SAN ANTONIO (April 23, 2022) – The FIU Baseball team dropped the middle game of the three-game weekend set 8-1 to the UTSA Roadrunners on Saturday afternoon.
The lone Panther hit of the day came off the bat of
Jayden Melendez when the freshman catcher poked a blooper to center in the top of the sixth.
Despite being one-hit on the afternoon, The Panthers drew nine walks as a squad. Shortstop
Steven Ondina collected three free passes of his own, while Mathew Gonzalez walked twice.
Patrick Pridgen was handed the loss for FIU after allowing four earned runs over five innings. Pridgen also fanned six Roadrunners.
Freshman reliever
Owen Puk struck out the side in the eighth for his best outing in his young Panther career.
FIU was down 2-0 in the third when
Robert Sotolongo, who reached via walk, scored on a wild pitch for the lone Panther run of the afternoon.
The Roadrunners answered right back with a pair in the third before playing two more in the sixth and seventh for the 8-1 final.
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The series finale between FIU and UTSA is slated for noon ET on Sunday in San Antonio.
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