FAU baseball incurred its first conference loss of the season in a doubleheader split at UAB on Friday.
The Owls dropped the opener 6-2 before rebounding with a 6-3 victory in the nightcap.
The teams elected to play two games on Saturday because bad weather is expected on Saturday.
In his best outing as a Owl, Alex House tossed FAU’s first complete game of the season, striking out 10 to improve to 3-1. He allowed three runs on four hits.
Eric Rivera’s two-run double highlighted a five-run FAU second inning in the nightcap that gave the Owls enough runs to win. Austin Langham added a two-run single in the frame.
FAU fell behind 5-0 in the first game and couldn’t recover.
GameBroswer: UAB 6, FAU 2; FAU 6, UAB 3
Moving forward: Stephen Kerr followed a 3-for-3 first game by going 1-for-3 in the second game, drawing three walks between the two. …Andrew Jones walked one but didn’t allow a run in one inning of relief.
Sliding Backward: Marc Stewart surrendered five runs, four earned, in 4 2/3 innings in the first game. He hasn’t been anything special since moving to the Friday starter last week. …David Miranda went 0-for-8 over the two games.
Key Stat: 16 – runners left on base by FAU on Friday.
Up Next: The third game between FAU and UAB has been moved forward to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Poor weather is expected this weekend.
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