CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia – No. 8 Virginia scored unearned runs in the bottom of the ninth and 10th innings Friday to beat Florida State, 3-2, in front of 3,006 fans at Disharoon Park. Virginia improved to 14-0 at home with the victory.
Starting pitcher Jackson Baumeister allowed just one run in 5.0 innings, while the FSU relievers did not allow an earned run in 4.2 innings.
FSU led for the first half of the game after DeAmez Ross led off with a walk and scored on Ben Barrett’s groundout. After the Cavaliers tied it in the sixth inning, FSU was working out of trouble for the back half of the game. Andrew Armstrong faced the bases loaded with no outs in the eighth inning when he got a strikeout and a double play to keep the game tied.
Treyton Rank doubled with one out in the ninth inning to give FSU runners at second and third. McGwire Holbrook pinch hit and reached on a fielder error by the third baseman to score Nander De Sedas and give FSU the lead.
Virginia was down
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – No. 21 Florida State (11-4, 2-1 ACC) dropped its first ACC contest of the season Sunday, falling to Pitt (8-8, 1-2) 8-6 in seven innings at Dick Howser Stadium. The game was delayed at 3:30 p.m. before eventually being canceled after two-and-a-half hours due to rain and lightning.
FSU raced out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning thanks to back-to-back home runs from James Tibbs III and Jaime Ferrer. Tibbs now leads FSU with five home runs, with Ferrer just behind at four homers. Ferrer was 4-for-4 in the contest with a single and two doubles.
After the Panthers tied the game in the second, Nander De Sedas hit a two-run home run to cap a three-run bottom of the second and extend the FSU lead. The game was tied at 5-5 and 6-6 before a two-run home run from Kyle Hess in the bottom of the sixth inning provided the final score.
The game was delayed in the middle of the eighth inning, with FSU batting and trailing by two runs. After a lengthy delay, the game
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Florida State (9-3) was all business with 17 hits in a 10-1 midweek win over Bethune-Cookman (8-5) on Tuesday evening at Dick Howser Stadium. Ryan Denison (1-1) earned his first career win, coming in relief for 2.0 innings while James Tibbs III and Cam Smith each hit a home run and accounted for half of the runs on the night.
Tibbs III had 15 hits coming into the game and continued his superb offensive performance, drawing two walks to start before doubling into right to score a run then crushing a 2-2 pitch into deep center. Smith had a homer in his first plate appearance for the game’s first run and later hit a single to push his hit count to 14, leading the Seminole freshmen.
David Barrett made his first career Seminole start on the mound off a strong relief outing against South Florida. The Sarasota native flew through the first few innings, retiring seven straight batters to begin the game. He finished his start after 2.1 innings with two strikeout
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Catcher Colton Vincent tied a career-high with three hits and had four RBI, while Wyatt Crowell pitched 5.2 innings in relief as Florida State (8-3) beat FGCU (10-2) 14-8 Sunday at Dick Howser Stadium.
Crowell’s 5.2 innings were a career high, and his seven strikeouts also tied a career best. Doug Kirkland allowed one inherited runner to score in the ninth inning.
Vincent increased his hitting streak to 15 games, the longest for a Seminole since 2018. He was 3-for-3 with four RBI, the final three of which came on a bases-clearing double in the eighth inning and capped the Seminole scoring. During his hitting streak, Vincent is hitting 22-for-53 and he leads FSU with a .421 batting average this season.
Florida State scored three runs in the first inning, on three consecutive hits from James Tibbs III, Jaime Ferrer and Ben Barrett. Tibbs’ double tied the game after Harrison Povey hit a solo home run for the Eagles in the first inning; Barrett scored
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Florida State (7-2) dropped its first home contest of 2023 Friday, falling 10-8 to FGCU (9-1) in front of 4,422 fans at Dick Howser Stadium. James Tibbs III hit a two-run home run for the second straight game, but baserunning and defensive miscues cost the Seminoles.
After taking an early 2-0 lead in the first inning on Tibbs’ 13th career home run, the Eagles scored seven runs over the next two frames, including three unearned on a defensive error in the second. Jackson Baumeister (1-1) was tagged with the loss, allowing six runs on five hits in 2.1 innings.
FGCU pushed its lead to 8-2 after five innings before the Noles mounted its comeback bid in the sixth. FSU plated five runs against the Eagles’ bullpen and had runners on second and third with no outs, but a double play nabbed the lead runner at the plate and a fly out ended the inning. Freshman Ben Barrett had a two-run RBI in the inning, his second hit of the game in his first appearance in the