Baseball comes up short in semifinalsBaseball comes up short in semifinals
Jeff Huehn
Baseball

Baseball comes up short in semifinals

BILOXI, Miss. –Florida Atlantic scored in five of the nine innings, including in each of the first four and defeating UTSA 11-4 in the semifinals of The First 2019 Conference USA Championship presented by Air Force Reserve Saturday at MGM Park.
 
Trailing 8-0 in the bottom of the third, the Roadrunners (28-30) rallied for four but that is all they could muster against the Owls (40-18).
 
Ryan Stacy doubled home Jonathan Tapia for the first UTSA runs of the game. Bryan Sturges grounded out but plated Bryan Arias from third. Dylan Rock followed with a two-out double, scoring Stacy.
 
Joe Montes homered for the second time in the game in the next inning, extending FAU's lead to 9-4 but both pitching staffs settled in and posted zeros until the Owls tacked on two in the ninth.
 
Stacy, Rock, Paxton, Tapia and Grimes registered a hit each for the Roadrunners. Sturges added one to his team high 48 RBIs, Rock tallied one and Stacy recorded a pair.
 
Arias, Bradley Griggs, Garrett Moon, Karan Patel, Stacy and Logan Swofford finish their respective collegiate careers as the focus shifts to the 2020 campaign. 
 
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