American Athletic Conference
                           Rice Owls vs Florida Atlantic Owls
                    21-May-2025 at Clearwater, FL (BayCare Ballpark)

Rice Owls 6 (17-40,0-2)                       Florida Atlantic Owls 8 (37-20,1-1)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
Treyton Rank rf............  5  1  1  0       Marshall Lipsey cf.........  2  1  0  0
Blaine Brown lf............  5  0  2  0       John Martinez 2b...........  4  1  0  0
Michael Zito dh............  4  1  1  1       John Schroeder lf..........  4  2  2  3
Landon West c..............  4  2  3  0       Nick Romano 3b.............  3  1  1  0
 Aric Anderson pr..........  0  0  0  0       Brando Leroux ss...........  4  1  1  2
Hiram Bocachica 2b.........  4  1  1  1       Ayden Garcia dh............  3  0  1  0
Paul Smith 1b..............  5  0  0  1       Dylan LaPointe c...........  4  0  1  0
Cole Green 3b..............  3  0  0  0       Jake Millan 1b.............  4  0  1  0
 Graiden West ph/3b........  1  0  0  0       Carter Brady rf............  2  2  1  1
Colin Robson cf............  3  1  1  0        Kyle Boylston rf..........  1  0  0  0
Max Johnson ss.............  3  0  2  2
Totals..................... 37  6 11  5       Totals..................... 31  8  8  6

Score by Innings                     R  H  E
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Rice Owls............ 112 000 020 -  6 11  1
Florida Atlantic Owls 004 001 12X -  8  8  2
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E - Robson; Martinez; Brady. DP - Rice 1; FAU 2. LOB - Rice 9; FAU 4. 2B - LWest. HR
- Zito(5); Schroeder 2(17); Leroux(5); Brady(3). HBP - LWest; Lipsey; Romano. CS -
Lipsey.

Rice Owls                      IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
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J.D. McCracken ............   6.1  3  6  2  3  5   0  0  2  0   23 28   6  8  93
Jack Ben-Shoshan  L,3-4....   1.0  3  2  2  0  2   0  0  0  0    5  5   0  0  22
Garrett Stratton ..........   0.2  2  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    3  3   0  0   9

Florida Atlantic Owls          IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
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Nick Wimberly .............   2.0  4  2  2  2  3   1  0  0  0    9 11   0  2  52
Zach Kilby ................   2.0  3  2  2  0  1   0  0  0  0    8  8   2  2  27
Carter Holjes .............   2.0  1  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    7  7   3  2  44
Steven Andrews ............   1.1  2  2  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    7  7   0  3  19
MJ Bollinger  W,3-3........   1.2  1  0  0  2  3   0  0  1  0    6  9   2  0  35

WP - Wimberly. HBP - by McCracken (Romano); by McCracken (Lipsey); by Bollinger (LWest).
Pitches/strikes: McCracken 93/59; Ben-Shoshan 22/14; Stratton 9/7; Wimberly 52/29; Kilby
27/17; Holjes 44/28; Andrews 19/15; Bollinger 35/19.

Strikeouts - Brown; Zito; LWest; PSmith 2; Green 2; GWest; Johnson; Martinez;
Schroeder; Leroux; Garcia; LaPointe; Millan 2; Boylston. Walks - Zito; Bocachica;
Robson; Johnson; Lipsey; Garcia; Brady.

Umpires - HP: Matthew Schaeffer  1B: Rick Allen  2B: Blake Felix  3B: AJ Wendel
Start: 13:06   Time: 2:58

Weather: 91°, fair, breeze to RF
Game notes:
American Athletic Conference Championship, game 5
Game: 0521-1

American Athletic Conference
Rice Owls vs Florida Atlantic Owls - Play-by-Play
21-May-2025 at Clearwater, FL (BayCare Ballpark)

Rice Owls starters: 6/rf Rank; 4/lf Brown; 7/dh Zito; 28/c LWest; 8/2b Bocachica; 14/1b PSmith; 2/3b Green; 10/cf Robson; 3/ss Johnson; 29/p McCracken
Florida Atlantic Owls starters: 24/cf Lipsey; 21/2b Martinez; 10/lf Schroeder; 9/3b Romano; 5/ss Leroux; 2/dh Garcia; 6/c LaPointe; 22/1b Millan; 34/rf Brady; 36/p Wimberly

