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FAU staves off elimination in NCAA baseball regional

Florida Atlantic had accomplished too much in the regular season to go down two-and-out in the NCAA Tournament.

Especially if nine-hole hitter Brett Lashley and freshman Tyler Frank had anything to say about it.

With No. 2 seed FAU trailing and four outs away from elimination, the senior and Palm Beach State transfer Lashley blasted a shot down the left-field line for a two-run double in what eventually turned into an 8-4 victory over fourth-seeded Stetson in the Coral Gables Regional at Alex Rodriguez Park at Mark Light Field on Saturday.

"I swung at the first pitch.