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FIU FIU 13-28, 5-16 C-USA
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Winner Florida Atlantic FAU2022 28-17, 13-8 C-USA
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13-28, 5-16 C-USA
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Florida Atlantic FAU2022
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FIU FIU 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 5 14 2
Florida Atlantic FAU2022 1 1 0 1 2 5 0 1 X 11 15 0

W: Burnham, Tyler (5-0) L: Santana, Christian (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

FIU Drops Series Finale At FAU

Panthers tally 14 hits in defeat

BOCA RATON, Florida (May 1, 2022) – The FIU Baseball team fell 11-5 in Sunday's rubber match with the Owls of FAU. 

Despite the defeat, the Panther bats tallied the second-most hits in a game this season with 14 base knocks.

Centerfielder Alec Sanchez led the Panther offense with his first three-hit game of the year while the FIU trio of Jorge Ramirez, Noel Perez and Jayden Melendez each had a multi-hit afternoon. 

Ramirez spearheaded the scoring with two runs driven in including his fifth home run of the campaign in the sixth inning. To go along with his two hits, Perez also scored twice on the day. 

In total, eight of the nine Panthers in the starting lineup collected a hit on Sunday against the FAU pitching staff. 

Panther starter Christian Santana was tagged with the loss in the series finale after allowing two runs over 1.2 innings of work.

For the second time in as many days, Adrian Figueroa worked a leadoff walk to open the game and later scored on a Ramirez sacrifice fly to give the Blue & Gold a 1-0 lead after the top of the first.

By the time Ramirez stepped to the plate in the sixth, the Owls had built a 5-1 advantage. The Panther first baseman turned on the first pitch saw and sent it over the fence in left field to cut the deficit to 5-2.

FIU got to within 5-3 in the sixth when Perez scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of Ruben Carpio.

The owls countered with a five-spot of their own in the sixth to push the lead to 10-3.

Perez and Melendez scored in the eighth before FAU tacked on the final run in the home half for the 11-5 final.

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