DeLAND, FLORIDA – Florida State (26-16) fell 6-0 Tuesday night to Stetson (21-23) at Melching Field in DeLand, Florida.
Stetson scored three unearned runs in the second inning to take the early lead. With two outs, Ross Dunn (1-4) hit Yohann Dessureault and Christian Pregent reached on an error before Andrew Estrella’s first career home run.
The Hatters loaded the bases in the fourth inning when Conner Whittaker entered with no outs. Whittaker struck out the first two batters before a full-count walk plated another run.
In the fifth, a two-out triple from Dessureault made the score 5-0. Another unearned run scored on a throwing error in the eighth.
Offensively, FSU was held to just six baserunners – two hits and four base on balls.
SCORING SUMMARY:
B2 | FSU 0, Stetson 3 Estrella home run, Dessureault & Pregent scored
B4 | FSU 0, Stetson 4 Traficante walked, Ball scored
B5 | FSU 0, Stetson 5 Dessureault tripl
Liberty right fielder Aaron Anderson’s RBI grounder in the 15th broke a 1-1 tie and four Flames combined to strike out 24 in a 2-1 victory over Stetson.
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Wayne Sanborn, 2-time former city manager of DeLand, dies at 84
Wayne Sanborn, the former city manager of DeLand who was behind some of the city s most notable projects, has died.
The 84-year-old, who still resided in the DeLand area, served as the city s manager from 1967 to 1974 and again from 1992 to 1999 when he retired.
DeLand Mayor Bob Apgar said his friend of more than 50 years would be greatly missed and remembered for his impact on the city, which named its events and activity center for the former manager. The Wayne G. Sanborn Activity Center, located next to Earl Brown Park, was completed in 2014.