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After the game on April 20, you would not have guessed that it was University of Little Rock Arkansas leading the Sun Belt Conference in runs, home runs, RBIs, hits, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and batting average.
FIU took the first of three games on the season against Bethune-Cookman as Logan Dodds got his first victory of the season going six innings and allowing one run on five hits and seven strikeouts.
Despite committing a season-high six errors, FIU (9-11, 1-3 SBC) snapped its longest losing streak of the season on March 23 after defeating conference foe Western Kentucky University (9-13, 1-3 SBC) 6-5.
Don’t blame T.J. Shantz for being a realist.
When asked at what point in his baseball career he expected to play on a major league field against a major league team, a grin spread across his face and he answered in one word: “Never!” Well, Shantz, you already know the old saying.
Among the biggest issues in 2011 for the Panthers was the propensity to commit errors. They led the Sun Belt Conference last season with 98, and an error in Sunday’s game may have cost them the chance to win their series against Florida State University.
The last time the Panthers beat Florida State University in a baseball game, FIU’s winning pitcher had not been born yet.
In the first of a three-game series, FIU snapped its 22-year losing streak against the Seminoles after 13 hits led the Panthers to an 8-5 win on the road in Tallahassee, Fla.
FSU was last ranked No. 8 in the country by National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association of America.
On Saturday, however, FSU managed to silence the bats that dominated them the night before, beating them 3-1 despite multiple chances by FIU to score.
The Golden Panthers came home for a short two game series starting Tuesday, April 5 against Bethune-Cookman. The Golden Panthers would rally back from three runs down to beat the Wildcats 7-3.
It was a tough battle for the Golden Panthers, but in the end the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers proved to be too much, defeating FIU 3-2 in the first game of a three-game home series.