie Concannon, who has kind of been on the shelf, jumps in with the two-out … two-run single to get us going … Jacob really settled down and did great, and I thought Mitch (Hartigan) pitched well for not having a bunch of innings so far this year. It was a really good win."

Full Opening Statement from Coach Mac

The Turning Point
Northeastern (7-5) scored twice in the third, but as McCormack alluded to, could have had more before Josey induced a groundout to strand the bases loaded. In the FAU (9-4) fourth, Bobby Morgensen led off with a single, and Andru Summerall was hit by a pitch. A throwing error loaded the bases, but a fielder's choice erased the lead runner and put two outs on the board. Charlie Concannon stepped up and deposited a single to center to tie it, with the go-ahead run scoring on a bases-loaded walk of Francisco Urbaez.

The Finish
Excluding the third inning, Josey allowed just two other hits, and stranded two with a fielder's choice on his 100th pitch of the night to end the seventh. The Owls added a fourth run on a wild pitch in the eighth, sandwiched in between two scoreless innings by Hartigan for his second save of the year.

The Arms

Josey (1-1) matched his career-long stint of seven innings, striking out a career-high seven
Hartigan punched out three more Huskies, leaving two on in the ninth with a three-pitch strikeout of NU's three-hole hitte

The Bats

Concannon's first hit as an Owl collected the grad transfer his first two FAU RBI as well
Bobby Morgensen had three singles in four at-bats
Andru Summerall scored twice
In addition to his pitching line, Hartigan had a two-out single to extend the run-scoring eighth, while scoring a run in the third

What's Next

The Owls and Huskies' middle matchup of three takes place Saturday at 4 p.m., with the starting pitching matchup of Corey Ireson versus Sam Jacobsak.