The Florida Atlantic baseball season just ended on Sunday, marking the start of the offseason for most players on the team. For a select few members of the team, their focus will shift toward the next chapter of their lives with the potential to be selected in the MLB Amateur Draft.
After losing its initial meeting of the year to Florida Gulf Coast University on April 12 in a 3-2,11-inning game, Florida Atlantic baseball had a chance to draw even in its season series against the Eagles Tuesday night.
Florida Atlantic senior right fielder Brett Lashley started a scoreless 11th inning by cracking a single to the left field, bringing home sophomore catcher Gunnar Lambert as part of five-run inning at the top of the 11th for FAU.
The Florida Atlantic baseball team sat through a rain out on Friday and a rain delay on Saturday, but still managed to sweep the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers to stay at the top of the Conference USA standings.
Florida Atlantic junior second baseman Stephen Kerr led off the game in an ideal way against the consensus No. 1 ranked University of Florida Gators, taking the game’s second pitch over the left field wall for a lead-off home run.
Florida Atlantic baseball appeared to have a victory in-hand in Wednesday’s exhibition game against Major League Baseball’s St. Louis Cardinals before an eighth inning implosion cost them the win.