Rice Owls 1st - Rank singled up the middle (2-1). Brown singled to right field (0-0); Rank advanced to second. Coach visit to mound (3-0). Zito walked (3-0); Brown advanced to second; Rank advanced to third. LWest struck out swinging (2-2). Bocachica singled to center field, RBI (2-2); Zito advanced to second; Brown advanced to third; Rank scored. PSmith grounded into double play p to c to 1b (1-2); Bocachica advanced to second; Zito advanced to third; Brown out on the play. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Florida Atlantic Owls 1st - Lipsey out at first 1b to p (0-0). Martinez popped up to ss (1-0). Schroeder grounded out to 2b (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rice Owls 2nd - Green struck out swinging (2-2). Robson singled to right field, advanced to second on a fielding error by rf (1-1). Johnson walked (3-0). Rank reached on a fielder's choice (2-2); Johnson out at second ss to 2b; Robson advanced to third. Rank advanced to second on a wild pitch; Robson scored. Brown struck out looking (3-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Florida Atlantic Owls 2nd - Romano flied out to cf to left center (1-1). Leroux flied out to lf to left center (0-0). Garcia struck out looking (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rice Owls 3rd - Kilby to p for Wimberly. Zito homered to left field, RBI (1-2). LWest doubled down the lf line (1-0). Bocachica flied out to rf (1-0); LWest advanced to third. PSmith grounded out to ss, RBI (0-0); LWest scored. Green struck out swinging (0-2). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Florida Atlantic Owls 3rd - LaPointe popped up to 2b (3-2). Millan struck out swinging (2-2). Brady walked (3-1). Lipsey walked (3-2); Brady advanced to second. Coach visit to mound. Martinez reached on a dropped fly by cf, advanced to second (0-2); Lipsey scored, unearned; Brady scored, unearned. Schroeder homered to left field, 2 RBI, unearned (0-0); Martinez scored, unearned. Romano hit by pitch (1-2). HBP call stands on video review. Leroux grounded out to p (0-1). 4 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Rice Owls 4th - Robson flied out to lf (2-2). Johnson singled to center field (2-1). Rank grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (3-1); Johnson out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Florida Atlantic Owls 4th - Garcia grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-1). LaPointe lined out to ss (0-1). Millan struck out swinging (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rice Owls 5th - Holjes to p for Kilby. Brown grounded out to 2b (3-2). Zito flied out to rf (2-1). LWest singled to left field (2-2). Bocachica flied out to cf (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Florida Atlantic Owls 5th - Brady grounded out to p (1-1). Lipsey popped up to ss (3-2). Martinez grounded out to c, bunt (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rice Owls 6th - PSmith struck out swinging (1-2). Green lined out to 2b (2-2). Robson grounded out to 1b unassisted (3-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Florida Atlantic Owls 6th - Schroeder homered to right center, RBI (0-0). Romano grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-0). Leroux struck out swinging (0-2). Garcia walked (3-2). LaPointe struck out swinging (0-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Rice Owls 7th - Andrews to p for Holjes. Johnson struck out swinging (1-2). Rank grounded out to ss (0-2). Brown singled to second base (2-1). Zito grounded out to 3b (0-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Florida Atlantic Owls 7th - Millan grounded out to 3b (2-2). Brady homered to left center, RBI (0-0). Lipsey hit by pitch (2-2). Ben-Shoshan to p for McCracken. Martinez struck out swinging (3-2); Lipsey out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Rice Owls 8th - Boylston to rf for Brady. LWest singled to left field (0-1). Bocachica reached on a fielding error by 2b (0-1); LWest advanced to second. PSmith grounded out to p (1-0); Bocachica advanced to second; LWest advanced to third. Bollinger to p for Andrews. GWest pinch hit for Green. GWest struck out swinging (2-2). Coach visit to mound. Robson walked (3-2). Johnson singled to right field, 2 RBI (0-0); Robson advanced to third; Bocachica scored, unearned; LWest scored, unearned. Rank flied out to rf (0-0). 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Florida Atlantic Owls 8th - GWest to 3b. Schroeder struck out swinging (1-2). Romano singled to center field (1-2). Leroux homered to left field, 2 RBI (3-1); Romano scored. Garcia singled through the right side (0-2). Stratton to p for Ben-Shoshan. LaPointe singled to right field (0-1); Garcia advanced to second, out at third rf to 2b to 3b. Millan singled to right field (2-1); LaPointe advanced to third. Boylston struck out swinging (0-2). 2 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Rice Owls 9th - Brown flied out to lf (2-1). Zito struck out swinging (1-2). LWest hit by pitch (0-0). Anderson pinch ran for LWest. Bocachica walked (3-2); Anderson advanced to second. PSmith struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.


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