BOCA RATON, Fla. - UMBC scored 13 runs in the final three innings of a 14-3 victory over Florida Atlantic on Saturday afternoon at FAU Baseball Stadium. The Retrievers even up the series ahead of tomorrow's rubber match at 11 a.m.

Tied 1-1 through six innings, UMBC broke through in the top of the seventh, plating five runs on four hits to jump ahead 6-1. The Retrievers chased Tyler Murphy from the mound after Nico Ong, Jesiah Carpenter, and Dylan Melton loaded the bases. With Brayden Gilson on the mound, Ehi Okojie drew a bases-loaded walk to drive in Ong and put the Retrievers on top for the first time. Danny Wyatt singled through the left side, scoring Carpenter and Melton to push the lead to 4-1. Anthony Mascuilli kept it rolling with a double down the right field line, scoring Okojie, and forcing Gilson from the game. Carson Kimball entered for the Owls and hit Danny Orr with a pitch to load the bases once more. Wyatt would come in to score on a passed ball before Kimball worked out of the jam. 

After another scoreless frame from UMBC starter Zach Robinson, the Retrievers pushed three more runs across in the eighth with just one hit in the inning. Wyatt drove in Carpenter with a sacrifice fly before Melton scored on a fielder's choice to make it 8-1. Kyle Eddington laced a single to score Okojie and push the lead to eight. 

FAU would add two runs in the bottom of the eighth off Kailen Hackmann, but UMBC slammed the door shut with five runs in the ninth. Okojie drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk before Wyatt drove in his fourth run of the game on a fielder's choice. Orr drew another bases-loaded walk and Eddington drove in a run with another fielder's choice, which allowed Mascuilli to score on a throwing error from the second baseman. 

Robinson made his second consecutive stellar start on the bump, tossing 7.0 one-run innings, striking out six. Hackmann finished out the final two innings, allowing one earned run. 

Eddington had a multi-hit game for the Retrievers, going 3-4 with two RBI and two walks. UMBC drew 14 walks in the win, with Carpenter, Okojie, Mascuilli, and Eddington all walking multiple times. Eddington improved his batting average to .390 and on-base percentage to .510 in 12 games played this season. Mascuilli, Zach Hampton, and Carpenter each had an extra-base hit for UMBC.