Box Score MIAMI (April 5, 2014) – The FIU baseball team (23-8, 7-7 Conference USA) dropped its second contest to ODU on Saturday night by a count of 4-2. The Panthers were held to six hits in the loss.
 
Freshman Cody Crouse put together a nice start, going seven innings, giving up seven hits, and two earned runs. Juniors Julius Gaines and Louis Silverio accounted for two hits each, while sophomore Edwin Rios and junior Brian Portelli each drove in a run in the ninth.
 
ODU scored its first run in the sixth inning, a two-out RBI infield single for Josiah Burney to give the Monarchs a 1-0 advantage.
 
In the eighth inning, Crouse was relieved by junior Robby Kalaf. ODU's Nick Walker got a fastball and drilled a two-run homer to give the Monarchs a 3-0 lead. The home run ended a streak of 270 1/3 innings where FIU pitching didn't allow a home run. An RBI groundout for ODU gave the Monarchs a 4-0 lead in the eighth.
 
The Panthers did plate two in the ninth and were able to send the tying run to the plate. Rios roped an RBI double to center and Portelli singled to left to drive in an additional run.
 
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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/.