TUESDAY, March 16, 2021
SP: RHP Carson Montgomery (0-1, 0.00 ERA)
Florida State won last season’s game in Gainesville 2-0 behind a dominant pitching performance from Antonio Velez and Parker Messick. Both players set career-highs at the time with seven strikeouts.
The win snapped an 11-game losing streak for FSU in the series and was the first time that Mike Martin, Jr. faced the Gators as head coach.
At the time, Florida was No. 1 in the country and the last remaining undefeated team in the nation. The season was canceled due to COVID-19 three days later.
Carson Montgomery will pitch for Florida State, his first action in over two weeks. The freshman from Windermere was slated to start FSU’s midweek games against Mercer and USF but both were postponed. Montgomery opened the season in the weekend rotation and has not allowed an earned run this year.