Box Score MIAMI (April 27, 2014) – The FIU baseball team (31-12) picked up a 15-0 victory over the Saint Peter's Peacocks in the series finale on Sunday afternoon. The 14th shutout for the Panthers extends their Conference USA single-season record and puts them two shutouts shy of tying the FIU school record.
 
Junior Josh Anderson led the way for the Panthers, belting two home runs and driving in four. Junior Julius Gaines raised his batting average above .300 with a perfect 4-for-4 effort with four RBI. Junior L.K. Thompson hit his first career home run in an FIU uniform. Freshman Chris Mourelle tossed five scoreless innings, struck out three and allowed just three hits.
 
FIU got on the board in the first with three runs, starting on an RBI single by senior Zach Sweety, scoring senior Tyler Hibbert who doubled to lead off the game. Freshman Gunnar McNeill also had an RBI single to up the Panther lead to 2-0. Gaines capped off the three-run inning with an RBI double.
 
Sophomore Edwin Rios led off the third inning with a triple to center field and then later scored on a two-run double by Gaines. Freshman J.C. Escarra drove in two runs later in the inning on a single, extending FIU's lead to 7-0.
Anderson ripped the first of his two home runs in the fourth, the first being a solo shot. Gaines drove in his fourth run on a single to give the Panthers a 9-0 advantage. Anderson then came back in the fifth inning and hit a three-run shot to up the lead to 12-0.
 
Sweety recorded a sac fly in the seventh to make it 13-0. Thompson's two-run homer came in the eighth to cap off the Panther scoring.
 
FIU is off for the week before heading to East Carolina to open a three-game Conference USA series with the Pirates on Friday.
 
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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/.