BECKLEY, West Va. – As Lionel Richie would sing, that was easy like Sunday morning.

It took just 69 seconds and four pitches for FIU to finish off Marshall, 4-3, on a cold Sunday morning at Epling Stadium in Beckley.

Robert Garcia got Will Ray to ground out to JC Escarra at first base to complete the fog-suspended third game of the three-game series. Garcia, a starter, earned his first save of the season.

FIU (25-16, 10-8 Conference USA) won the series taking two of three games from Marshall (19-21, 8-10).

The third game of the series was suspended late Saturday night when fog rolled into Epling Stadium in the bottom of the ninth inning with FIU one out away from sweeping a doubleheader from Marshall. The final game of the series resumed at 10 a.m. Sunday.

The Panthers were in a position to take the series because of the strong start from Alex Demchak (3-0). The senior left-hander went a career-high six innings, allowed three hits, one run and struck out a career-high seven batters to record the win.

Extra base hits fueled the Panthers offense late Saturday night.

Zack Soria and JC Escarra doubled off Jacob Niggemeyer (2-2) in the top of the fourth to account for the first FIU run. Escarra doubled home Soria.

FIU added two runs in the fifth on an RBI single by Irving Lopez and some alert baserunning by Jack Schaaf.

Schaaf got the second run of the inning for FIU. Schaaf reached on a fielder's choice, stole second base and kept running home after catcher Reynaldo Pastrana's throw sailed into center field and Herd center fielder Shane Hanon took his time getting the ball back into the infield.

Lopez and Schaaf were at it again in the seventh hitting back-to-back triples off Matt Reed to make it 4-1 FIU.

Marshall scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to make it interesting. The second run scoring after Schaaf could not see a routine fly ball through the fog. The ball landed about 15 feet away from Schaaf giving Tommy Lane a gift single and allowing Hanon to score from second base.

ON DECK

FIU returns home for a Tuesday game against the University of Miami before playing the Hurricanes in Coral Gables Wednesday. First pitch for Tuesday's game from the FIU ballpark is at 7 p.m. The game can be seen on PantherVision and C-USA TV.