FIU right-hander Robert Garcia struck out a career-high and season-high 14 batters against Bethune-Cookman to lead the Panthers to a 3-1 victory over the Wildcats Tuesday night at the FIU ballpark.
FIU improved to 19-14 while B-CU dropped to 21-15.
Garcia, whose nickname is "The Mexicutioner" because of his high strikeout totals, had at least one strikeout in every inning but the sixth. The senior from Mexico City struck out the side in the first and fourth innings and had a one-hitter going into the eighth inning. After allowing a leadoff single to Adonis Lao in the second inning, Garcia retired 18 of the next 19 batters before a one-out double by Michael Deeb in the eighth.