MIAMI (March 21, 2019) – After racking up the miles on a lengthy four-game road swing, the FIU baseball team returns to the 305 for a weekend series against visiting Conference USA foe WKU.
First pitch is set for 7:00 p.m. ET on Friday, followed by a 6 p.m. ET start time on Saturday and a 12 p.m. ET matinee to close out the weekend on Sunday.
All three games will be streamed by
CUSA.tv, while live stats for each game can be found
here. FIU's game notes for the weekend can be found
here.
Tickets to this weekend's games can be purchased online at
tickets.fiusports.com or by phone at 305-FIU-GAME.
ON THE BUMP
Friday:
Logan Allen (2-1, 0.96 ERA) vs Eric Crawford (1-1, 5.19 ERA)
Saturday:
Nick MacDonald (0-2, 4.15 ERA) vs Troy Newell (2-2, 6.48 ERA)
Sunday:
Christian Santana (1-1, 4.79 ERA) vs Reece Calvert (0-2, 5.40 ERA)
AT THE PLATE
In his first career start, freshman
Chris Williams provided lightning in the FIU lineup going 3-for-5 and batting leadoff on Wednesday against FSU. The duo of
Adan Fernandez and
Austin Shenton backed Williams' lightning up with some thunder. Fernandez hit a solo homer over the left field wall to open the Panther scoring in the third, while Shenton slugged a no-doubter over right as well in the fifth to drive in two. Shenton also drove in two more in the third inning to give the junior four RBIs on the day.
LAST TIME OUT
The FIU baseball team began C-USA play in heartbreaking fashion last weekend, after dropping two out of three on the road to the Thundering Herd of Marshall. In the Panthers' lone win on the weekend, reigning C-USA Pitcher of the Week
Logan Allen shined once again with five clean innings and eight strikeouts. The Panthers downed the Herd in 10 innings on Friday night, after freshman
Chris Williams knocked out his first collegiate homer to give FIU the 3-0 win. FIU also dropped another heartbreaker against Florida State on Wednesday afternoon in Tallahassee.
UP NEXT
FIU plays a home-and-home with FGCU in midweek action before embarking on its longest road trip of the season that includes a three-game series at rival FAU, a midweek at Houston and a three-game set with Rice.
SOCIAL MEDIA
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