After pitching a complete-game, five-hit shutout against conference rival Old Dominion last sunday in the series finale, freshman starting pitcher Chris Mourelle was named the Conference USA pitcher of the week.
With the win on Sunday, Mourelle improved his record to 6-0 on the season after allowing only five total hits and striking out five Monarch batters. The freshman’s impressive game brought his season era down to 0.59, a team and conference low. The next best era in the conference is held by senior Ryan Williams out of ECU with a 0.84.
The complete game shutout was Mourelle’s second of the season and the 10th shutout in total for all Panther pitchers this season. The last time any FIU baseball team threw 10 shutouts in a season was 1995 when the team set a record with 16 total shutouts.
Mourelle is on pace to break the C-USA individual single-season era record set by Louisville’s Carlos Fernandez back in 2003 with a 1.21 era. Mourelle will also have the chance to break FIU’s single-season era record which is held by Joseph Burns with a 1.20 era, set back in 1995.
Mourelle, along with the rest of the FIU pitching staff, have combined for a team era of 1.63 through the Panthers’ 32 games this season. Last season, the team’s era through 32 games was a 4.52.
After their midweek contest against University of Louisiana-Monroe on Wednesday, April 10 it will be a weekend series against conference opponent Louisiana Tech beginning on April 11, where Mourelle and the rest of the FIU baseball team will be able to display their talents.
-alejandro.solana@fiusm.com
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