Box Score MIAMI (May 9, 2014) – Middle Tennessee's Zac Curtis threw a two-hit shutout as FIU (34-14, 14-11) fell 7-0 on Friday night. Curtis struck out eight batters and walked four as he improved to 7-3 on the season.
Junior
Mike Franco started the game for FIU and was forced to leave the game in the fifth inning due to an injury. He was charged with two earned runs in the loss, striking out four in four innings of work. Junior
Brian Portelli and freshman
Gunnar McNeill earned the lone two hits for the Panthers.
The Raiders scored the only run they would need in the third inning on a sacrifice fly to make it 1-0. From there, MTSU would plate two in the fifth, one in the seventh and three in the ninth to secure a 7-0 victory.
FIU is back in action tomorrow at 4 p.m. Fans can tune in at 3:55 p.m. on PantherVision as
Pete Pelegrin will call the action.
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/.
