By: Andres Leon / Staff Writer
The Golden Panthers bounced back after a Saturday night loss and shut out the Warhawks in a 12-0 route on April 3 on the back of a complete game shutout by Daniel DeSimone.
DeSimone went the distance for the Golden Panthers, allowing no runs and striking out seven Warhawk batters throughout the afternoon. He pitched all nine innings and earned the win for FIU.
Luke Briley picked up the loss for ULM, allowing five runs off of six hits in only one inning of play.
The gloves were not the only things going for the Golden Panthers. Rudy Flores started things off with a two-run home run to bring in Garrett Wittels to open up the scoring for FIU in the first inning.
The offense would add on more runs in the second inning when Yoandy Barroso brought Jose Behar home off a single to left field. Patton would later single to left field to bring in Jabari Henry and Barroso to give FIU a five-run lead early on in the contest.
A few innings later after the Golden Panther bats fell silent, Behar homered to left center field to bring Shantz in for another two-run shot in the top of the sixth.
Pablo Bermudez had another solid night for FIU, doubling down the right field line to bring Henry in for the eighth run of the game.
Henry left his biggest mark of the season so far, hitting a grand slam over the left field wall to put the final exclamation point on a strong offensive outing.
Behar, Martinez and Wittels all scored in the grand slam for FIU (18-12, 4-5 SBC) and the Golden Panthers closed out the three game series with a shutout for the first time since 2006 at ULM (15-11, 4-5 SBC).
ULM 4, FIU 1
The Golden Panthers dropped game two of a series against the ULM Warhawks by a score of 4-1 on April 2 after a rough start from starter R.J. Fondon.
The left-hander received the loss after allowing four runs off six hits in 4 1-3 innings and having four errors committed behind him on defense.
Randy Zeigler pitched nine innings, holding the Golden Panthers to only one run off seven hits. The Golden Panthers lone home run came from Mike Martinez, who homered off a 3-1 count over the left field wall in the fourth.
ULM got on the board a half inning earlier when Jeremy Sy hit an RBI triple to bring in the first run of the game. Sy would then score after an RBI ground out to third base by Caleb Clowers.
The Warhawks would add two more runs in the bottom of the fifth when Jarrett Hammond smashed a solo shot to open up the inning. Later in the inning, Sy would double in the fourth and final run of the game for ULM.
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