MIAMI - The FIU Baseball program struck out 14 Bethune Cookman batters on Tuesday night to secure their third straight win from FIU Baseball Stadium.
The theme of the night was clutch pitching as southpaw Ryan Cabarcas came in to pitch in the eighth inning with the bases full and nobody out, striking out the side in order. He carried the momentum with a 5-1 lead into the ninth pulling away for his third save of the season.
"I am really versitaile, and I do whatever that will help the team win, Cabarcas added. "We played a really good ballgame, and glad our pitching stepped up."
It was a scoreless affair through five innings of work until a run came across in the bottom half on a
Ryne Guida RBI single that scored
Brylan West for his 15th RBI of the season.
Freshman
Evan Alwine made his first career collegiate start dazzling allowing no earned runs on just one hit and struck out three.
FIU extended their lead to three in the sixth on a opposite field home run for
Jeff Liquori to lead off the inning, his fourth of the season.
Brendan Roney chipped in a RBI single to score
Chase Engelhard. Roney finished off the night with a pair of hits on Tuesday.
Zac Lampton (1-0) took home his first win of the season mowing down the Wildcats with six punchouts over three innings.
Bryce Greene worked a scoreless seventh before
Richie Pena came on for relief in the eighth as Bethune Cookman scored on a error to cut the deficit to two.
The Panthers cashed in on a pair of runs in the eighth to up the lead to four as Liquori scored on a wild pitch and a
Andre Martinez sacrifice fly.
Offensivley, Guida and Roney secured mult-hit efforts while
Armando Becerra, Engelhard, Liquori and Ulloa all added in with hits on Tuesday.
UP NEXT
FIU begins a home-and-home weekend series with the Florida Atlantic Owls, beginning on Friday, March. 8 from Boca Raton. First pitch from FAU Baseball Stadium is set for 6:30 p.m. and can be streamed on FAUSports.TV.
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