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Hampton Hits Walk-Off Homer on Senior Day

MIAMI (May 18, 2019) – In a moment that only lives in Hollywood scripts, Lorenzo Hampton, Jr. hit a walk-off homer on Senior Day to give FIU a 5-4 victory over Louisiana Tech and cap his career with the Panthers rounding the base paths.

FIU and LT were tied at 4-4 in the bottom of the ninth on Saturday, before Hampton smashed a 2-2 pitch over the left field wall in his final at-bat with the Blue & Gold.

With the victory, FIU improves to 23-32 on the year and 12-18 in C-USA play, while LT falls to 34-22 and 17-13 to cap the regular season.