Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Florida Atlantic
10-9
Miami
10-7
Early Hole Sinks Owls
3/23/2021 10:43:00 PM | Baseball
"Not a good night for the Owls. Dug a hole, tried to get out of it, the hole was too deep. We've just got to be better. We didn't pitch well (early) … and we compounded it by making some errors. We did climb back into the game a little bit, made (Miami) think about it. It's the same thing, giving up big innings, we don't make the pitch and then we don't make the play."
The Beginning / The Turning Point
An FAU (10-9) error in the first extended the inning, and led to a Miami (10-7) grand slam. Then the Hurricanes scored eight more in the second.
The Finish
The Owls scored eight of the game's next 10 runs, including two home runs in the third (Nolan Schanuel's team-leading fifth, a solo shot, and a three-run homer by Nicholas Toney). The FAU bullpen recovered well, as from the third through the ninth, six relievers gave up just two solo UM home runs. But the bats were held scoreless for three straight frames, and a ninth inning sac fly by Schanuel ended the scoring as the rally fell short.
The Arms
- TJ Stuart (0-3) took the loss
- Jackson Spiller started the successful reliever run, getting out of the second with three straight outs, two by strikeout. He allowed just one run, in the third
- In his first appearance of the year, Brycen Allen also gave up just one run, retiring six of the eight batters he faced
- Four more Owls each threw a scoreless frame: Brock Helverson, striking out the side in the sixth; Dylan O'Connell, doing the same in the seventh; Braden Ostrander, stranding two in the eighth; and Thomas Haggerty, facing the minimum in the ninth
- Four Owl hitters had two hits apiece: Schanuel (a double and the home run), Toney (a single and his third homer this year), Wilfredo Alvarez, and Caleb Pendleton
- Schanuel, Bobby Morgensen, Mitchell Hartigan and Toney all scored twice
- Toney had three RBI; Schanuel and B.J. Murray each plated two
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jake Garland (3-1)
L: Stuart, TJ (0-3)
S: Jordan Dubberly (1)
Batting:
2B: C. Del Castillo 1 ; Alex Toral 1 ; Raymond Gil 2
HR: Anthony Vilar 1 ; Alex Toral 1 ; Gabe Rivera 1
RBI: Jordan Lala 1 ; Anthony Vilar 1 ; Adrian Del Castillo 1 ; Alex Toral 6 ; Raymond Gil 1 ; Gabe Rivera 2
SF: Gabe Rivera 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jordan Lala 2 ; Anthony Vilar 2 ; Yohandy Morales 1 ; Adrian Del Castillo 2 ; C. Del Castillo 2 ; Alex Toral 2 ; Gabe Rivera 2 ; Dominic Pitelli 1
HBP: Gabe Rivera 1 ; Dominic Pitelli 1
Batting:
2B: Schanuel, Nolan 1 ; Hartigan, Mitchell 1 ; Murray, B.J. 1
HR: Schanuel, Nolan 1 ; Toney, Nicholas 1
RBI: Schanuel, Nolan 2 ; Hartigan, Mitchell 1 ; Toney, Nicholas 3 ; Murray, B.J. 2 ; Wenstrom, Jackson 1
SF: Schanuel, Nolan 1 ; Wenstrom, Jackson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Alvarez, Wilfredo 1 ; Schanuel, Nolan 2 ; Morgensen, Bobby 2 ; Hartigan, Mitchell 2 ; Toney, Nicholas 2
HBP: Hartigan, Mitchell 1 ; Toney, Nicholas 1
