| Florida Atlantic at UCF at John Euliano Park |
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Florida Atlantic University baseball team (16-9) will travel to Orlando on Tuesday night for a showdown with the UCF Knights. The Owls are coming off a series win over UTSA over the weekend and will be looking for their third straight victory.
The Owls recovered from a Friday night loss against UTSA to win the next two matchups and take the series. On Saturday,
Armando Albert and
Steven Loden combined to go 7-for-8 at the plate with eight RBI in a 12-8 victory. The offense came up big again on Sunday with four home runs.
Dylan Goldstein finished 3-for-4 with one of those home runs and four RBI.
Jacob Josey came out of the bullpen and tossed six innings with just one run allowed as the Owls claimed an 8-4 win.
UCF is 14-10 and coming off an 11-1 win over Samford on Sunday. The Knights had lost three straight prior to Sunday. They have wins over then-No. 2 Ole Miss as well as Miami.
The Knights are led offensively by redshirt junior Gephry Pena with a .330 average. Tom Josten (19 RBI) and Alex Freeland (18 RBI) are the other primary run producers.
William Saxton is expected to start on the mound but may be limited after going 5.2 innings against Samford on Friday. He allowed four hits and one run in his third start of the season.
FAU –
Brock Helverson (RHP) (0-0, 6.75 ERA) vs. UCF -- William Saxton (LHP) (1-0, 1.29 ERA)
This will be the 87th meeting all-time between FAU and UCF. The Knights hold a 46-38 advantage. The two sides met four times in 2021 with the Owls winning the first two and UCF taking the last two. They will play again next Tuesday in Boca Raton.
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The Owls will continue a four-game road trip with a weekend C-USA series against Rice.
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