Owls Denied a Sweep in Finale with Charlotte

Sunday, May 7

Charlotte, N.C.

1 p.m.

Florida Atlantic

28-20, 12-12

Charlotte

24-23, 13-10

Florida Atlantic

Charlotte

5/7/2023 4:52:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Florida Atlantic baseball dropped the series finale 12-4 against Charlotte on Sunday afternoon, ending a five-game winning streak.

THE BEGINNING

The Owls scored first for the first time in the series though they did it without a hit in the opening inning. Two walks, a wild pitch, and an RBI groundout by Dylan Goldstein made it 1-0.

THE TURNING POINT

Charlotte came back with five runs in the second, all of which scored with two outs. A grand slam off the bat of Jake Cunningham was the crushing blow. After two more runs in third and four in the fifth, the Owls hopes of a sweep were dashed.

THE FINISH

Andrew Hernandez homered in the eighth (his first as an Owl) and Spencer Rich blasted a solo shot in the ninth but that's where the Owls' comeback chances ended.

THE ARMS

10 of Charlotte's 12 runs were scored with two outs.
The Owls used six pitchers, but none pitched more than two innings.
After recording the first five outs of the game with no issue, Nicholas Del Prado was charged with six runs in two innings.
Evan Waterbor followed with two-thirds of an inning and one run against.
Hunter Cooley recorded the last out of the third and eventually pitched into the fifth. He conceded four runs on five hits.
Brandon Smith pitched a clean sixth and sixth inning before turning it over to Dawson Ball.
Ball and Braden Ostrander finished off the last two inning.

THE BATS

The Owls' offense finished with five hits, two of which came from Armando Albert.
Nolan Schanuel walked twice to extend his reached-base steak to 42 games.

WHAT'S NEXT

The Owls visit Fort Myers on Tuesday for the third of four in the season series against Florida Gulf Coast.

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