Jacksonville State rallied with three runs in the top of the sixth inning to defeat FIU, 12-6, Sunday afternoon at the FIU ballpark. With the win, the Gamecocks (2-1) took two of three games from the Panthers (1-2) in the opening weekend series.

After Irving Lopez hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth inning to give FIU a 5-4 lead, JSU used three RBI singles in the sixth to grab a 7-5 lead it would not relinquish.

Andrew Naismith was hit by a pitch from FIU reliever Robert Garcia (0-1) to start the sixth. After a balk, Naismith scored on a single to center by Chase Robinson to tie the score, 5-5. Robinson scored the go-ahead run on an RBI single by Taylor Hawthorne to right field. Joe McGuire capped off the scoring with an RBI single.

The Panthers trailed at the outset after the Gamecocks got to starter Alex Demchak for three runs. Demchak went 1 1/3 innings, allowed five hits and three runs.

Down 4-0 in the bottom of the third inning FIU came back against JSU starter Derrick Adams, RBI singles by Javier Valdes and Zack Soria cut the deficit in half. Christian Khawam drilled a two-run home run down the left field line in the fourth to even the score, 4-4.

Valdes was 4 for 5 with a double and an RBI. Khawam went 3 for 4 with a double to go along with his first home run in an FIU uniform.

JSU relievers Cody Dodd (1-0) and Tyler Wilburn limited the Panthers to two runs over the final five innings.

FIU hosts Miami in its next game on Wednesday at 7 p.m. from the FIU ballpark. The game can be seen on PantherVision at FIUSports.com.