http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-basebl...18aaa.html

from FAU link above:
The Friday night matchup, beginning at 6:30 p.m (eastern time)., features two of the top aces in C-USA. The Owls will start Jake Miednik (4-1, 1.95 ERA), tied for the league lead in wins, and ranking sixth in ERA and third in strikeouts with 41, against USM’s Nick Sandlin (3-0, 1.32), fourth in wins, fourth in ERA, and first with 55 strikeouts. Sandlin was voted Preseason C-USA Pitcher of the Year, coming off a year in which he was the Golden Eagles’ closer. Sophomore Matt Wallner was named Preseason C-USA Player of the Year, but ironically now is the team’s closer in addition to batting .313 with three home runs and 15 RBI.

Here are the probable starting matchups for the three-game set: **all times listed are eastern as this is their game preview**

Friday, 6:30 p.m.: Owls – Senior LHP Miednik vs. Golden Eagles – Junior RHP Sandlin
Saturday, 4 p.m.: Owls – Senior RHP Mark Nowatnick (1-1, 3.18 ERA in eight relief appearances) vs. Golden Eagles – Junior LHP Stevie Powers (2-0, 3.38 ERA)
Sunday, 12 p.m.: Owls – Junior RHP Vince Coletti (1-1, 2.05 ERA) vs. Golden Eagles – Sophomore RHP Walker Powell (1-1, 3.50 ERA)

Need to get 2 out if 3 there.

Going to be a tough series. FAU has a good staff.

Def need 2/3 this weekend. At face, it seems a little scary and tough. Fau is #11 rpi with a good record. But look a little deeper and its not so bad. Rpi doesn't mean **** right now. All sorts of teams have inflated rpis and vice versa at this point. Secondly, take a look at their competiton sor far. They have only beaten two teams with a winning record. They lost 3/4 to oregon and won 3/3 to delaware. Nothing impressive about that. Heck, everyone else they played has a losing record (minus the FL game).

This is a very big series, but we should beat their unproven asses from what ive seen of our team so far. Of course, we shoulda swept tn-martin and won our regional last year, just like VA shoulda beat the #16 seed team in basketball last week. So we will see how it goes.

http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-basebl...mcume.html

tale of the tape....USM stats followed by FAU stats

Record: 15-4 (2-0 in CUSA) to 16-5 (2-1)

Batting:
Avg: .303 to .257
Hits: 204 to 180
Runs: 170 (8.9 per game) to 126 (6 per game)
HR: 19 to 20
SB: 18-24 to 9-12
K/BB/HBP: 161/103/27 to 154/80/24
Sac bunts: 9 to 5

Pitching:
ERA: 3.39 to 3.05
Hits: 157 to 154
Runs: 78 (4.1 per game) to 73 (3.5 per game)
HR: 11 to 6
SB: 14-20 to 17-27
K/BB/HBP: 184/54/18 to 196/57/17
Errors: 19 to 21

Top hitters:
Pages: .329, 14 R, 1 HR, 15 RBI, 0-0 SB
Frank: .319, 19 R, 4 HR, 7 RBI, 1-2 SB
Rivera: .313, 15 R, 2 HR, 21 RBI, 3-3 SB
Montes: .302, 12 R, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 0-1 SB
Wilson: .234, 14 R, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 3-3 SB (not a great avg but tied for 2nd in HR and tied for 1st in SB on team)

Pitching: see above post about starters
Relief pitching they have Schneider who has 1 win and 7 saves in 8 appearances. He's gone 8.1 innings with a 0.00 ERA (no unearned runs either), allowed 3 hits, 3 K, and 5 BB while allowing a .111 batting avg.

