The conference opener on Friday night at Lupton Stadium was a back-and-forth battle that ended with the No. 24-ranked TCU Horned Frogs beating the Kansas Jayhawks 8-6. Sophomore LSU transfer Luke Leto and junior Cowley Community College transfer Janson Reeder each hit home runs in the game.
FORT WORTH, Texas – The Florida State bats stayed hot Saturday, mashing 13 hits and 10 more runs to beat No. 8 TCU, 10-8, for the second consecutive game to clinch the series. Jaime Ferrer hit a pair of home runs and led FSU with three hits and four RBI, while Andrew Armstrong earned his first career save with 2.0 innings of one-run baseball.
Ferrer continued his torrid streak against the Horned Frogs and is hitting 6-for-10 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs, six runs scored and six RBI in two games against TCU. The sophomore hit a pair of two-run home runs Saturday, the first Seminole since 2021 with a multi-home run game.
Freshman Cam Smith had his second three-hit game of the season and connected on his third home run, most on the team. After TCU cut the lead to 5-4 in the sixth inning, Smith’s home run started a five-run top of the seventh for the Noles that provided FSU’s final runs.
TCU took an early lead against FSU starter Jamie Arnold, a freshman making