BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The FIU Baseball program opened up their road weekend set with the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, taking down the CUSA foe in run-rule fashion with an 11-1 victory on Friday afternoon from Nick Denes Field.
 
FIU racked up 11 runs on 12 hits and four extra-base knocks. Four players recorded multi-hit efforts (Kishon Frett, Jeff Liquori, Ronny Medina, and Alex Ulloa).
 
The Panthers got on the board quicky, scoring five runs in the 1^st with two outs. Adrian Figueroa singled into left field to bring home Andre Martinez before Liquori ripped a double into the gap for two RBIs, adding to his team-lead in runs batted in. (24). In addition, Liquori has 12 hits and nine RBIs in his past six games.
 
Next batter up, Frett smacked a baseball over the left center field wall for a two-run homer, his team-leading seventh of the campaign to close out the five spot.
 
Cameron Knox made the start for FIU and rolled on to earn the win (1-2). The senior did not allow an earned run over 4.2 innings of work, giving up just three hits and struck out a pair.
 
FIU added runs in the fourth on an Austin Dearing RBI groundout before an Ryne Guida double that brought around Samuel Fischer to extend the lead 7-1. Guida has extended his on-base streak to six games alongside seven hits and two doubles in that span.
 
The offense rolled on scoring three in the fifth, highlighted in the inning on a Ronny Medina two-run base knock. An RBi in the seventh from Fischer to score Frett added the Panthers lead to ten.
 
Zac Lampton shut the door in the seventh, leading FIU to a second run-rule victory in their past three games. The southpaw worked 2.1 innings on just one hit.
 
Alex Ulloa posted an multi-hit effort with a pair of hits, having recorded 11hits in his past six games played. Dearing extended his on-base streak to ten games with a pair of walks.
 
UP NEXT
FIU prepares for the middle game of the series against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers on Saturday, March. 23 for a 5 p.m. first pitch from Nick Denes Field. It will be streamed live on ESPN+.
 
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