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W: Alejandro Torres (1-0) L: Gonzalez, Juhlien (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Panthers Drop Midweek Contest to Miami (FL)

Homestand Continues Friday versus Jacksonville

MIAMI (March 8, 2022) –  The FIU baseball team fell in midweek action to the Miami (FL) Hurricanes on Tuesday night by a score of 12-5.

In his first start as a Panther, Carlos Lequerica dazzled on the mound striking out the side in each of the first two innings. Lequerica finished the outing tossing four innings of shutout ball while only allowing two hits and fanning six.

The FIU bats started equally as fast with Robert Sotolongo doubling down the right field line to score Alec Sanchez and give FIU an early 1-0 advantage. Adrian Figueroa scored a handful of pitches later on a Dante Girardi sacrifice fly to put the Blue & Gold up 2-0 after one. 

Miami came back to tie it in the fifth with a pair of their own before Sotolongo collected his second RBI of the contest with an RBI groundout that scored Steven Ondina and put the Panthers back out in front, 3-2 at the end of five.

The teams traded runs in the sixth before the hurricanes scored nine in the seventh to take a 12-4 lead.

FIU got one back in the eighth when Girardi scored on a Bryan Loriga double off the wall in right center to make it a 12-5 final. 

Juhlien Gonzalez was pegged with the loss for the Panthers.

UP NEXT
The longest homestand of the 2022 season continues on Friday as the Panthers welcome Jacksonville to FIU Baseball Stadium for a three-game weekend series. 
   
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