Tallahassee, FL – The Florida State Seminoles baseball workforce misplaced their first sequence of the season in sweeping style, dropping recreation three, 9-7.
The Notre Dame Combating Irish and FSU each scored three runs of their half of the primary inning. The Irish picked their runs up by way of a three-run house run. The Seminoles would do their injury with walks, pitching errors, and a single. FSU’s Ross Dunn settled down briefly with a number of strike outs earlier than permitting a two-run blast to Notre Dame within the third. Florida State scraped out a run within the fourth earlier than the Irish scored two extra within the sixth. Notre Dame added two extra within the prime of the eighth whereas FSU hung three within the backside of the body. Ultimately, the lead was an excessive amount of for FSU’s offense to beat.
Two up
Vincent’s bat turning round
After a dreadful begin to the season on the plate, Colton Vincent confirmed promise in opposition to the Irish. FSU’s backstop ended the three recreation bout 5/12 with two RBI’s. If the underside half of the lineup can proceed to provide, as soon as the opposite Seminoles escape of their hunch we might see a wholly completely different offense.
Offense exhibits battle
The Seminole’s offense is in a funk (see under) however that doesn’t imply FSU’s batters haven’t proven battle. Within the final two video games, Notre Dame has jumped out to leads at a number of occasions. Florida State has responded and scrapped to deliver runners house. FSU has labored walks, stolen bases, and tried to make the most of fielding errors. Amidst the circumstances, it’s encouraging to nonetheless see the Seminole’s battle.
4 down
Ross Dunn’s errors
After Dunn’s struggles final weekend in opposition to Duke, FSU followers had hoped to see early season Ross Dunn. The sophomore would present flashes throughout his outing, at one level hanging out three of 4 batters via two frames. However his mistake pitches had been expensive. Dunn allowed 5 runs on two swings. It was two straight video games of early struggles for Seminole starters. The ‘Noles will want their rotation to adapt because the ACC lineups regulate.
All of us pay good cash to see the umpires
At occasions on social media you’ve seen notorious Main League umpires like Joe West trending after they’ve positioned themselves on the heart of the sport. FSU skilled their very own ump present in as we speak’s recreation in again to again innings. Logan Lacey would make his manner across the bases within the fifth inning after which try and take house on a wild pitch. It was a detailed name on the plate with Lacey being referred to as out. The play went to assessment and it appeared that Lacey would barely sneak a hand in earlier than the tag. The play stood and FSU would stay down a run.
Then the sixth inning occurred. Notre Dame had a runner on first try to succeed in third on a single to proper. The throw would get previous Lacey and Jackson Nezuh appeared to make a diving cease to stop the ball from going into FSU’s dugout. The umpire referred to as the play lifeless and superior the runners to house and second. Notre Dame adopted up with a sacrifice fly to left. The play was not reviewable because of the umpire’s lifeless play name. As our former colleague Brett Nevitt mentioned on twitter: “Umps principally simply gave ND a free run, a free out, and one other free bag.”
Upon additional assessment…
In case you’ve tuned in for any Florida State baseball recreation this season then you understand you had higher put aside a minimum of an additional ten minutes for a video assessment problem. The opinions have change into a mainstay and added ridiculous quantities of time to the sport. Through the backside of the fourth alone there could be three separate performs challenged inside ten minutes of one another. To make all the course of worse, even after the lengthy delays the right name doesn’t seem like made.
Slumping bats holding again FSU
#FSU‘s principally acquired an entire lineup in a hunch rn:
Toral: zero for final 17
Albert: Three for final 16 (.188)
Tibbs: Three for final 18 (.167)
Ferrer: Three for final 16 (.188)
Carrion: 5 for final 33 (.151)
Lacey: 2 for final 12 (.167)
Roberts: 7 for final 42 (.167)— Brett Nevitt (@brettpn) April 3, 2022
That’s it, that’s all you’ll want to know.
Up subsequent: Florida State will look to bounce again as they host Jacksonville this Tuesday.
