Shockers Undone by First Inning Barrage

Box Score

Grant Adler BOCA RATON, Fla. – Florida Atlantic scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back on the way to a 9-2 win on Thursday night at FAU Baseball Stadium.

The Shockers (12-25, 4-9) faced a sizeable deficit almost immediately when the Owls got an RBI single from Patrick Ward and a two-out grand slam off the bat of Nick Romano, staking the Owls to a 5-0 lead against Wichita State starter (3-4).

Florida Atlantic lefty Trey Beard (7-0) kept the Owls comfortably in front with six solid innings, striking out seven while allowing five hits and one run. Wichita State got their lone run against Beard in the top of the third, using singles from and to set up a…