Boca Raton, Fla. - The Pitt baseball team (7-4) could not withstand a late-game push from Florida Atlantic as the Panthers saw a 7-1 lead disappear as the Owls went on to take the 10-7 win over the Panthers Wednesday afternoon.First baseman David Chester (Collinsville, Okla./Seminole CC) led the Panthers offensively hitting 3-for-4, while adding three RBI and a run scored. Third baseman Joe Leonard (Dawson, Pa./Connellsville) was 3-for-5 with a run scored.In the first inning, Pitt's bats were hot, as the first three hitters in the rotation reached base on a single. Junior Sean Toole (Edwardsville, Pa./Lackawanna CC) reached on a fielder's choice and drove in leadoff hitter Danny Lopez from third for the 1-0 lead.Florida Atlantic answered back, tying the game at 1-1 at the end of the first as Pitt starting pitcher Josh Smith (West Lawn, Pa./Wilson West Lawn) gave up one run on one hit.Pitt again took the lead, 2-1, in the top of the second when a Lopez (Queens, N.Y./Monsignor McClancy) double brought home Chester from second.Both teams were held scoreless in the third with each squad leaving one base runner on.The Pitt offense exploded in the top of the fourth with a five-run tally, all of which were scored with two outs on the board. The rally began with a John Schultz walk and a Leonard single, moving Schultz to second. With bases loaded and Toole at the plate, a balk sent Schultz home from third. A Kevan Smith single drove in the second run of the inning and a Chester double drove in three runs to give Pitt the 7-1 advantage.  procad("http://ad.doubleclick.net/adj/CSTV.PITT/SPORTS.MBASEBL.RECAPS;sect=mbasebl;pos=story;sz=300x250;dcopt=ist;",0);  In the bottom of the fourth, Florida Atlantic chipped into the Pitt lead with a one-run score on a groundout RBI.While neither team was able to score in the fifth, the Owls found their own offense in the bottom of the sixth. Florida Atlantic scored five runs off of five hits to pull to tie the game at 7-7.In the eighth, and again in the ninth, the Panthers were in a position to score, but could not bring the runners home, leaving two and three on base, respectively.FAU, however, was able to take advantage of its opportunities and scored three in the bottom of the eighth to grab the 10-7 win.Reliever Jeff Kelly (Pottstown, Pa./Owen J. Roberts) suffered the loss for Pitt giving up two runs on three hits in 1.0 innings of work.The Panthers will stay on the road in Florida for a three-game series at the Palm Beach Classic March 12-14 against Fordham. Game times are set for 7 p.m. Friday, 6 p.m. Saturday and noon on Sunday.