FIU Defeats Bethune-Cookman 14-5

Saturday, February 23, 2002

Lipscomb wins in 14 innings over FIU, 8-6

o. 25 FIU (8-3) were handed their second consecutive loss losing to Lipscomb (2-7) 8-6 in the second longest game in school history. The Bisons scored two runs in the 14th inning to propel them to the upset win over the Golden Panthers. Lipscomb's Ryan Abrams was 5-6 with four RBI's in the contest.

Bison starter Logan Good held the Golden Panthers in check for the first four innings allowing only one hit before FIU scored three runs in the fifth to take the lead.

In the first Lipscomb scored first as Ryan Abrams hit a two-run home run to right field off Baluja also scoring Brent Hastings who reached on a fielder's choice.

Head Coach Danny Price put in five pinch hitters to snap out of the hitting slump in the fifth inning, paying off for the Golden Panthers scoring three runs . After Dean Adams and Orlando Garcia walked pinch hitter Solomon Frieder hit a two-run double to the left field gap scoring both Adams and Garcia. Pinch hitter Dennis Diaz hit a RBI single hit the middle scoring Frieder for the go-ahead run and giving FIU the 3-2 lead.

In the seventh FIU added two more runs with Daniel Bustamante's two-run single scoring Garcia and Frieder. The Golden Panthers added another run in the eighth inning on a Dean Adams sacrifice fly to right field.

Lipscomb rallied in the ninth with four runs to tie the score at 6-6. The Bisons scored their first run on a sacrifice fly. Ryan Abrams hit a two-run single up the middle to close the lead to 6-5 and Jeremy George's RBI single tied the game.

In the bottom of the 14th, the Bison scored the go-ahead run. Abrams walked and took second when George walked. Matt Candler followed with a sacrifice bunt and Abrams scored wen FIU relief pitcher Alan Clark overthrew third baseman Dean Adams. George scored the second run of the inning for Lipscomb when Nate McCorkle hit into 4-6-3 double play.

FIU will return to action tomorrow against Kansas State in Homestead, FL at 12pm. Please note this scheduled start time has changed from the previous time of 1:0pm.