FAU Owls edge UCF Knights 6‑5 in comeback win

BOCA RATON, Fla. (Interstat) — Dalton Robinson pitched four hitless innings with eight strikeouts as Florida Atlantic rallied past UCF 6-5 on Tuesday at FAU Baseball Stadium. The Owls (25-23) trailed 5-0 after the top of the second inning but answered with four runs in the bottom half. Patrick Ward homered and drove in two runs, while Leroux added a sacrifice fly and Lipsey singled for another RBI. The Knights (27-18) extended the lead to 5-4 in the third on Javier Crespo’s RBI double. FAU tied it in the sixth on Romano’s RBI single and took the lead on Perazza’s sacrifice fly. Robinson allowed no hits over four innings with eight strikeouts. Garrett Grant surrendered one hit in two scoreless innings. Wyatt Dion threw 2.1 hitless innings for UCF. The Knights had five hits and made two sacrifice hits; FAU had six hits with two sacrifice flies and grounded into two double plays.