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Baseball
vs. Notre Dame
Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Friday, March 24
Boca Raton, Fla.
6:30 p.m.
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13-10, 0
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Pendleton's Big Night Leads Owls Past Middle Tenn.
3/24/2023 11:29:00 PM | Baseball
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic baseball earned its first C-USA victory of the season with a 13-5 win over Middle Tennessee on Friday night. Caleb Pendleton homered twice and drove in seven runs to lead the offense.
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FAU added on with one in the third when Nolan Schanuel stole third and scored on a wild throw by the MT catcher. Middle Tenn. Scored two runs in the fifth inning to trim a 7-3 FAU advantage to 7-5.
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The junior catcher launched a 1-2 curveball into the night sky, over the MT bullpen for the third grand slam of his career. That broke the game open and put the Owls up 12-5. An RBI single by Ross in the eighth would complete the scoring for the night.
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THE BEGINNING
The teams traded three-run homers in the first inning. After the Blue Raiders tagged Hunter Cooley in top of the frame, Pendleton gave the Owls a 4-3 lead with a line drive over the left-center field wall in the bottom half.FAU added on with one in the third when Nolan Schanuel stole third and scored on a wild throw by the MT catcher. Middle Tenn. Scored two runs in the fifth inning to trim a 7-3 FAU advantage to 7-5.
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THE TURNING POINT
In the bottom of the seventh, the Owls got back-to-back singles to start the inning from Armando Albert and Mitchell Hartigan. After Schanuel moved the runners over with a ground ball to the right side, Jackson Ross was intentionally walked. What looked to be a ground ball double play off the bat of Dylan Goldstein was booted by the MT shortstop. One run scored and the bases remained loaded for Pendleton.The junior catcher launched a 1-2 curveball into the night sky, over the MT bullpen for the third grand slam of his career. That broke the game open and put the Owls up 12-5. An RBI single by Ross in the eighth would complete the scoring for the night.
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THE FINISH
Tyler Murphy allowed two hits in the ninth inning but stranded both runners to close out a series opening victory.Â
PLAY OF THE GAME
Have a night @calebpendleton9! GRAND SLAM busts this one open in the 7th! Guy has 7 RBIs tonight!
— FAU Baseball (@FAUBaseball) March 25, 2023
E7 I FAU 12, MT 5 pic.twitter.com/6PmpHcpi9e
THE ARMS
- Cooley completed five innings with five runs and 10 hits allowed. He improved to 3-3 on the season.
- Robert Wegielnik found himself in a bases loaded jam in the sixth but worked out of it by striking out the side
- Sam Drumheller needed just five pitches to get through the seventh though he did take a line drive off the pitching arm. He stayed in the game and retired the side in order.
- Braden Ostrander struck out the side in the eighth.
- Murphy K'd two in the ninth.
THE BATS
- Pendleton finished 2-for-5 with two home runs and seven RBI. He had a second chance with the bases loaded in the eighth but flew out to the track in left.
- Albert was 4-for-5 with four singles and two runs scored.
- Schanuel was held without a hit but walked twice and stole two bases. He's now reached base in 19 straight games.
- Jalen DeBose singled twice and scored two runs.
QUOTABLE
Postgame with @FAUCoachMac #WinningInParadise pic.twitter.com/C45lXiNAUX
— FAU Baseball (@FAUBaseball) March 25, 2023
Postgame with @CalebPendleton9 after a 2 HR, 7 RBI night! #WinningInParadise pic.twitter.com/DnzuAxISkG
— FAU Baseball (@FAUBaseball) March 25, 2023
WHAT'S NEXT
The Owls and Blue Raiders go again in game two at 4 p.m. on Saturday.Â
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cooley, Hunter (3-3)
L: JOHNSON, Patrick (1-1)
Batting:
2B: BOYD, Jeremiah 1 ; JENNINGS, Gabe 1
HR: RUTTER, Briggs 1
RBI: BOYD, Jeremiah 1 ; RUTTER, Briggs 3 ; GALLOWAY, Jackson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: AVROS, Gino 1 ; COKER, Brett 2 ; BOYD, Jeremiah 1 ; RUTTER, Briggs 1
CS: COKER, Brett 1
HBP: COKER, Brett 1 ; VINSON, Luke 1
Batting:
HR: Pendleton, Caleb 2
RBI: Albert, Armando 1 ; Ross, Jackson 2 ; Pendleton, Caleb 7
SF: Ross, Jackson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Albert, Armando 2 ; Hartigan, Mitchell 1 ; Schanuel, Nolan 2 ; Ross, Jackson 1 ; Goldstein, Dylan 2 ; Pendleton, Caleb 2 ; Frank, Daulton 1 ; DeBose, Jalen 2
SB: Schanuel, Nolan 2
HBP: Goldstein, Dylan 1 ; Frank, Daulton 1
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