MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (May 14, 2021) - FIU baseball fell to Middle Tennessee on Friday night, as the Panthers dropped the opening game of the weekend series to the Blue Raiders, 3-0.
The Blue Raiders scored a single run in the second, third and sixth innings on Friday night to build their 3-0 lead.
Alec Sanchez led the Panthers at the plate with a pair of hits, while
Ben Rozenblum,
Adrian Figueroa,
Justin Farmer and
Steven Ondina each collected hits as well on Friday night.
Garrett Rukes earned the start on the mound and pitched seven innings, allowing three runs and striking out four batters.
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FIU and MTSU play a doubleheader on Saturday, with the first game starting at 2 p.m. ET.
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