TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Florida State fell to 13-18 overall and 4-11 in the ACC with a 6-2 loss Saturday in the rubber match against Clemson. The Tigers scored six runs in the first two innings.
Andrew Armstrong made his first career start for Florida State and left after allowing a second-inning grand slam.
Carson Montgomery pitched 5.1 scoreless innings in relief, the longest scoreless outing of his career. He allowed just two hits and struck out six. Jamie Arnold stranded both runners without allowing a run in the eighth and ninth innings.
The Seminoles got on the board with Cam Smith’s sixth home run of the season, a two-run shot in the bottom of the seventh inning that scored Jordan Carrion.
Smith and Carrion both extended their hitting streak to five games, and Jaime Ferrer tallied his team-high 47th hit. James Tibbs III drew three walks and leads FSU with 29 on the season, while Colton Vincent was hit by two pitches, his team-high sixth and seventh of the year.
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
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Florida State’s bullpen allowed just one run over 8.1 innings Tuesday, but Jacksonville’s earned a 5-4 win after a first-inning grand slam at Dick Howser Stadium. A solo home run for the Dolphins in the fifth inning proved to be the game-winner.
Down 4-0, Andrew Armstrong came in relief and pitched a career high 4.1 innings, allowing just one run and striking out a career-high six.
Brennen Oxford and Doug Kirkland each pitched 2.0 innings; Oxford struck out five batters, while Kirkland struck out the side in the eighth and faced the minimum.
At the plate, Florida State out-hit the Dolphins, 10-7, with six doubles. Jaime Ferrer led the way with three hits – including a pair of doubles and an RBI single in the ninth inning to provide the final margin. He extended his hitting streak to 19 games, the longest for a Seminole in nearly 10 years.
DeAmez Ross had two hits, his second leading off the ninth inning. Freshmen Titan Kamaka, Ben Barrett and