FAU Owls baseball team wins third straight in Sun Belt play
March 30, 2010 · 0 Comments
LAFAYETTE, LA – The Florida Atlantic baseball team continues to roll along in conference play. The Owls won a tightly contested game March 28, 4-3 over Louisiana to earn the series victory 2-1. FAU has now won three straight conference series to open Sun Belt play.
Trailing 1-0 in the second inning, the Owls (15-8, 6-3) responded to take an early lead. Eddie Cassidy ripped a single to left field to plate Dan Scheffler and tie the game at 1-1. Two batters later, Anthony Mesa hit a sacrifice fly to center which chased home Colby Gratton and gave FAU a 2-1 lead.
Scheffler added to the lead in the third when the junior connected on his sixth home run of the season. It was a solo shot which put the Owls in front 3-1.
Mike Albaladejo tacked on another run in the sixth with a clean RBI single that scored Colby Gratton and gave FAU a 4-2 lead. Albaladejo finished the day 2-for-4 with two singles and an RBI.
Kevin Alexander (3-2) pitched well for the second straight outing and earned the victory. The right-hander lasted six innings and gave up two runs off eight hits with no strikeouts and one walk.
After the bullpen surrendered a run in the eighth to make it 4-3, Andy Mee slammed the door again. The junior worked a perfect ninth and earned his fourth save of the season.
