Friday, April 11
Boca Raton, Fla.
5:30 P.M.
University of Memphis
at
Florida Atlantic
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Tigers Set for American Athletic Conference Series at Florida Atlantic
Apr 10, 2025 | Baseball
BOCA RATON, Fla. – The University of Memphis baseball team hit the road for Boca Raton, Florida, on Thursday and is set to begin a three-game American Athletic Conference series vs. Florida Atlantic on Friday night at 5:30 p.m. CT.
Game two of the series is scheduled for 3 p.m. CT followed by Sunday's finale at 11 a.m. CT. All three games will be streamed live on ESPN+.
FAU Baseball Stadium will play host to the fourth, fifth and sixth all-time meetings between the two programs. Florida Atlantic took two-of-three games from the Tigers at FedExPark last season in the inaugural series between the two programs.
Memphis (12-20, 1-8 AAC) dropped its AAC series to South Florida (19-10, 7-2 AAC) last weekend but salvaged a 13-8 come-from-behind win over the Bulls in Sunday's finale behind 10-unanswered runs. On Tuesday night, the Tigers fell to No. 6 Ole Miss, 10-0.
Florida Atlantic (23-9, 5-4 AAC) is coming off a sweep of preseason conference favorite East Carolina in Greenville last weekend – the first time the Pirates had been swept at home in conference play since 2018.
The Tigers will roll out RHP Seth Garner (2-3, 3.65 ERA) on Friday night, followed by LHP David Case (1-4, 5.91 ERA) on Saturday and LHP Isaac Lucas (2-0, 6.05 ERA) in Sunday's finale. The Owls will counter with LHP Trey Beard (5-0, 3.18 ERA) on Friday night, RHP Tyler Murphy (3-2, 4.15 ERA) on Saturday and RHP James Litman (2-0, 4.05 ERA) on Sunday.
Florida Atlantic is led offensively by Jake Duer (.421 AVG. / 56 H / 10 2B / 26 RBI), reigning AAC Player of the Week Brando Leroux (.361 AVG. / 19 RBI / 9 SB) and Marshall Lipsey (.333 AVG. / 8 HR / 26 RBI / 11 SB). As a team, the Owls are hitting .312 to rank 33rd nationally. FAU's pitching staff enters the weekend with a team ERA of 4.17 to lead The American and rank 29th in the country.
Tiger catcher Jonah Sutton is tied for second nationally in runners thrown out from behind the plate (15) and is now 15-of-32 (47%) from behind the dish. As a team, Memphis has thrown out 50 percent of runners stealing on the season (18-of-36) as Justin Fogel is 3-for-4 on the year.
After ranking 12th nationally with 54 double plays turned a season ago, the Tigers have turned 28 through the season's first 32 games and rank top 25 nationally in that category.
The Memphis pitching staff has been another highlight through the first half of the season, combining for a 4.94 ERA (276.2 IP) to rank fourth in The American and 75th nationally. The Tiger bullpen has accounted for 145.2 of those innings and has given up 77 earned runs for a bullpen ERA of 4.76.
Season-ticket packages and single-game tickets for Tiger home games are available at THIS LINK. Kids ages 17 and under receive free general admission all season long.
How to follow the Tigers: For complete information on Memphis Tiger Baseball, visit www.GoTigersGo.com and follow the team's social media channels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Game two of the series is scheduled for 3 p.m. CT followed by Sunday's finale at 11 a.m. CT. All three games will be streamed live on ESPN+.
FAU Baseball Stadium will play host to the fourth, fifth and sixth all-time meetings between the two programs. Florida Atlantic took two-of-three games from the Tigers at FedExPark last season in the inaugural series between the two programs.
Memphis (12-20, 1-8 AAC) dropped its AAC series to South Florida (19-10, 7-2 AAC) last weekend but salvaged a 13-8 come-from-behind win over the Bulls in Sunday's finale behind 10-unanswered runs. On Tuesday night, the Tigers fell to No. 6 Ole Miss, 10-0.
Florida Atlantic (23-9, 5-4 AAC) is coming off a sweep of preseason conference favorite East Carolina in Greenville last weekend – the first time the Pirates had been swept at home in conference play since 2018.
The Tigers will roll out RHP Seth Garner (2-3, 3.65 ERA) on Friday night, followed by LHP David Case (1-4, 5.91 ERA) on Saturday and LHP Isaac Lucas (2-0, 6.05 ERA) in Sunday's finale. The Owls will counter with LHP Trey Beard (5-0, 3.18 ERA) on Friday night, RHP Tyler Murphy (3-2, 4.15 ERA) on Saturday and RHP James Litman (2-0, 4.05 ERA) on Sunday.
Florida Atlantic is led offensively by Jake Duer (.421 AVG. / 56 H / 10 2B / 26 RBI), reigning AAC Player of the Week Brando Leroux (.361 AVG. / 19 RBI / 9 SB) and Marshall Lipsey (.333 AVG. / 8 HR / 26 RBI / 11 SB). As a team, the Owls are hitting .312 to rank 33rd nationally. FAU's pitching staff enters the weekend with a team ERA of 4.17 to lead The American and rank 29th in the country.
Tiger catcher Jonah Sutton is tied for second nationally in runners thrown out from behind the plate (15) and is now 15-of-32 (47%) from behind the dish. As a team, Memphis has thrown out 50 percent of runners stealing on the season (18-of-36) as Justin Fogel is 3-for-4 on the year.
After ranking 12th nationally with 54 double plays turned a season ago, the Tigers have turned 28 through the season's first 32 games and rank top 25 nationally in that category.
The Memphis pitching staff has been another highlight through the first half of the season, combining for a 4.94 ERA (276.2 IP) to rank fourth in The American and 75th nationally. The Tiger bullpen has accounted for 145.2 of those innings and has given up 77 earned runs for a bullpen ERA of 4.76.
Season-ticket packages and single-game tickets for Tiger home games are available at THIS LINK. Kids ages 17 and under receive free general admission all season long.
How to follow the Tigers: For complete information on Memphis Tiger Baseball, visit www.GoTigersGo.com and follow the team's social media channels on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
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