Box Score BOCA RATON, Fla. (May 13, 2014) – The FIU baseball team (35-16, 15-12) dropped its final midweek contest of 2014 to FAU on Wednesday night. Despite getting 11 hits, the Panthers stranded nine runners on base in the loss.
 
Sophomore Julius Gaines led the way for the Panthers, going 3-for-4 and stealing a base. Sophomore Edwin Rios and freshman Brandon Gomez each had two hits. FIU used nine pitchers in the loss, giving up just two earned runs combined.
 
In the top of the fourth, junior Josh Anderson and Rios led things off with back-to-back singles. Walks for junior Brian Portelli and Gomez resulted in the first run of the game for FIU, as the Panthers took a 1-0 lead. Despite FIU taking the lead, FAU came back and scored three unearned runs in the bottom of the fourth to take the 3-1 advantage.
 
The Owls also worked two insurance runs in the bottom of the eighth, highlighted by a Billy Endris double, to increase its lead to 5-1.
 
The Panthers close out the C-USA regular season at Tulane, beginning this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. ET.
 
Fans are encouraged to follow the Panthers on Twitter (@FIUBaseball) and become a fan on Facebook (Facebook.com/FIUBaseball) for all the latest FIU Baseball news. Follow all of FIU's 18 athletic teams on Twitter (@FIUAthletics), Facebook (Facebook.com/FIUSports), YouTube (FIUPanthers), and Instagram (FIUathletics).
 
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Fans can purchase tickets online, over the phone by calling 305-FIU-GAME, or in person at the R. Kirk Landon Fieldhouse Box Office. Tickets cost just $5 and group pricing is available for groups of 20 or more. 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 FIU Arena and at the FIU Football 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/.