SCORING SUMMARY: T4 | CU 1, FSU 0 Wright singled, Ingle scored T6 | CU 2, FSU 0 Wright singled, Taylor scored T6 | CU 4, FSU 0 Bertram sacrifice bunt, Grice & Wright scored T8 | CU 5, FSU 0 Grice doubled, Taylor scored T8 | CU 6, FSU 0 Wright singled, Grice scored T8 | CU 7, FSU 0 Wright scored on a wild pitch T9 | CU 8, FSU 0 Cannarella home run B9 | CU 8, FSU 1 B. Barrett singled, Tibbs scored UP NEXT: Saturday’s series finale will begin at 11:00 am on ACCNX. OF NOTE: The start of the game was delayed two hours due to lightning. Pitcher Conner Whittaker threw a career-high 7.1 innings, topping Jackson Baumeister’s 7.0 IP Thursday performance for longest outing thi
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Sophomore Jackson Baumeister struck out a career-high 14 batters Thursday as Florida State snapped its losing streak with a 5-1 win over Clemson at Dick Howser Stadium. At the plate, the Seminoles got three RBI from Jaime Ferrer – who extended his hitting streak to 20 games – and a solo home run from James Tibbs III.
Baumeister, making his eighth start of the season, struck out the side to begin the game and had at least one strikeout in all seven innings pitched. Along with his 14 strikeouts, his 7.0 innings pitched and 110 pitches were also career bests. Baumeister has now accounted for two of FSU’s three wins by a starting pitcher this season.
After DeAmez Ross singled against Austin Gordon to start the game, Ferrer hit his fifth home run of the season on the first pitch he saw. Ferrer added an RBI single in the third inning that also scored Ross.
Ferrer’s 20-game hitting streak is tied for the 17th-longest in school history, and the longest
Notes (PDF)The Tigers travel to Tallahassee to take on Florida State in a three-game series from Thursday to Saturday.SERIES SETUP• Who - Clemson (17-13, 2-7 ACC) vs. Florida State (12-16, 3-9 ACC)• Best Ranking - CU - NR; FSU - NR• When - Thursday (8 p.m.), Friday (6 p.m.), Saturday (2 p.m.)• Where - Tallahassee, Fla. (Dick Howser Stadium)• Watch - ACC Network (Thursday), ACC Network Extra (Friday, Saturday)• Video Announcers - Chris Chavez (Friday, Saturday), Shawn Davison (Friday, Saturday), Mike Monaco (Thursday), Devon Travis (Thursday)• Listen (Radio) - Clemson Athletic Network (locally on WCCP (105.5 FM))• Listen (Internet) - ClemsonTigers.com• Live Stats - ClemsonTigers.com• Social Media - ClemsonBaseballSERIES HISTORY• Overall Record - Florida State leads 82-72-1 (1958-22)• Record at Florida State - Florida State leads 44-21-1 (1962-21)STARTING PITCHERS• Thursday - RHP Austin Gordon (CU) vs. RHP Jackson Baumeister (FSU)• Friday - TBA (CU) vs. RHP Co
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia – On the strength of a six-run seventh inning, No. 8 Virginia clinched the series against Florida State with a 12-4 win Saturday afternoon. Left fielder James Tibbs III hit his team-high eighth home run of the season in the loss, and Jaime Ferrer extended his hitting streak to 14 games.
For the second straight game, FSU scored a run in the first inning, this time on a two-out RBI single from Treyton Rank. Tibbs scored after a double and moved to third on Ferrer’s infield single.
The Cavaliers tied it in the bottom of the inning against Ryan Denison when Ethan Anderson singled to score Jake Gelof with two outs.
Carson Montgomery (0-2) made his first relief appearance of the season, entering in the second with runners on second and third with one out. With two outs, the Cavaliers tried to score on a ball that got away from Colton Vincent, but Vincent tossed to Montgomery at the plate, who applied the tag before Anthony Stephan could touch the plate.