Box Score Junior Robby Kalaf improved to 3-1 with a solid seven-inning outing. He gave up just five hits, struck out five and allowed one earned run. Junior Brian Portelli and sophomore Edwin Rios each got two hits in the victory.
 
FIU kicked off the second game with three-straight walks, allowing for junior Josh Anderson to hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Roche Woodard to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead in the first. Woodard reached base in the second after his RBI double scored junior Alec Beyersdorf from third to up FIU's lead to 2-0. Beyersdorf walked to reach base.
 
The Panthers came back with a two-spot in the third. Junior L.K. Thompson led off the inning and was hit by a pitch. Thompson advanced to third on a double by Rios. Portelli followed with an RBI single and Brandon Gomez delivered a sacrifice fly RBI to extend the Panther lead to 4-0.
 
After the Peacocks plated one in the fourth, Beyersdorf added an RBI double to put the Panthers up 5-1. A catcher's interference call in the seventh with the bases loaded added another insurance run for the Panthers, who won 6-2 in the nightcap.
 
FIU closes out the series with Saint Peter's Sunday at 1 p.m. You can catch the action with Pete Pelegrin on PantherVision on FIUSports.com beginning at 12:55 p.m. 
 
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 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/.