TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Jordan Williams’ fourth hit of the season – and first at Dick Howser Stadium – was a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead FSU to a 4-3 win over No. 1 Wake Forest Sunday afternoon. The Noles rallied from a 3-0 deficit after six innings with three runs in the seventh and Williams’ RBI in the ninth.
The Seminoles used five pitchers to beat the Demon Deacons, with Jamie Arnold pitching a career-high 5.1 innings with six strikeouts. Andrew Armstrong pitched 2.1 innings with four strikeouts and just one hit, while Doug Kirkland improved to 3-3 on the year by notching the final two outs in the top of the ninth.
After Wake Forest hit a two-run home run in the first inning – Brock Wilken’s 23rd of the year – neither team scored again until the Demon Deacons plated a run on a wild pitch in the sixth.
FSU’s first hit came in the bottom of that inning, but the FSU offense really came to life in the seventh, when the Noles tie
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – No. 1 Wake Forest clinched its weekend series against Florida State with a back-and-forth 7-3 victory at Dick Howser Stadium Saturday afternoon. Conner Whittaker extended his scoreless inning streak to 14.0 before the Demon Deacons managed to score all seven runs over the final three innings.
Neither team scored over the first five innings, which took just one hour to complete. The Seminoles took a 1-0 lead in the sixth when Jaime Ferrer tripled and scored on Cam Smith’s single.
The Demon Deacons tied it on a solo home run in the seventh inning by Justin Johnson, his 13th of the year. The Noles countered in the bottom of the inning when Colton Vincent reached on an error, Jordan Carrion walked and DeAmez Ross gave FSU a 2-1 lead with a two-out single. Ross’s hit extended his hitting streak to 12 games, the longest for an FSU freshman since 2013.
Wake Forest took its first lead with a two-run home run in the eighth inning on Whittaker’s final pitc
JACKSONVILLE, Florida – Florida State scored a season-high five runs in the first inning, but No. 4 Florida left 121 Financial Ballpark with an 7-5 victory Tuesday afternoon in front of 8,210 fans. After Florida scored four runs in the top of the first, the Seminoles responded with five of their own to take the lead. After DeAmez Ross singled, Jaime Ferrer hit an RBI double; James Tibbs hit an RBI single; Cam Smith hit his third triple of the season, tied for the team lead; and Smith scored on a throwing error by the Gators. With two outs, Jordan Carrion singled for the 5-4 lead. Both bullpens responded with zeroes until the fifth inning, when Florida took the lead with three runs, including two on back-to-back home runs. Smith tied a school record with his second triple in the seventh inning, the ninth player in school history with multiple triples in a game. He now leads FSU with four triples, is second with 11 home runs and is the first Nole since Dylan Busby in 2016 with at least
RALEIGH, North Carolina – NC State scored two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to beat Florida State, 5-4, Sunday afternoon at Doak Field in Raleigh. Cam Smith had both of FSU’s extra-base hits in the contest, including a go-ahead solo home run in the top of the 10th. Andrew Armstrong pitched four scoreless innings in the contest. He was one of eight Florida State pitchers to appear in the game. Armstrong entered with the bases loaded and one out in the third inning with FSU already trailing 2-0. Armstrong struck out both batters and proceeded to get an inning-ending strikeout in the fourth and fifth innings as well. When Armstrong did run into trouble in the seventh inning – the first two Wolfpack batters of the inning reached – Armstrong fielded a sacrifice bunt attempt and threw out lead runner at third base. Ben Barrett entered in relief and needed just four pitches to force a pop up and groundout. FSU cut the Wolfpack lead in half on Jordan Carrion’s groundout in th
RALEIGH, North Carolina – Nander De Sedas and Jaime Ferrer both homered in Florida State’s 14-3 loss Friday night at NC State, accounting for all three of FSU’s runs in the contest.
Florida State took a 2-0 lead in the second on De Sedas’s fourth home run of the season, scoring Jordan Carrion. Carrion reached on a leadoff single to extend his hitting streak to seven games.
After facing the minimum in the first two innings, Jackson Baumeister (2-3) allowed three hits and walked three batters in the third inning, surrendering six runs in just 2.1 innings pitched. NC State sent 12 batters to the plate and scored seven to take the lead. The Wolfpack added another six runs in the eighth inning.
Ferrer hit a solo home run for the Seminoles, his sixth of the season and 15th of his career. He has a hit in three straight games and 23 of the last 24.
SCORING SUMMARY:
T2 | FSU 2, NCSU 0 De Sedas home run, Carrion scored
B3 | FSU 2, NCSU 2 