MIAMI (Feb. 19, 2019) - FIU baseball surged past Bethune-Cookman by a score of 9-2 to win its opening midweek game of the season on Tuesday night at the FIU Baseball Stadium.
The Panthers' record improves to 2-2, while Bethune-Cookman drops to 1-3 on the season.
FIU's Everett Hurst (1-0) earned the win after only giving up one run in two innings pitched. Hurst came on in relief of freshman Franco Aleman, who pitched the first four innings and allowed just one run while fanning five batters. Bethune-Cookman's Joseph Strong (0-1) was handed the loss after surrendering eight runs in the bottom of the first.