MIAMI (Feb. 28, 2019) – For the first time this season, the FIU baseball will leave the state of Florida and head to Alabama for a three-game weekend with the Gamecocks of Jacksonville State.

Friday's game is slated for 7:00 p.m. ET, before a pair of 2:00 p.m. starts on Saturday and Sunday. All three games will be streamed on ESPN+, while live stats for the games can be found here. FIU's game notes for the weekend can be found here.
 
ON THE BUMP
Friday: Logan Allen (1-1, 3.27 ERA) vs Garrett Farmer (1-0, 0.75 ERA)
Saturday: Nick MacDonald (0-0, 1.67 ERA) vs Trey Fortner (0-2, 4.50 ERA)
Sunday: Will Saxton (0-1, 12.00 ERA) vs TBA

LAST TIME OUT
The FIU rally fell just short against crosstown rival Miami on Wednesday night. FIU's six unanswered over the final three innings made things interesting in the ninth before the Hurricanes closed out the game. The Panther trio of Seth Cannady, Austin Shenton and Javier Valdes all homered in the game.

AT THE PLATE
The Panther bats are averaging just a tick over seven runs per game and rank sixth in C-USA entering the weekend matchup with Jacksonville State. FIU is led offensively by lone senior Lorenzo Hampton, Jr. who is the team leader in batting average (.481), hits (13), doubles (5), slugging (.852), total bases (23) and runs scored (10).

UP NEXT
FIU returns home for the longest homestand of the season starting on March 5th against Florida A&M.

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