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14
Winner South Florida USF 11-6
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14
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FIU FIU
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Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
South Florida USF 0 6 1 0 0 3 4 0 0 14 8 3
FIU FIU 4 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 9 9 1

W: BROWN, Ethan (1-0) L: Pena, Richie (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Trio of Panthers Homer In Midweek Loss To USF

FIU drops final tuneup before Conference USA play

MIAMI (March 15, 2022) –  On a damp Miami night, the FIU Baseball team fell on Tuesday night to the USF Bulls by a score of 14-9. 
  
Jorge Ramirez had a career night in the final tune-up before Conference USA play begins as the FIU first baseman collected two hits and a trio of RBIs including his first home run in an FIU uniform. Dante Girardi and Mario Zabala also left the park on Tuesday evening. 

Matthew Gonzalez joined Ramirez with two hits of his own while Girardi drove in a pair of runs. Robert Sotolongo scored twice from the top of the Panther lineup. 

FIU starter Christian Santana lasted 1.1 innings in his first game action since the opening weekend of the 2021 season.

After Santana's shutdown top of the first, FIU jumped out to a 4-0 lead that was highlighted by Alec Sanchez's team-leading third triple of the season and the Ramirez two-run blast over the left field wall.

USF scored seven unanswered runs before Girardi stepped to the plate in the bottom of the third with Ramirez on first. The Panther second baseman turned on the first pitch he saw for his second homer of the season to make it a 7-6 ballgame. 

Sotolongo scored on a Ramirez sacrifice fly in the fifth to tie the game at 7-all before FIU took a brief 8-7 lead in the fifth when Gonzalez scored on a Dalton Hurst RBI groundout. 

The Bulls scored the next seven runs before a Mario Zabala pinch-hit solo shot in the bottom of the ninth made the final score 14-9.

Richie Pena was given the loss for FIU. 

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The longest homestand of the 2022 season concludes with the opening weekend of C-USA play as the Panthers welcome the Thundering Herd of Marshall for a three-game weekend set.  
   
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