BASEBALL at Florida International
WHEN:  Friday, Feb. 21 | 7 p.m.
              Saturday, Feb. 22 | 6 p.m.
              Sunday, Feb. 23 | 12 p.m.
WHERE:  FIU Baseball Stadium | Miami, Fla.
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FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason baseball team begins a three-game series against Florida International on Friday with the first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m. at FIU Baseball Stadium in Miami, Fla.
 
Mason (0-2) dropped its first two games of the season at Lexington County Stadium in Lexington, S.C.  The Patriots fell to North Carolina A&T, 12-2, in the season opener before falling to Butler, 15-8, in the second game of the weekend.   
 
Junior first baseman Scott Morgan went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run against Butler.  It was Mason's first home run of the season.  Graduate student Cooper Mrowka, junior outfielder Cam Reckling and sophomore infielder Peter Nielsen each had three hits over the first two games.
 
Mason faced FIU for the first time in program history March 11-12, 2018 at FIU Baseball Stadium.
 
The Golden Panthers won both games of a doubleheader, 16-0 and 14-3, to start the series.  The Patriots scored seven runs over the final three innings, including five in the ninth, in a 12-8 comeback win in the final game of the three-game set.
 
Mason catcher Bailey Klein had two hits and five RBI, while third baseman Daniel Brooks homered and drove in three runs for the Patriots in the victory.
 
SCOUTING FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
 
Florida International finished the 2019 season with an overall record of 23-32, including a mark of 12-18 against Conference USA opponents.  The Golden Panthers went 13-15 at home and 9-16 on the road.
 
The Golden Panthers have started the 2020 campaign with a 4-0 record.  FIU swept a three-game series against Fordham to open the season.  The Golden Panthers won the first game, 20-7, took game two, 8-0 in seven innings, and completed the sweep with an 18-2 victory in the final game of the series.
 
FIU kept its unbeaten record intact on Tuesday with a 6-1 win over Bethune-Cookman in Daytona Beach, Fla.
 
Senior outfielder Juan Teixeira went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI, sophomore first baseman Alec Sanchez had a team-high three hits and scored a run, while junior outfielder Justin Farmer tripled and drove in a pair of runs.
 
The Golden Panthers stole five bases in the game against the Wildcats.  FIU is 12-for-14 in stolen base attempts in four games.  
 
PROBABLE STARTERS
 
Friday:  RHP James Beasley vs. LHP Logan Allen
Saturday:  RHP Mason Posey vs. RHP Tyler Myrick
Sunday:  RHP Jared Lyons vs. LHP Saxton
 
STRIKE ZONE
 
Then-freshman Daniel Brooks hit his first career home run, a three-run blast in the ninth inning, against FIU in Mason's 12-8 win on March 12, 2018 at FIU Baseball Season.