RUSTON, Louisiana (March 27, 2022) – FIU baseball fell on the road to the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs by a score of 13-2 in eight innings on Sunday afternoon.
 
Steven Ondina led the Panthers at the plate with two hits that included a RBI double to right center that scored Rey Hernandez in the fifth inning. Not to be out done, Mario Zabala powered his second home run of the season over the right center wall in the third.
 
By the time Zabala stepped to the plate in the visiting half of the third inning, the Bulldogs had a 1-0 lead by pushing across a run in the bottom of the opening frame.
 
With two outs in the top of the third, Zabala tied the game at 1-all when the sophomore from Puerto Rico muscled a pitch to right center for his first homer since March 15 against USF.
 
La Tech regained the lead by scoring a run in the bottom of third and one more in the fourth for a 3-1 advantage.
 
Hernandez opened the top of the fifth with his second double of the year and came around to score two batters later when Ondina slashed a double that landed in right center to cut the Tech lead to 3-2.
 
The Bulldogs answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth before scoring one in the seventh and seven more in the eighth for the 13-2 final.
 
Panther starter Carlos Lequerica was handed the loss after allowing five runs over five innings of work while striking out a trio of Bulldog batters.
 
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