BOCA RATON, FLA. \u2013 Winners of six straight, UAB Baseball travels to south Florida to take on Florida Atlantic for a 3-game American Conference series. All three games will be streamed live on ESPN+.<\/p>\n
Who: UAB (19-10, 4-2 – American) at Florida Atlantic (15-14, 2-4 – American)
\nWhere: FAU Baseball Stadium \u2013 Boca Raton, Florida
\nWatch: ESPN+
\nOn The Call: Patrick Murray (PxP) and Francis Forte (Analyst)
\nSeries: Florida Atlantic leads, 21-16
\nIn Boca Raton: Florida Atlantic leads, 8-7
\nLast Meeting: May 17, 2025 (Florida Atlantic won, 4-3)<\/p>\n
GAMEDAY INFORMATION<\/p>\n
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\nProbable Starters
\nUAB: Mason Steele<\/a> (3-2, 4.05 ERA), RHP, Junior
\nFlorida Atlantic: James Litman (4-2, 3.29 ERA), RHP, Sophomore<\/p>\n
\nWatch: ESPN+<\/a><\/p>\n
\nProbable Starters
\nUAB: TBA
\nFlorida Atlantic: Kide Adetuyi (1-2, 3.12 ERA), LHP, Redshirt Sophomore<\/p>\n
\nWatch: ESPN+<\/a><\/p>\n
\nProbable Starters
\nUAB: TBA
\nFlorida Atlantic: Garrett Grant (1-2, 5.10 ERA), RHP, Freshman<\/p>\n
\nWatch: ESPN+<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFlorida Atlantic enters the contest 15-14, but has only won three of its last 10 games. The Owls have dropped each of their first two American Conference series to UTSA and Rice, respectively. FAU comes into the series hitting .279 as a team which ranks seventh in the conference. The Owls rank eighth in the league in slugging percentage (.398), ninth in (.376), and are tied for the fewest runs scored in the American Conference (176). Brandon Leroux is tops in the league in sacrifice bunts (5). James Litman (46) and Kide Adetuyi (44) both rank in the top five in strikeouts in The American.<\/p>\n
\n– Wesley Helms<\/a> carries a team-high 16-game on-base streak into the weekend. Landon Beaver<\/a> and Alex Dupuy’s<\/a> streaks both sit at 12 games.
\n– UAB continues to lead the American Conference with 47 home runs. The Blazers are seven home runs away from tying the BBCOR school record for home runs in a season.
\n– Dupuy and John Paul Head<\/a> are tied for ninth in The American with 31 runs scored.
\n– The Blazers have won each of their last three series in Boca Raton.
\n– The Green and Gold have scored first 17 times this season, including nine times in the last 10 games, and are 15-2 in those games.
\n– Since conference play began, UAB is 6-2 in its last eight games with a .294 batting average, an .865 OPS, and outscoring opponents 61-50 in that stretch.
\n– The UAB pitching staff has held its opponents to 3.5 runs per game over the last four games. Over that span, the staff holds a 3.18 ERA and opponents have just a .192 batting average in 34.0 innings.<\/p>\n
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