Box Score MIAMI (May 8, 2013) – The FIU baseball team (23-26) dropped its ninth-straight game on Wednesday night to the Jacksonville Dolphins, 12-0. The Dolphins used a three-run first and second inning to build a quick 6-0 advantage and never looked back. The Panthers allowed 10 base runners via the walk or hit by pitch.
Senior second baseman T.J. Shantz led the way for FIU with two hits in the loss. The Panthers collected just six hits while surrendering 14 to the Dolphins. Jacksonville used five pitchers in the midweek contest.
Following its 6-0 lead through two innings, Jacksonville plated another in the fourth and two in the fifth thanks to a two-run home run from Brady North. The Dolphins led 9-0 at that point and tacked on two more runs in the seventh and one in the ninth.
FIU makes its final Sun Belt road trip of the regular season beginning Friday, when it faces the Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans. Friday's contest is set to begin at 7 p.m. ET. Saturday will be a 5 p.m. first pitch and the concluding game will be Sunday at noon.
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports, and is a proud member of the Sun Belt Conference and an affiliate member of Conference USA (men's soccer). Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including U.S. Century
Bank Arena and Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium.
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU is worlds ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission and enrolls nearly 48,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. More than 140,000 alumni live and work in South Florida. FIU is a member of the Sun Belt Conference and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu
