Charlotte 5, at Florida Atlantic 4

BOCA RATON, Fla. (Interstat) — Eddie Copper pitched four shutout innings to help the Charlotte 49ers hold off a late Florida Atlantic Owls rally and earn a 5-4 victory Sunday afternoon at FAU Baseball Stadium in an American Athletic Conference series finale. Copper, a right-hander who had struggled in his previous outing against Texas-San Antonio, allowed no hits and one earned run while striking out five over four innings. He exited with a 5-0 lead after the top of the fifth inning. The performance was a sharp turnaround from his April 17 start, when he surrendered seven earned runs in… Read more...