2024 AAC Baseball Championship Capsule
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Top 8th: FAU 10, UTSA 3
Top 9th: FAU 10, UTSA 5
STAYING ALIVE! #FAU uses a HUGE 4TH INNING to get payback against #UTSA and move on to the next round! Brando Leroux 2RBI 🚀 & Christian Adams 4-4 2RBI. WP Trey Beard 5IP 3ER 6H 4K. @FAUBaseball (27-28, 12-15) will play the loser of #Charlotte-#Tulane Fri at 4:30 PM! 🦉⚾️🌴 pic.twitter.com/t2wS7FlpU6
— FAU Owls Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 23, 2024
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Wichita State 14, East Carolina 4
After falling behind early, No. 4 seed Wichita State stormed back on the way to defeating top seed East Carolina, 14-4, at the 2024 American Baseball Championship presented by Regions on Thursday afternoon, May 23 at BayCare Ballpark.
The Pirates (41-14) will now face Rice in an elimination game on Friday, May 24 at 1 p.m. Eastern. The Shockers (31-27) will await the winner of that contest on Saturday, May 25 at 9 a.m. Eastern.
Wichita State’s Josh Livingston tied the Championship single-game record and seven RBI and became the 17th player in Championship history to hit a pair of home runs in a single game.
Down 3-1, the Shockers scored seven runs in the top of the sixth, highlighted by a 3-run double by Lane Haworth and a 3-run home run by Livingston.
Livingston stepped up again in the seventh and hit a grand slam to right field to open up the game.
American Newcomer Pitcher of the Year Tommy LaPour (6-2) earned the win for Wichita State, allowing three runs in 6.2 innings of work with three strikeouts.
East Carolina used eight pitchers in the contest, with Chris Kahler (1-1) taking the loss.
ECU may be going bye bye.
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