BOCA RATON, Fla.  – Florida Atlantic baseball will take a seven-game winning streak into Tuesday's home matchup versus Miami at the FAU Baseball Stadium. The first pitch between the Owls (17-3) and the Hurricanes (12-9) is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. on ESPN+.
Before Tuesday's game, there will be two ceremonial first pitches: first from Flagler Credit Union's Kirk De Souza and then by new Florida Atlantic University President Adam Hasner. The ceremonial first pitches will take place at 6:25 p.m.Â
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- The Owls are coming off a weekend sweep of Bradley.
- Tuesday will be the sixth game in a season-long nine-game homestand.
- John Schroeder was named AAC Player of the Week on Monday.
- Schroeder was 10-for-20 with two home runs and 11 RBI in five games last week.
- John Martinez finished the five-game week 12-for-22 with five doubles, a triple, and nine RBI.
- Jake Duer leads the Owls with 19 RBI. He is second in Division I with 39 hits.
- Duer and Marshall Lipsey are each riding 18-game streaks of reaching base.
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- Miami was swept by Wake Forest over the weekend in ACC play after dropping a midweek matchup against UCF last Tuesday.
- Bobby Marsh leads UM with five home runs and 28 RBI.
- Jake Ogden is hitting .378 and leads the Hurricanes with 31 hits.
- Tuesday's projected starter, Reece Lumpkin, pitched 2.1 scoreless innings against the Owls on February 18.
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- The home team has won the last 10 matchups between Florida Atlantic and Miami.
- FAU and UM will meet for a third and final time this season on April 15 in Coral Gables.
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The Owls will start AAC play on Friday, Mar. 21 against Rice. Friday's first pitch at the FAU Baseball Stadium is set for 6:35 p.m. on ESPN+.
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