MIAMI (April 21, 2015) –The FIU baseball team (17-22) will host the Palm Beach Atlantic Sailfish (21-18) on Wednesday in a mid-week, non-conference showdown. First pitch is set for 7 p.m. ET from the FIU Baseball Stadium.
Fans can listen to FIU's @PetePelegrin on the call Wednesday on the FIU Sports Radio Network.
The game will mark the first meeting between the two programs since the 1994 season, when FIU earned a 24-5 victory. Wednesday's contest will be the 14th meeting all-time between the two teams with FIU holding a 13-0 lead in the series history.
FIU is hitting .270 as a team with 24 home runs and 199 RBI. Senior
Brian Portelli leads the team with a .338 batting average and has a squad-best 52 hits and 14 doubles. Junior
Edwin Rios leads the team with 11 home runs on the year and is hitting .302 while driving in an FIU-best 33 runs.
The FIU pitching staff comes into Wednesday's game with a 4.49 ERA with 297 strikeouts in 343 innings pitched.
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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 Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium. About FIU:
Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offer more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $8.9 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.