(03-23-2018 09:27 AM)usm99 Wrote:  http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-basebl...mcume.html

tale of the tape....USM stats followed by FAU stats

Record: 15-4 (2-0 in CUSA) to 16-5 (2-1)

Batting:
Avg: .303 to .257
Hits: 204 to 180
Runs: 170 (8.9 per game) to 126 (6 per game)
HR: 19 to 20
SB: 18-24 to 9-12
K/BB/HBP: 161/103/27 to 154/80/24
Sac bunts: 9 to 5

Pitching:
ERA: 3.39 to 3.05
Hits: 157 to 154
Runs: 78 (4.1 per game) to 73 (3.5 per game)
HR: 11 to 6
SB: 14-20 to 17-27
K/BB/HBP: 184/54/18 to 196/57/17
Errors: 19 to 21

Top hitters:
Pages: .329, 14 R, 1 HR, 15 RBI, 0-0 SB
Frank: .319, 19 R, 4 HR, 7 RBI, 1-2 SB
Rivera: .313, 15 R, 2 HR, 21 RBI, 3-3 SB
Montes: .302, 12 R, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 0-1 SB
Wilson: .234, 14 R, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 3-3 SB (not a great avg but tied for 2nd in HR and tied for 1st in SB on team)

Pitching: see above post about starters
Relief pitching they have Schneider who has 1 win and 7 saves in 8 appearances. He's gone 8.1 innings with a 0.00 ERA (no unearned runs either), allowed 3 hits, 3 K, and 5 BB while allowing a .111 batting avg.

the bold is my main concern.....game 1 should be a good one unless our bats get hot early/mid (fingers always crossed in hope).....

two pretty dayum good starting pitchers we'll see tonight....

(03-23-2018 10:01 AM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(03-23-2018 09:27 AM)usm99 Wrote:  http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-basebl...mcume.html

tale of the tape....USM stats followed by FAU stats

Record: 15-4 (2-0 in CUSA) to 16-5 (2-1)

Batting:
Avg: .303 to .257
Hits: 204 to 180
Runs: 170 (8.9 per game) to 126 (6 per game)
HR: 19 to 20
SB: 18-24 to 9-12
K/BB/HBP: 161/103/27 to 154/80/24
Sac bunts: 9 to 5

Pitching:
ERA: 3.39 to 3.05
Hits: 157 to 154
Runs: 78 (4.1 per game) to 73 (3.5 per game)
HR: 11 to 6
SB: 14-20 to 17-27
K/BB/HBP: 184/54/18 to 196/57/17
Errors: 19 to 21

Top hitters:
Pages: .329, 14 R, 1 HR, 15 RBI, 0-0 SB
Frank: .319, 19 R, 4 HR, 7 RBI, 1-2 SB
Rivera: .313, 15 R, 2 HR, 21 RBI, 3-3 SB
Montes: .302, 12 R, 1 HR, 13 RBI, 0-1 SB
Wilson: .234, 14 R, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 3-3 SB (not a great avg but tied for 2nd in HR and tied for 1st in SB on team)

Pitching: see above post about starters
Relief pitching they have Schneider who has 1 win and 7 saves in 8 appearances. He's gone 8.1 innings with a 0.00 ERA (no unearned runs either), allowed 3 hits, 3 K, and 5 BB while allowing a .111 batting avg.

the bold is my main concern.....game 1 should be a good one unless our bats get hot early/mid (fingers always crossed in hope).....

two pretty dayum good starting pitchers we'll see tonight....

Those are def good numbers from their closer. Ill only be concerned if we see him. We will likely only see him if we are losing come the 8th or 9th inning. Hopefully we will be ahead and won't have to face him. Their staff hasnt faced a team (in a series) that hits as good as ours, so i like our chances.

3 strikeouts in 8+ innings from a stopper? Meh. He’s no Cameron Ragsdale (2016 Ragsdale, not 2017).

link to fau's board and i've got it directly set to go straight to our game thread.....love the fact they have our old logo and refer to us as SMU (this is their fan's board and not their official school website)

http://www.fauowlsnest.com/forum/topicvi...ead-16.htm

(03-23-2018 01:42 PM)usm99 Wrote:  link to fau's board and i've got it directly set to go straight to our game thread.....love the fact they have our old logo and refer to us as SMU (this is their fan's board and not their official school website)

http://www.fauowlsnest.com/forum/topicvi...ead-16.htm

So their usual Saturday guy is out. Marman had a 1.45 ERA/1.00 WHIP. 4/46 BB/K ratio in 31 innings.

