FGCU Baseball Opens Season With 7-3 Win Over Rhode Island

(Courtesy of Linwood Ferguson)

On opening night of the 2014 season, the Florida Gulf Coast baseball team gave Swanson Stadium a great one as they defeated Rhode Island, 7-3.

Starting on the mound for the Eagles was sophomore Michael Murray. The 2013 unanimous A-Sun All Freshman selection gave the Blue and Green six sold innings of work; he gave up 1 earned run on 7 hits and struck out 4 of the 29 batters he faced. Finishing off the game and getting the win was freshman Garrett Anderson. In 2.1 innings, the Arcadia, Fla. native struck out two and only let up two hits.

After the first five innings proved a pitcher's duel, the young FGCU lineup finally got on the scoring sheet in the sixth. After URI scored two in the bottom half, singles from Drew Valencia and Kevin Young gave the Eagles a 3-2 lead.

Florida Gulf Coast put the nail in the coffin the next inning, where a Michael Suchy triple capped off a scoring bonanza. The Eagles continue their four game series against URI with a double header tomorrow: Game 1 (Nick Deckert) at 1:00 p.m and Game 2 (Jack English) at 4:00 p.m.

Winning Pitcher: Garrett Anderson (1-0) - 2.1 innings, 2 hits, 2 strikeouts, 0 earned.
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