TALLAHASSEE – Four Seminoles – led by sophomore starting pitcher Parker Messick – earned All-America honors for their performance during the 2022 season.
Messick was a first team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, a second team All-American from Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball and a third team All-American by D1Baseball and Perfect Game.
A trio of first-year players joined Messick as freshmen All-Americans, with Jaime Ferrer (Collegiate Baseball), James Tibbs (second team Perfect Game) and Conner Whittaker (second team NCBWA) being recognized.
Messick, from Plant City, Florida, was a first team All-ACC pitcher and finished the year with a 7-5 record, 3.38 ERA and 144 strikeouts and only 18 walks in 98.2 innings pitched. A finalist for the Dick Howser and Golden Spikes Awards, Messick led the ACC in strikeouts and was just the second FSU pitcher in the past decade with consecutive 100-strikeout seasons. He was the ACC Pitcher of
AUBURN, ALA. – Three-seed Florida State (34-24) lost to No. 14 national seed Auburn (39-19) Saturday night, falling to the Tigers 21-7 in front of 3,409 fans at Plainsman Park. The Seminoles will now play two-seed UCLA in an elimination game Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Eastern.
Auburn broke the game open in the fourth inning, scoring seven runs before recording the first out. FSU’s three pitchers in the inning – Conner Whittaker, Ross Dunn and Kyle McMullen – were all making their NCAA Tournament debuts for the Seminoles.
Trailing 3-0, FSU got on the board in the third inning on Alex Toral’s 13th double of the year. He leads FSU with 49 RBI on the season.
Auburn’s seven runs in the fourth inning were the most FSU has allowed in any inning this season.
Bryce Hubbart (8-3) made the start for the Seminoles, allowing three runs (two earned) in 2.2 innings of work. Auburn starter Joseph Gonzalez (7-2) allowed four hits and three runs over 6.0 innings.
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