Coming off a 16-hit game against Missouri, FIU kept cranking out the hits against Seton Hall in the opener of a four-game series Friday evening at the FIU ballpark. The Panthers collected 14 hits en route to an 8-3 victory over the Pirates (2-3).
Every FIU batter in the starting lineup had at least one hit and five of them collected two hits as the Panthers added to a 2-0 lead with a six-run fifth inning to salt the game.
FIU (2-4) had five singles and a double in the six-run fifth. Kenny Meimerstorf's RBI single made it 3-0.