MIAMI (April 6, 2022) – To open a midseason four-game road trip, the FIU baseball team dropped a midweek contest 17-1 to the No. 8 Miami (FL) Hurricanes. 
 
Third baseman Noel Perez singled in the third and fifth innings to extend his hit streak to five games. The Panther foursome of Steven Ondina, Alec Sanchez, Jayden Melendez and Bryan Loriga each had a base hit on the evening.
 
Freshman Gabriel Perez singled in the top of the ninth for the first hit of his FIU career. 
 
The Hurricanes jumped out to a 15-0 lead before Melendez scored on an Ondina RBI groundout to get the Panthers on the board in the top of the eighth.
 
Panther starter Christian Santana gave up six runs on four hits in 1.2 innings of work and was handed the loss. 
 
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FIU returns to Conference USA play on Friday as the Panthers head to Kentucky for a three-game series with the WKU Hilltoppers at 6 p.m. ET.
   
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