FIU BASEBALL GAME NOTES FIU PANTHERS (19-25, 8-13 C-USA) vs UAB BLAZERS (20-30, 6-15 C-USA) MAY 3-5, 2019 >> FIU BASEBALL STADIUM >> MIAMI, FLORIDA >> 7 P.M., 6 P.M., 12 P.M. FIU 2019 STAT BREAKDOWN UAB RECORD & SCHEDULE OVERALL RECORD: 19-25 5.3 RUNS/GM 6.1 .255 BATTING AVG. .273 C-USA RECORD: 8-13 0.95 HR/GM 0.73 NON-CONFERENCE: 10-12 4.49 ERA 5.51 HOME: 11-11 2.24 STRIKEOUT-TO-WALK 1.59 AWAY: 7-13 .963 FIELD % .965 NEUTRAL: 1-1 FIUsports.com UABSports.com FIU QUICK HITS UAB QUICK HITS 2019 SCHEDULE Head Coach: .........................................................................Mervyl Melendez Head Coach...................................................................................Brian Shoop Date Opponent TV Time/Result 2019 Record: ..............................................................................................19-25 2019 Record: ............................................................................................20-25 Feb. 15 Stony Brook CUSA.tv L/7-13 Record at FIU (Years): ...................................................................76-80 (3) Feb. 16 Stony Brook L/6-7 Record at UAB (Years): ..............................................................348-381 (13) Feb. 17 Stony Brook CUSA.tv W/13-2 Overall Record (Years): .............................................................613-517 (20) Overall Record (Years): .........................................................1047-681-1 (30) Feb. 19 Bethune Cookman CUSA.tv W/9-2 Feb. 23 vs. South Dakota State^ W/4-1 Feb. 24 vs. South Dakota State^ L/3-4 Feb. 27 Miami ESPN+ L/8-10 >> QUICK NOTES VS UAB Mar. 1 at Jacksonville State ESPN+ W/2-1 Mar. 2 at Jacksonville State ESPN+ L/1-3 PROJECTED STARTERS FROM THE FIELD INSIDE THE SERIES Mar. 2 at Jacksonville State ESPN+ W/5-2 Mar. 5 Florida A&M CUSA.tv L/2-3 Mar. 6 Florida A&M CUSA.tv W/8-6 >> Friday: Logan Allen (4-4, 2.70 ERA) >> Austin Shenton’s single in the >> FIU and UAB have met 16 times on Mar. 8 Seton Hall W/1-0 vs Riley Davis (4-1, 5.35 ERA) third inning extended his ca- the baseball diamond with all games Mar. 9 Seton Hall W/10-7 Mar. 10 Seton Hall CUSA.tv W/6-5 reer-best hitting streak to 17 games. coming after the Panthers joined Mar. 12 Stetson CUSA.tv L/6-8 >> Saturday: Nick MacDonald (3-3, CUSA in 2014. Mar. 15 at Marshall* W/3-0 (10) 3.92 ERA) vs Tyler Gates (2-0, 4.55 >> The junior’s streak is the longest Mar. 16 at Marshall* L/5-16 Mar. 17 at Marshall* L/4-7 ERA) by a Panther since FIU joined C-USA >> The Panthers took two-out-three Mar. 20 at Florida State ACCN+ L/6-9 before the 2014. from the Blazers last season in Mar. 22 WKU* CUSA.tv W/2-1 >> Sunday: Franco Aleman (2-4, Birmingham. Mar. 23 WKU* CUSA.tv L/4-5 Mar. 24 WKU* CUSA.tv L/1-15 3.62 ERA) vs Tanner Graham (3-4, Mar. 26 at Florida Gulf Coast L/0-3 5.29 ERA) Mar. 27 Florida Gulf Coast ESPN+ L/6-11 Mar. 29 at FAU* L/1-7 Mar. 30 at FAU* L/0-1 Mar. 30 at FAU* L/3-4 (15) Apr. 3 at Houston L/5-4 Apr. 5 at Rice* L/5-8 Apr. 6 at Rice* W/13-7 >> BY THE NUMBERS Apr. 6 at Rice* W/5-2 Apr. 12 Southern Miss* W/6-4 Apr. 13 Southern Miss* ESPN+ W/16-6 With FIU’s 8-6 win against Florida A&M on March 6th, Panther head man Mervyl Melendez Apr. 14 Southern Miss* L/7-15 became the 52nd active D1 head coach with 600 wins. Apr. 16 at Bethune-Cookman W/7-4 52 Apr. 19 at Old Dominion* L/6-8 Apr. 20 at Old Dominion* W/12-6 Apr. 21 at Old Dominion* L/2-7 Sophomore Logan Allen has been dominate this season striking out 98 batters so far this Apr. 24 at Miami ACCN+ L/10-18 season. His 98 Ks tops C-USA and is ranked 11th nationally. Apr. 26 Charlotte* CUSA.tv L/3-6 98 Apr. 27 Charlotte* L/9-10 Apr. 28 Charlotte* W/2-1 May 1 Bethune-Cookman CUSA.tv W/2-0 FIU batters have slugged 41 homers this season. The Panthers are currently third in May 3 UAB* CUSA.tv 7 p.m. C-USA and sits 57th in the country. One off the conference lead of 43. May 4 UAB* CUSA.tv 6 p.m. 42 May 5 UAB* CUSA.tv 12 p.m. May 7 at Texas Tech (DH) 3 p.m. May 7 at Texas Tech (DH) 6:30 p.m. May 10 at Middle Tennessee* 6 p.m. EXPERIENCE THE ACTION May 11 at Middle Tennessee* 4 p.m. May 12 at Middle Tennessee* 12 p.m. >> TV/STREAM >> LIVE STATS >> SOCIAL MEDIA May 14 at Stetson 6:30 p.m. May 16 Louisiana Tech* CUSA.tv 7 p.m. @FIUBaseball | @FIUAthletics May 17 Louisiana Tech* CUSA.tv 6 p.m. May 18 Louisiana Tech* CUSA.tv 12 p.m. May 22-26 CUSA Championship% TBA PxP: AJ Ricketts Visit FIUSports.com for up to date links @FIU.Baseball | @FIUAthletics Color: Tyler S. Brain on how to follow the contest via live stats online. * - Conference USA game @FIUBaseball | @FIUSports ^ - Game at Port Charlotte, Florida % - C-USA Championship (Biloxi, Miss.) 2019 FIU BASEBALL GAME NOTES | FIUSPORTS.COM | @FIUBASEBALL COVERING THE PANTHERS FIU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS TYSON RODGERS Director of Athletic Communications (FB, WBB, SB, WSOC) Office: 305-348-2084 Cell: 662-418-2982 Email: [email protected] MIKE HOGAN Director of Athletic Communications (MBB, MSOC, VB, BEACH VB) Office: 305-348-1496 Cell: 813-469-0616 Email: [email protected] GAMEDAY Live statistics available on FIUSports.com (http://www.sidearmstats.com/FIU/base- CHRIS SANTIAGO ball/media). Senior Multimedia Producer (Video Coordinator) POSTGAME INTERVIEWS Office: 305.348.6666 Email: [email protected] Mervyl Melendez and requested players will be made available for post match interviews. A member of the Athletic Communications staff will escort media to a predetermined location. The FIU locker room, home or away, will always be closed to the media. PHOTOGRAPHERS A.J. RICKETTS All photographers wishing to shoot FIU baseball games should e-mail Tyler Brain Multimedia Assistant/ Voice of the Panthers ([email protected]) at least one day prior to the contest for approval. (TF, XC) Cell: 850.898.4914 Email: [email protected] MERVYL MELENDEZ INTERVIEWS Head coach Mervyl Melendez is available for on-field interviews at the end of practices. Please contact Tyler Brain ([email protected]) for approval. STUDENT-ATHLETE INTERVIEWS TYLER BRAIN For post-practice interviews or phone interviews with FIU baseball student-athletes, Athletic Communications Assistant please contact Tyler Brain ([email protected]) to set up a time. (Secondary FB, BSB, WG) Office: 305.348.2084 Cell: 256.616.3097 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @Tyler_Brain AMANDA ALVAREZ Athletic Communications Assistant (S&D, WTN) Email: [email protected] DIANA PADILLA Athletic Communications Assistant (WSOC, SB) Email: [email protected] 2 FIUSports.com GENERAL NOTES LAST TIME OUT... FIU QUICK FACTS FIU TEAMstayed in control COMPARISON of its own destiny by escaping Charlotte with a 42-35 victory over the 49ers. PANTHER TRENDS SERIES HISTORY LOCATION UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Overall:..................................................................................19-25 Location:...........................................................Miami, Florida Overall:...............................................................FIU, 10-6 Home:...................................................................................11-11 Founded/Opened:..................................................1965/1972 First Meeting:...................................3/28/14, (L/0-1) Away: ....................................................................................................7-13 Enrollment:....................................................................54,000 Last Meeting:.....................................4/8/18, (W/3-0) Neutral: ...................................................................................................1-1 Nickname:..................................................................Panthers In Florida:............................................................................................14-18 Last FIU Win:.............................................4/8/18, (3-0) Other States:.......................................................................................5-7 Mascot Name:.................................................................Roary Last UAB Win:.............................................4/6/18, (2-1) School Colors:.............Blue (PMS 282) & Gold (PMS 871) SCORES Conference:.................................................Conference USA Scores First:......................................................................................14-9 School President:...........................Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg Opponent Scores First:................................................................5-16 Director of Sports & Entertainment:............Pete Garcia STAT BREAKDOWN FIU Scores in 1st:..............................................................................7-8 Opponent Scores in 1st:.................................................................3-11 Team Twitter:...................................................@FIUBaseball Category FIU UAB FIU leading after 7:...........................................................................18-6 Athletics Twitter:............................................@FIUAthletics Batting Average .255 .273 Opponent leading after 7:............................................................0-15 Website:...........................................................FIUSports.com HR per Game 0.95 0.73 Tied after 7:...........................................................................................1-5 Conference Website:.........................ConferenceUSA.com Doubles per Game 1.34 1.91 STARTERS Triples per Game 0.18 0.29 FIU Throws RHP:..............................................................................13-20