Couple blurbs on the game from national media:

http://www.fausports.com/sports/m-basebl...mcume.html

Battle of the Birds of Prey in Boca Raton. If you look solely at the RPI rankings, then this is a series between the No. 46 Eagles and the No. 11 Owls. USM made national headlines by sweeping Mississippi State on opening weekend and is also now in the midst of a seven-game win streak heading into the second week of Conference USA play. The Owls are coming off a scintillating comeback win at Miami on Wednesday night, capped by a ninth-inning grand slam by Eric Rivera.


https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/...-and-more/

Southern Miss last year dominated Conference USA, going 25-5 and winning the league by six games over Old Dominion and seven over FAU. ODU was the lone team last year to win a conference series against Southern Miss. The Golden Eagles swept the Owls in Hattiesburg last year and if FAU is to this year challenge Southern Miss for the league title, it must make a statement this weekend at home, where it is 12-0 this season.

Nick Sandlin’s move to the rotation was made possible in part by Matt Wallner’s return to the mound after a hip injury kept him from pitching down the stretch last season. The sophomore two-way star has been excellent on the mound this season, going 1-0, 1.59 with three saves in four appearnaces this year, but the Golden Eagles still have to find a way to get him the ball in close games. Southern Miss hasn’t played many of those this season, but middle relief is not the team’s strength. Junior righthander J.C. Keys stepped up to throw 3.1 important innings last Saturday in a 4-3 victory against Texas-San Antonio, an encouraging sign after a slow start to the season. The Golden Eagles will likely need more performances like that throughout the season.

FAU has won eight of its last nine games since it lost a series at Oregon and its offense has been impressive during that run. The Owls are averaging 9.33 runs per game over the last nine games and have scored double-digit runs seven times. FAU’s hot bats will be tested this weekend, but they could turn the series into a slugfest.

3 of the 5 D1 guys picked us to the win the series.

https://d1baseball.com/analysis/d1baseba...eek-six-3/

First pitch from Boca Raton is at 5:30.

Lineup:

1) Montenegro - LF
2) Guidry - 2B
3) Reynolds - 3B
4) Wallner - CF
5) Slater - 1B
6) Keating - DH
7) Donaldson - C
8) Irby - RF
9) Boyd - SS

Sandlin pitching.

Video: http://edge.sidearmstreaming.com/fau_1/playlist.m3u8
Audio: https://tunein.com/radio/Southern-Miss-I...k-s230329/
Stats: http://www.southernmiss.com/gametracker/...rtschool=&

FAU is starting 4 lefties in their lineup tonight.

RH bats vs Sandlin: .099/.115/.099 (55% of batters K’d)
LH bats vs Sandlin: .341/.357/.463 (17% of batters K’d)

Frank just murked that ball. 1-0 FAU B1. He's the new CJ Chatham.

I have Sandlin throwing 26 pitches that inning.

Sidenote, I gotta add "[insert team] is [insert number] in the stolen base department" to the Cox bingo sheet.

1-1 B4. Reynolds HR ties it.

Unofficial pitch counts after 4

Sandlin: 64
Miednik: 57

Good to see LeeBo with a HR. Hopefully that gets him on a good streak

2-1 USM B5. Boyd HR.

all I know is it's 2 solo shots to 1 solo shot.....good guys are up 2-1 going into b5....

with Sandlin's delivery, he can toss 110 w/o a problem....the only question do they pick it up or does he start to miss the mark....

what did he toss there....about 9 pitches.....

pitch count......lmao....

hell, I remember when there were a few that thought he was feeble last year......

lmao...

that guy can move a baseball as is crosses the plate....