Box Score MIAMI (March 22, 2013) – The FIU baseball team (19-4, 5-3 Conference USA) picked up its third-straight win on Saturday evening, earning a 9-0 victory over Marshall. The Panthers had a three-run sixth inning and a six-run seventh in the victory. Panther pitchers allowed just four hits.
 
Freshman Cody Crouse improved to 2-0 in his career, allowing just four hits in seven innings of work. Crouse allowed six total base runners while striking out four. He lowers his season ERA to 1.55. Junior Mike Ellis and freshman Williams Durruthy picked up the remaining two scoreless innings.
 
Sophomore Edwin Rios had the big day for the Panthers, going 2-for-5 with a home run, double and four RBI. Junior Aramis Garcia collected three hits to improve his season batting average to .420. Freshman Brandon Gomez and senior Tyler Hibbert extended their hitting streaks to 13 and 12 games, respectively.
 
The Panthers kicked off the scoring in the bottom of the sixth inning. Junior Julius Gaines and Garcia reached on singles to give FIU a first and third situation with nobody out. The first run of the game was scored on a fielder's choice groundout by junior Josh Anderson. Rios followed that with a two-run homer to right field to up FIU's lead to 3-0.
 
Junior Brian Portelli was called upon to pinch-hit in the seventh inning and delivered with a double down the left field line. Following a walk to junior Roche Woodard, Hibbert singled to right to score the pinch-runner, junior Alec Beyersdorf. Gaines drove in the second run of the inning on an RBI groundout to increase the Panther advantage to 5-0. Garcia singled and Anderson singled to drive in Gaines to give FIU a 6-0 lead. The barrage continued, as Rios ripped a two-run double to left center. FIU added one more run on an error to cap off its fourth six-run inning this season.
 
FIU closes out its three-game set with the Herd at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Freshman Chris Mourelle will start for the Panthers on the mound. 
 
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Season tickets for the FIU baseball season are on sale. Tickets for the 2014 campaign cost just $50 per ticket for all fans this year. Fans can purchase tickets online, over the phone by calling 305-FIU-GAME, or in person at the R. Kirk Landon Fieldhouse Box Office. Student admission is free to all FIU baseball home games.
 
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. 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 bachelor¹s, master¹s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida¹s 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. FIU has awarded 200,000 degrees and enrolls 50,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.