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
TALLAHASSEE, Florida – Down to its final out in the bottom of the 13th inning, second baseman Nander De Sedas plated two runs on a double to lead FSU (7-1) to a 7-6 victory over USF (3-6) Wednesday night at Dick Howser Stadium.
The Seminoles led for most of the game, taking a 2-0 lead just three pitches into the game, on a Jaime Ferrer single and James Tibbs III’s second home run of the season. The Noles tacked on a third run against Nolan Hudi when Cade Bush blooped a two-out double to score Jordan Carrion.
Freshman Jamie Arnold struck out four batters and did not allow a hit in 3.0 innings. He stranded a runner in the first two innings and FSU turned its first of two double plays to end the third inning. The Bulls got two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning against David Barrett, but Brennen Oxford struck out Bobby Boser looking to strand a runner and maintain the 3-2 lead.
After USF tied the game in the sixth inning, De Sedas singled and scored Treyton Rank to again
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State (2-0) took their first weekend series win of the season over James Madison (0-2) in a 5-1 victory on Saturday afternoon at Dick Howser Stadium. Connor Whittaker earned his third career win as he worked the final five innings while Colton Vincent broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth inning with his first career home run. Jackson Baumeister, a Jacksonville native, took the mound to start the game and kept the James Madison bats quiet during his start. After two runners came into scoring position with one out in the first, he struck the next two batters out swinging to leave the Dukes stranded. He then retired the next four batters to make it six straight and finished the start with 4.0 innings of work on 60 pitches, striking out five hitters and conceding one run on two hits. Whittaker pitched the remaining 5.0 innings on 72 pitches with four swinging strikeouts to notch his first win at home since April of last season against Florida. Vincent chose a great ti