Baseball Edged Out in Middle Matchup with Huskies

Saturday, March 7

Boca Raton, Fla.

4:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

9-5

Northeastern

8-5

Northeastern

Florida Atlantic

Photo by: JC Ridley/Owlpix.com

3/7/2020 7:45:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University baseball team's series with Northeastern evened up on Saturday as the Owls dropped a 10-7 decision to the Huskies. Sunday's rubber matchup will determine the series winner.

Quotable

Head Coach John McCormack:
"Credit to Northeastern, I thought they played really well. We've certainly got to pitch better, we weren't able to get out of innings. Offensively, we hit a few home runs, which is great, but other than that, the offense didn't do much. We weren't on base a lot, we weren't making them make plays."

Full Opening Statement from Coach Mac

The Turning Point
The Owls (9-5) had a 4-1 lead heading into the fourth, but Northeastern (8-5) scored six unanswered runs in their next three at-bats for a lead they wouldn't relinquish. The big hit was a two-out bases-clearing double in the sixth to snap a 4-4 tie.

The Finish
Nicholas Toney's second two-run home run of the night, in the sixth, cut it the deficit to 7-6, but the Huskies immediately got both of those runs back in the top of the seventh. Another Owl homer, by Jackson Wenstrom to straightaway centerfield, led off the seventh, but that would be the last FAU run of the night. NU added a ninth-inning run and recorded a 1-2-3 bottom half to save the win.

The Arms

Corey Ireson started and pitched into the fifth, but left when the first two runners got on
Taking the loss was Adrien Reese (2-2)
Michael Schuler came on to face a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the ninth, but struck out the only two batters he faced to leave all three inherited runners on

The Bats

Toney recorded the first two-home run game of his career and now has three on the season. His four RBI is a new career high
Wenstrom's home run was his second of the season. He scored twice as well
Francisco Urbaez had two singles and scored a run
Andru Summerall knocked in two runs with a single in the second

What's Next

The rubber match Sunday begins at noon. FAU will send Dante Visconti to the mound to face off against Sebastian Keane of the Huskies.