Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Friday, May 10
Houston, Texas
7:30 p.m.
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Rice
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Photo by: Keira Arimenta
Owls Fall to Rice in Bottom of the Ninth
5/10/2024 11:18:00 PM | Baseball
HOUSTON, Texas – Florida Atlantic baseball dropped the series opener 5-4 to Rice on Friday night in Houston.
Schedule Update: FAU and Rice will play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 3 p.m. (EST). Game two will start 50 minutes after game one ends.
Rice loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth with a single, a double, and an intentional walk. With one out, a line drive to short was not fielded cleanly by Brando Leroux. The FAU shortstop flipped it to second but the Owls could not turn the double play as the winning run crossed home plate.
"Everybody will look at the ninth inning, but we missed opportunities to score a few more in the first inning. We had another chance later in the game and offensively we just weren't good. We didn't get it done."
Schedule Update: FAU and Rice will play a doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 3 p.m. (EST). Game two will start 50 minutes after game one ends.
THE BEGINNING
Florida Atlantic jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first. An infield single, a hit by pitch, and a base hit up the middle loaded the bases for Christian Adams who drew a walk. A wild pitch brought in another run. Rice took a 3-2 lead on two home runs in the second and tacked on another to make it 4-2 in the third. THE TURNING POINT/THE FINISH
An RBI double by John Schroeder in the fifth brought FAU back within a run. It would stay 4-3 until the top of the ninth when Jake Millan led off with a game-tying solo home run.Rice loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth with a single, a double, and an intentional walk. With one out, a line drive to short was not fielded cleanly by Brando Leroux. The FAU shortstop flipped it to second but the Owls could not turn the double play as the winning run crossed home plate.
QUOTABLE
Head coach John McCormack"Everybody will look at the ninth inning, but we missed opportunities to score a few more in the first inning. We had another chance later in the game and offensively we just weren't good. We didn't get it done."
THE BATS
- Schroeder doubled and singled and finished 2-for-4.
- Millan entered as a replacement for an injured Spencer Rich and scored the Owls' third run in addition to his home run.
THE ARMS
- C.J. William settled in after a rocky third inning and completed six full with four strikeouts and two walks.
- Sam Drumheller held Rice scoreless in the seventh and eighth.
- Steven Andrews pitched the ninth inning and absorbed the loss.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Davion Hickson (3-0)
L: Andrews, Steven (4-2)
Batting:
2B: Schroeder, John 1
HR: Millan, Jake 1
RBI: Schroeder, John 1 ; Adams, Christian 1 ; Millan, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DeBose, Jalen 1 ; Frank, Daulton 1 ; Millan, Jake 2
CS: DeBose, Jalen 1
HBP: DeBose, Jalen 1 ; Frank, Daulton 1
Batting:
2B: Jacob Devenny 1 ; Ben Dukes 1 ; Pierce Gallo 1
HR: Pierce Gallo 1 ; Manny Garza 1
RBI: Treyton Rank 1 ; Kyte McDonald 1 ; Pierce Gallo 2 ; Manny Garza 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jacob Devenny 1 ; Nathan Becker 1 ; Pierce Gallo 1 ; Manny Garza 1 ; Max Johnson 1
HBP: Kyte McDonald 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
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H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
lf/cf
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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