Owls and Hurricanes Square Off for First Matchup of 2023

BOCA RATON, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University baseball will meet No. 22 Miami on Tuesday in a matchup of two of the hottest teams in the state. This will be the first of four showdowns between the two south Florida neighbors in 2023.

THEME

RED OUT 🔴 Fans are encouraged to wear red and be loud.

OWLS IN REVIEW

After falling 5-1 to USF on Friday night, the Owls bounced back with a dramatic 8-7 extra-inning victory on Saturday. Dom Presto's squeeze bunt with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th scored Jackson Ross for the walk-off win. Sunday was another thriller as the Owls and Bulls went down to the wire for the series win. Ultimately, the FAU bullpen stood tall holding USF to two runs in the final 5.2 innings. C.J. Williams worked out of a jam in the top of the ninth to earn his first career save in the 8-6 victory.

WHO'S HOT

Jackson Ross hit his team-leading fourth home run of the season on Sunday. His .393 average is also tops. Ross is second with 10 RBI.
John Schroeder also homered on Sunday and finished the series 5-for-11 with five RBI.
Nolan Schanuel started to heat up on Saturday and Sunday with back-to-back multi-hit games. The Preseason C-USA Player of the Year is hitting .370.
On the pitching side, the question is who isn't hot? Through seven games, the FAU bullpen has combined to allow just six earned runs in 34 innings.
Evan Waterbor will make the start for the Owls on Tuesday. The senior allowed one run in four innings in his first career start against UCF last week.

THE OPPONENT

Miami is ranked 22nd in the country according to D1Baseball.com but the Hurricanes' early season results have been even better than the ranking suggests. UM is 7-1 and coming off a sweep of Dartmouth. Miami's only loss so far came in the season opener to Penn State.

Yohandy Morales remains the centerpiece of the Canes' offense after belting 18 HRs with 59 RBI in 2022. Through eight games this season, Morales is hitting .400 with three home runs and 11 RBI. Freshman Blake Cyr has also made a quick impact with a team-leading 13 RBI and a .455 average.

The Hurricanes will go with righty Ben Chestnutt on the mound on Tuesday. The junior will be making his second start of the season and third appearance. Last Wednesday against Indiana St., Chestnutt went five innings and allowed one run in a 9-3 victory.

OPPONENT HISTORY

The Hurricanes swept the season series from the Owls in 2022 for the first time since 2017. The two sides have been relatively even dating back to 2018 with UM holding a slight 7-6 edge in the last 13 matchups.

UPCOMING

The Owls will welcome UCONN to town on Friday for the first of a three-game series.

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TICKETS

Single game tickets for Tuesday can be purchased at the following link: https://am.ticketmaster.com/fau/ism/QkIyM0dNMDc=.

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Dom Presto

Jackson Ross

Nolan Schanuel

John Schroeder

Evan Waterbor

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