No. 17 Miami (2-1) vs. FIU (1-2) Wednesday, February 22: 7 p.m. (PantherVision Live broadcast, CLICK HERE)UM RHP Greg Veliz (1st college start) vs. FIU LHP Andrew George (0-0, 0.00 ERA) Series history: UM leads 94-23First meeting: March 13, 1973, FIU won 3-1 in Coral Gables, Fla.Last meeting: May 29, 2015, UM won 6-2 at NCAA Regional in Coral Gables, Fla. Series preview: After an eight-year regular season hiatus, FIU and Miami renew their crosstown rivalry in their 118th meeting. It is the first of four regular season games between FIU and UM in 2017. . . The Panthers are coming off a 1-2 weekend against Jacksonville State where FIU won on opening day 5-0 before dropping the last two games of the series to the Gamecocks. . .Christian Khawam (.500) and Kenny Meimerstorf (.462) led the Panthers at the plate. . .Chris Mourelle led a combined shutout for the Panthers' win in the opener. . .Left-hander Andrew George pitched the final inning in Friday's victory and will make his first start in an FIU uniform Wednesday. . .Miami took two of three games against Rutgers in its opening series. . .Michael Amditis led the Hurricanes hitting .429 against the Scarlet Knights. . .Greg Veliz, a freshman out of North Broward Prep makes his first collegiate start. . .The Panthers and Hurricanes meet again March 7 in Coral Gables, March 8 at FIU and April 26 in Coral Gables.FIU Notes* After missing most of 2016 with a back injury, Christian Khawam returned for Opening Day and hit his first career FIU home run Sunday. Khawam was 5 for 10 last weekend, including a pair of doubles.* Chris Mourelle notched his 23rd career win to place him fifth all-time at FIU breaking a tie with former FIU right-hander Edwin Franco. R.J. Fondon is fourth on the FIU wins list with 24. Raul Garcia (37 wins) is FIU's career wins leader.* Freshmen Javier Valdes and Kobe Lopez picked up their first college hits last weekend. In Sunday's game Valdes was 4 for 5 and Lopez was 1 for 4.* A late-inning reliever his first two seasons at FIU, left-hander Dominic LoBrutto made his first start since high school against Jacksonville State (2/18) in a 6-5 loss. LoBrutto went 4 1/3 innings, allowed seven hits and two runs but did not receive a decision.* Ten players made their FIU debuts last weekend, including six freshmen.* Plumbers 911 is the game sponsor. This is their first season as an FIU Athletics sponsor.2017 Leaders UMTeam stats:Average: .211ERA: 5.67Fielding pct.: .942 Individual leaders:Average: Michael Amditis .429Home runs: Romy Gonzalez 1RBI: Romy Gonzalez 4Stolen bases: Romy Gonzalez 2Wins: Jesse Lepore, Jeb Bargfeldt 1ERA: Jesse Lepore 0.00Strikeouts: Jesse Lepore 7Saves: Frankie Bartow 1 FIUTeam stats:Average: .277ERA: 5.67Fielding pct.: .974 Individual leaders:Average: Christian Khawam .500 Home runs: Christian Khawam, Irving Lopez 1 RBI: Javier Valdes 3Stolen bases: Five tied at 1Wins: Chris Mourelle 1ERA: Chris Mourelle 0.00Strikeouts: Chris Mourelle 7Saves: None
